Author's Note: To my abuelas whose powerful-selves, including their voices, no quedan en el cajon de los recuerdos (are not in the box of memories). This writing does not intend to speak for the experience of all the abuelas and comunidades living in the liminal spaces of the dominant culture. Rather, this writing departs from … Continue reading Mis abuelas y la Teología [My Grandmothers and Theology]
A Father’s Love
A father’s love is born from the wisdom of old.Its source the birthplace of grace and strength.And character and heart it possesses, which is freely given.A father’s love never withholds or denies.But continually gives what is reflected above,A love that never fails. Such beauty does this love provide! And tenderness too.A teacher of the ages, … Continue reading A Father’s Love
Love’s Desire
Love’s desire announced by time,Precious gifts of memories old and new.Knowing beauty until it’s lost and hidden,Meaning abandoned to the vacancy of history. Love’s embrace channeled by mystery.Moments graciously lived and forgotten,Reasoning that fails in brief embraces,Passion that ceases in the lover’s tomb. Love’s confidence when encountering the new,Beloved treasures found along the way.Clarity abandoned … Continue reading Love’s Desire
Conversations: The Challenge of Christmas (Episode 17)
Emmanuel Buteau is back for another special “Conversations” episode of the Liminal Theology Podcast. Here Emmanuel and Jonathan Best explore contemporary issues and concerns through practical theology and liminality. In this episode, Emmanuel and Jonathan look closely at the challenge of Christmas. It begins with an exploration of “What’s next?” but swiftly turns into a … Continue reading Conversations: The Challenge of Christmas (Episode 17)
A Mother’s Love
Divinity never shines more brightly than it does through a mother’s love.The very same love that blessed me with tenderness and care. It was a mother’s love that guided me with gentleness and warmth.Through the time when my days where new and experiences few, when youth knows not its way. This same love led me … Continue reading A Mother’s Love
