Live always at the edge of poetic possibilty, even in the face of severe prose. - Walter Bruggemann
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Pink Fruit Contest
This is a pink piece of fruit. It's about the size of a baby football. It's easy to peel into and is sweet. Do you know what this is? If so, send in your entries and the winner will win a special prize from the Holy Land.
Journal. Diary. Copious Notes. Musings. Thought. Reflection. Observation. Welcome to A Thin Place. All of this, maybe more, is a record of my year in Jerusalem - the thinest place on earth.
A "thin place", in Celtic tradition, is someplace, anyplace, where the spiritual world and the mortal world come so close to one another that you almost see, definitely feel, and maybe even can touch the presence of God. I suspect that my life in Israel will contain moments of clarity just like this. The opaque will become translucent, the hazy clear, and God's presence a reality.
After serving congregations in Fairfield, Bridgeport, and Wilton, CT I am the Senior Redevelopment Pastor at Orange Congregational Church in Orange, CT. Prior to that I lived in Jerusalem (the real one) and I have three GORGEOUS children, the loves of my life.
3 comments:
It is a dragon fruit, also called pitaya and pink pair. Wikepedia says it is native to Mexico but I remember it from the shuk
WE have a winnah!
Thanks sabba17 - will get the prize off to you. Yes, the shuk is exactly where I bought it. Mexico Scmexico!
Thanks everyone for participating in the pink fruit contest.
It's a banana!!!!!! You painted it!
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