The Theology of Redwoods

I don't think I could ever leave California with the Pacific Coastline, Big Sur, the Sierras, the Redwoods. The Redwoods are such a spiritually renewing experience for me. The massive size, the thousands years of existence, the contrasting reds and greens, the scent... oh the aromatherapy of a Redwood forest!

I don't pretend to understand the mysteries of God and the Universe, but in the Redwoods there is this sense of "deep calling unto deep" that supercedes man's best attempts at theology.

“I didn't need to understand the hypostatic unity of the Trinity; I just needed to turn my life over to whoever came up with redwood trees.” 

~ Anne Lamott

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

Photo: My photo of Giant Sequoias in the Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park

Rock Mass 07-03-2022

Rock Mass on the first Sunday of the Month

Rock Mass July 3, 2022

This Sunday's Rock Mass is more like Rocks and Moss with water Rolling over them. It's about a much needed retreat to a quiet place in the Cathedral of Nature.

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. (Luke 5:16)

Peace, 

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

The inspiration for creating "Rock Mass" came from the Rock Mass at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena California back in the early 1970’s. On the first Friday night of each month All Saints held a Rock Mass which was a mix of traditional Episcopalian Mass and rock concert. A live band would play popular rock music which couldn’t necessarily be called “Christian” but contained spiritual phrases and references to God or Jesus. During the 1960’s and early 1970’s there was an explosion of these songs coming out of the "secular" music industry way before there was “Contemporary Christian Music”, in a way, it could be called "The Gospel According To Billboard's Top 10".

(Stained glass guitar angel found at www.patheos.com/blogs/nadiabolzweber)

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