Tag Archives: sensory heart

Beyond Words

Posted on March 6, 2015 by ehurst

There is not a damned thing they can do to stop us. This is a tough write, today. I paint with words, but the metaphor promptly dies right there. Painting and writing are both completely different in how they work, … Continue reading →

Posted in sanity | Tagged civilization, law, mysticism, sensory heart, spirituality, western civilization | 1 Comment

Grouch No More

Posted on March 4, 2015 by ehurst

Here’s the real miracle: Not that I don’t get sick but that sickness doesn’t get me. I’ve always tried to face it with humor, but the protective barricades were weak. Thus, I’ve done my best to hide away when ill … Continue reading →

Posted in personal | Tagged health, psychology, sensory heart, spirituality | 2 Comments

It Would Work without Me

Posted on February 16, 2015 by ehurst

The word “faith” itself connotes an ultimate confidence in things we cannot possibly understand, much less control. I can tell you that it’s there. I can show you what it does to me when I touch it. My words just … Continue reading →

Posted in eldercraft | Tagged communion, ministry, mission, mysticism, nature, pastoral care, psychology, religion, sensory heart | 6 Comments

Merry Christmas 2014

Posted on December 25, 2014 by ehurst

Don’t you just love how activists oversimplify everything? Keep your guns. I’ve never had a good one, so I traded off the ones I did have that weren’t much good. Since I can get food without hunting, all I really … Continue reading →

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Exercising the Heart

Posted on December 22, 2014 by ehurst

Perhaps it’s not so hard for you, but some of us will need some extra time and effort regaining our connection to the sensory heart. It may also be a matter of learning to engage your heart in areas of … Continue reading →

Posted in eldercraft | Tagged fitness, mysticism, nature, peace, psychology, sensory heart, spirituality | 4 Comments

Moral Down Payment

Posted on December 19, 2014 by ehurst

Do you suppose the grass sang when His resurrected feet trod the ground of the garden where He had been buried? Given the recent months of teaching here, consider again what Paul says about Creation and the Fall: For the … Continue reading →

Posted in eldercraft | Tagged Creation, epistemology, moral consciousness, mysticism, peace, scripture, sensory heart, spirituality | 1 Comment

The Long Road of Tenderness Recovered

Posted on December 14, 2014 by ehurst

One of the deepest perversions of Germanic mythology feeding into our modern Western culture is the destruction of masculine tenderness. Men are wired for tenderness. We have no trouble understanding that David and Jonathan were buddies, but our entire cultural … Continue reading →

Posted in eldercraft | Tagged biblical manhood, civilization, David and Jonathan, Jesus, love, psychology, sensory heart, spirituality, tenderness | 1 Comment