Busy. Perhaps the word that best describes the culture we live in, "busy" has arrived. I'm reminded of the days of working as a university professor, with its crush of class prep, committees, and productions to direct or build props for. Multi-tasking is everywhere, and the hours race by as I move from meeting to …
Process
In my early training in the theatre, as director and actor, we used to talk a lot about process. We knew we had an opening night, and a play to do, and all the work we were doing was about the moment of encounter between audience and the play/production. But the clearly stated belief was …
Spiritual Discernment in Community
This was the idea I heard yesterday, and my sense is that I need to pay attention to it. I say I heard it because it came in a conversation with a church consultant as we talked about the life of "church." This scholarly gentlemen mentioned that many scholars believe the work of the Holy …
Knowledge
48 years old now...an odd number, now that I look at it. Odd in that it has little meaning. It's just a number, and it's me that's stuck in the body that's been around that long. And for most of those years, I've been reading and stuffing information into my head at a fairly steady …
Paying Attention
I saw this yesterday as I walked in the afternoon. I didn't have time to go for a walk, but as I drove down Roosevelt, the leaves were coming off the trees, and I had to grab my camera and get some shots of Autumn glory. When I first came to Seattle in 1984, one …
JEFF BERRYMAN 