From The Restory - Conversations On The Journey (82)

 

Edge Walkers

The Conversation

Elements From The Conversation

"...I see myself as an “edge walker,” wandering along the hemlines of the Christ tradition. 

Perhaps you are an edge walker too. 

Edge walkers occupy a thin space and are by definition a bit lonely. 

Most people inhabit the vast spaces on both sides of edges. 

But those of us called to the thresholds—the edges between—

live in this thin space and recognize one another when we meet."

Victoria Loorz: Church Of The Wild                

Music

Artists are often edge walkers, be that poets, painters, writers or singers. 

Leonard Cohen who grew up in the Jewish tradition, often taps into Christian themes and images as well. His "If It Be Your Will" is a beautiful example of the way he approaches prayer and uses traditianal language and concepts, but interprets it in a fresh way and applies it in his life. 

The poet, Emily Dickinson, does the same with the traditional blessing, that ties in beautifully with Victoria Loorz's Wild Church where God is experienced in and through nature. 

In the name of the Bee –
And of the Butterfly –
And of the Breeze – Amen!

Once again, as always, with love. 

George & Matilda