Wild Earth Gathering: Gettin' Right With God

Wild Ones, “Gettin’ right with God” or “Realigning with ” A song from Lucinda Williams, “Get Right with God,” is reminiscent to this former Southern Baptist of a hot night under a crowded tent. A worked-up evangelist reminds a sweating crowd, busily cooling themselves with cardboard fans, that we have gone ASTRAY and IT IS TIME to GET RIGHT WITH GOD.  It’s revival time. What this phrase (and the words themselves) meant to me years ago and what they mean to me now are different. The essence remains the same. The work of my mini-sabbatical this August - realigning with – is what I might call “gettin’ right with God” now. Of course, it’s a constant realignment, but it is needed more at some times than at others. Resting in Great Spirit – re-collecting stillness and Presence, helps us navigate this high-strung world while keeping one foot in other realms. Are ther…