The Presence

“It is not about ritual, or doctrine, or dogma, or teachings, or institutions that sometimes lead only to the chattering mind. It is about the heart. It is about glory. It is about Presence.

Greg Kirby wrote me these words about chiseling and Presence:

“Michelangelo came to mind when I read your powerful words today. There is a beautiful correlation between Michelangelo’s chiseling away at a lump of stone while holding in his heart a knowing of the beauty that lives within the lump of stone. His purpose was to chisel away with childlike excitement and hold space for what appears behind each chiseled piece. “Maybe this piece is where it’s hiding … maybe the next?” He continued sculpting with a deep knowing/sensing that the beauty is only moments away.

As you chisel away at your masterpiece (your place of service in love) you will, in the blink of an…