In the Cracks

There's no release from reality,
no "outside" or "beyond" from which some
transforming touch might come.
-- Christine Wiman The Bright Abyss

Wiman goes on to say that it's a relief to be in that place where you meet God in the midst of the chaos of life.

I think God must become weary of too many people standing, sitting, repeating some of the same rituals, singing familiar hymns and then going out into the world not expecting to find God until the following week.

Maybe God's waiting for us on a street corner, on the grocery line, on a crowded bus. Maybe one of God's messenger's was standing right there and I kept walking.

Maybe I need to be more alert in the messy places, the chaotic places, the places where everything isn't laid out straight, the places where the broken parts show right through, where the plaster peels, and everybody's talking.