louder than expected.

“We know that our liberation is at hand and that in and through our struggles, the reign of...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:49:48 -0700

“We know that our liberation is at hand and that in and through our struggles, the reign of God is at hand.

Yes, we know that the day will come (in fact, in many ways it is already here) when there will be no more borders in the Americas and people will freely travel back and forth at will, there will be no more dictators or fake-democracies but all will live together as one family, the former military generals will be managers of large farms while the former navy admirals will head fishing fleets so that by their common work, there will be no more poor or hungry-how beautiful it will be to convert them from agents of death into agents of life. Yes, I see the day when there will be no more border patrols and the former agents of the migra will assist the new immigrant in finding housing and employment.

Yes, the day will come when the rich will go to eat frijoles y tacos with the poor while inviting them into their homes to enjoy their swimming pools, beautiful gardens, and plentiful barbecues. I see a day coming when the rich will convert and discover that their own wealth is the root source of their increasing unhappiness and thus freely choose to share their wealth with others. In doing so they will discover a happiness and a fulfillment they never dreamed possible. The poor too will convert and discover their innermost dignity and call. They too will come forth from the tombs of silence and powerlessness to be a voice and a power in the buildup of a new culture and a new civilization”

- Virgilio Elizondo

Or, Isaiah 2:4

"Shalom is communal, holistic, and tangible. There is no private or partial shalom. The whole..."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:25:50 -0700

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Shalom is communal, holistic, and tangible. There is no private or partial shalom. The whole community must have shalom or no one has shalom. As long as there are hungry people in a community that is well fed, there can be no shalom. Where there are homeless and jobless people amidst the employed and wealthy, shalom cannot exist.

Shalom is not for the many, while a few suffer; nor is it for the few while many suffer. It must be available for everyone. In this way, shalom is everyone’s concern. Shalom very much defines the common good.

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- Randy Woodley, “Shalom and the Community of Creation”

things i don’t grow out of.

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:03:41 -0700

things i don’t grow out of.

Much of my world has been shaped by early 2000’s R&B and Hip-Hop hits.

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:10:10 -0700

Much of my world has been shaped by early 2000’s R&B and Hip-Hop hits.

“Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up...

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:50:19 -0700

“Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.”

Jesus calls us to experience profound loss in the hope of knowing new life. Happy Wednesday.

Purple Rose of Cairo.

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:06:24 -0700

Purple Rose of Cairo.

Christmas is here.

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:02:00 -0700

Christmas is here.

Something to Start the Advent.

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:16:57 -0700

Something to Start the Advent.

fridays.

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:28:48 -0700

fridays.

Photo

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:48:00 -0700

this is what sacrificial grace looks like.

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:56:40 -0700

this is what sacrificial grace looks like.

things i will miss.

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:43:29 -0700

things i will miss.

things i would like to cover.

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:09:08 -0700

things i would like to cover.

glad i could roll up my socks for my best friends wedding.

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:37:34 -0700

glad i could roll up my socks for my best friends wedding.

jadesun: “Hard Times” covered by Jade Sun & Geoff Gentry

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:27:31 -0700

jadesun:

“Hard Times” covered by Jade Sun & Geoff Gentry

new album. grizzly bear.

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:31:46 -0700

new album. grizzly bear.

"The Creation of the Great Mind of Geoff Gentry" 3/11/02

Tue, 29 May 2012 16:30:47 -0700

“I liked baseball, studying war, taking walks, and drinking lemonade. I hate Osama Bin Laden, Al Queda, the Taliban, asparagus, spinach, cooked broccli, peppers, onions, and people who think that a persons looks matter.”

Actual title from my 7th grade autobiography that also imagined the next 20 years of my life. I was wounded in a Korean War according to myself.

It would seem now, that I have always been dramatic. And always loved lemonade.

"Lord, for sixty-so years I’ve surrendered my love, to emblems of kindness and not the Kindness..."

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:58:05 -0700

““Lord, for sixty-so years I’ve surrendered my love, to emblems of kindness and not the Kindness they were emblems of.””

- mewithoutYou

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Thu, 10 May 2012 17:08:00 -0700

i am like one of those names no one likes reading.

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:32:00 -0700

“When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.”

This is one of my favorite stories from scripture these days. Normally, on average, in the middle of most days, genealogies are the parts of the Story I care least about.

They don’t seem to be much more than names, ages, and places that pattern themselves with markers like birth, death, and walking. They aren’t quotable. They can’t be boiled down into trendy spirituality.

But, when I was reading this passage a couple of days ago something changed.

I realized this was my story, that this is our story.

I am like one of those names no one likes reading in all those genealogies.

Reading about a man who was born, walked with God for a while, got married, had kids, walked with God some more and then died I saw my past, present and future.

And then I got lost in that story, lost in how much history and relationship was condensed into a few lines to be remembered for all of eternity. In those few lines, all of Enoch was defined by something simple: “he walked faithfully with God”

I am a person of relationships, of creativity, of passions. I have dreams and desperately want to be spoken to in that iknowallyoursecretsandiforgiveyou voice. Most of us are like that in some capacity.

I have moments that define me. Small things that play out over time and space. Moments with the windows rolled down out in the deep blue night drinking sweet tea and telling ghost stories that sound like Led Zeppelin songs. Moments that hang around like smoke-stained clothes. Things that have faded into blurred feelings like nostalgia till you get to that place where your dead relatives, first crushes, driving through Yellowstone and your favorite hamburger become the same thing.

I remember Otis Redding songs like close friends. The way certain days have come to an end in colors that smother the skyline into eternity. The smell of my grandfather’s pipe and the sound creation makes when you are alonelikeAdam. The nervous feeling of giving your heart to something beyond yourself.

I have destroyed relationships. I have planted gardens. I have eaten good cantaloupe and forgotten to take out the trash. I’ve chased pigeons and had heroes.

There have been times for watching rain storms from my front porch and times for listening to my dog sleep. Times I have prayed to God and felt nothing.

I’ve been every son I can be. I’ve brought the chips and hit home-runs. Written embarrassing haikus and seen Jesuslikeresurrection.

But when my life ends, all of this will be understood simply as “Geoff walked faithfully with God, and then he was no more” and I will be home, and it will be good.