Hi!

We are on a spiritual journey. These songs and 

pages hold some pieces

of mine, bits that I have picked up along the path. 

I'm bringing them

out of my pocket here to show you.

The odd thing about this journey is that we are 

traveling deeper into

our own hearts, and the heart of God, rather than 

climbing the ladder of

human accomplishment. At least, we should be. 

Sometimes I think we

forget and get sidetracked for awhile, we snooze 

out in that field of

poppies on our way to the emerald city.

In the spirit, things that don't matter here are 

very important. And

things that people find so darned important in the 

rush of life and

success don't matter at all. I am fascinated by 

this paradox, the

Kingdom of God, the ultimate flip flop of values. 

It is in this truth

that I have found comfort, knowing that the seeds I 

am sewing are much

more than they appear, the acts of kindness, of 

service, of

understanding are building a Kingdom. And each 

heart has a home, and a

purpose.

This is what the song Sleeper is about. We don't 

always see the

potential force of a little dead seed in the 

ground, but there is

potential beyond your wildest dreams in every 

transaction of love you

can think of to do. I am crazy enough to believe 

that those of us who

find this world somewhat dissatisfying, with it's 

injustice, cruelty,

and heartlessness, are actually building another 

world, a world that is

yet to come. That by living and moving by the 

Spirit of God, we are

building His Kingdom, and we are actually a part of 

the building, living

stones, with His words written upon our hearts.

So the church is not some place you go, it is you,  

it is a Kingdom of

the heart, a state of mind, a way of life, a flow 

of ministry to others,

and an opening up of your self to others. . And we 

can enter into this

state of heart here and now, like Christ did, and 

in this bring more of

His Kingdom into our midst. And it can happen at 

any moment of any day,

completely outside of any institutions, buildings, 

programs, time slots.

It's all His honey. Every hour, every place. It's 

the church whenever

you are loving on your brother. You can sit in a 

building forever and

not do that. It is dynamic, fluid, alive, creative. 

It is yours! It is

also

humble work without pay or praises. But man, is it 

good.

It's here, and you are it. The sooner you embrace 

that the better cuz

even if you don't know this, you are living it. 

Nobody's going to do

this for you, they can't, it's you baby. Take up 

your liberation and run

with it.

Sometimes my spirit falls asleep for awhile, until 

something comes along

to wake me from my spiritual stupor. Oddly, I 

function just fine in my

walk in the world even though my spirit is half 

dead. It is in the

spiritual walk that I am comatose. I feel that God 

sends me things to

snap me out of these times, and this song was one 

of them. I hope it

wakes up some other slumbering spirits as well.

The other writings on this page are largely devoted 

to church without

religion, to following Christ without getting hung 

up in the Kingdom of

man, to living it through your life rather than 

just embracing an

ideology or philosophy, to being who you are meant 

to be, Christ's

living body walking this planet. It's easy to like 

an idea, but it's

harder to commit to living it. Don't wait around 

for anyone to release

you into this. Don't expect others to affirm you or 

bless you or support

you. Don't wait for a special word from a big shot, 

or a lightning bolt

from heaven to write it in your pancakes. Get up 

and live it now. It's

you and it's now.

Remember that God will take you on a trip into 

being your original true

self, free of pretense or fear. Don't try to copy 

other people, don't

compare yourself to them, give God the chance to 

show you who you are,

and bring out that within you that we all need to 

see and hear. The rest

of the church needs you to be yourself in God, not 

some clone of a clone

of a clone. Just be honest and God can bring it 

out.

Lean on others for support truth and friendship, 

but don't wait for them

to tell you what to do. You are already  released. 

You might just not

know it .......yet.

Enjoy it Child of God,

Jenny