{"id":342628,"date":"2025-12-13T21:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T21:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/at-most-a-lighthouse-can-beam-an-instant\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T21:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T21:16:19","slug":"at-most-a-lighthouse-can-beam-an-instant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=342628","title":{"rendered":"At Most a Lighthouse Can Beam an Instant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>applauded my ordination at Christ Covenant MCC, October 2, 2005.<\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I<br \/>\nmiss a custom I created for myself when living in Southern California. New<br \/>\nYear\u2019s Eve parties left me wanting some more meaningful way of observing the<br \/>\npassing of an old year and the welcome of a new year. I did not want to \u201cpray<br \/>\nin\u201d the new year as we did in my Baptist church with us kids keeping one eye<br \/>\nopen to see the sanctuary clock silently clap its hands together on the number<br \/>\n12.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">But<br \/>\nthe ticking of a clock or the descent of a ball in Times Square felt<br \/>\nartificial, so I began watching the sun set as I walked along the beach in<br \/>\nSanta Monica every New Year\u2019s Eve. I would spend the time revisiting the events<br \/>\nof the past year and imagining what the new year might bring, thanking God for<br \/>\nthe good and the bad as well as the possibilities. It was something I could do<br \/>\nalone, well before the parties. And it felt more natural.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This<br \/>\nbit of shoreline is the sanctuary where, in college, I ruminated on my<br \/>\nsexuality, spirituality, and call to ministry. This is where I thought I\u2019d like<br \/>\nto be reincarnated as a seagull so I could stay near the shore and see my<br \/>\nfriends on the beach occasionally! This is where I stumbled onto a gay meeting<br \/>\nplace long before I knew about gay bars. This is where, on a day off from my<br \/>\nchurch work, I would do a long run and work out on the outdoor gymnastic bars.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This<br \/>\nis a walk I\u2019ve shared with many friends, including some of you, and others you<br \/>\nmight know, such as John Boswell, Isabel Rogers, and Malcolm Boyd. This is the walk<br \/>\nthat Henri Nouwen declined, insisting instead that we sit down on my sofa and<br \/>\n\u201chave a really good talk\u201d!<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This<br \/>\nis where I walked weekly on Thursday evenings with a partner to share whatever<br \/>\nwas on our minds and hearts. This is where we walked one Easter after worship,<br \/>\nending up at Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy\u2019s hangout, the S. S.<br \/>\nFriendship, bumping into an old friend there whose partner we learned had died<br \/>\nthe previous week, who gave me the Easter message I needed to hear, \u201cHe died in<br \/>\nmy arms. I felt him leave his body. That\u2019s why I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll see him again.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This<br \/>\nis where I took my mom and her dog for her last walk along the shore a few<br \/>\nweeks before she died, where she mischievously chose an ice cream cone over<br \/>\nlunch. And this is where at least some of my ashes will be scattered.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Though<br \/>\nI live far from that shore now, I go there often.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">There<br \/>\nis no lighthouse there, but in college I composed this poem using the metaphor,<br \/>\nwhich feels all the more apt in later life:<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><b>To Be the Sea<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The sea beside, I stand alone,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">By seasons, wait and search<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">To be discovered and to discover <o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In boundless quest.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The sea has all at any time\u2014<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">No search nor wait.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">At most a lighthouse<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Can beam an instant<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Before bowing to the sea.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This<br \/>\npost originally appeared as \u201cNew Year\u201d on January 1, 2014.<o:p\/><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Please<br \/>\nvisit my website: <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisglaser.com\/\">https:\/\/chrisglaser.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><b><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">My<br \/>\nfinal post on my blog \u201cProgressive Christian Reflections\u201d will occur next<br \/>\nWednesday, June 30, 2021. <\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">More than ten years of posts will remain available<br \/>\nto you on the blogsite, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisglaser.blogspot.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">https:\/\/chrisglaser.blogspot.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\"> and I encourage you to<br \/>\nenjoy them. I regret that I never created an index of post titles, but the<br \/>\nsearch engine in the upper left corner of my blog can help you find posts of<br \/>\ninterest by typing in a subject, topic, name, scripture reference, religious season<br \/>\nor holy day. Or you may work through them by year and month listed in the right<br \/>\ncolumn.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Though<br \/>\nthey may have been written with current events in mind, I intended them each to<br \/>\nbe read meaningfully at any point in time. You may continue to contact me at my<br \/>\nemail address used by the delivery service or by leaving a comment on a<br \/>\nparticular post. FeedBurner has announced it will discontinue all subscription<br \/>\nservices sometime in July, the occasion for my timing. It has been a pleasure<br \/>\nwriting this blog, but now, I believe, is a time for silence, something I<br \/>\nconsidered when writing <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisglaser.blogspot.com\/search?q=zen\" target=\"_blank\">the Zen series<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I<br \/>\nassure you I am well, content, and thankful to God for this extension of my<br \/>\nministry. Thank you for your interest, comments, correspondence, and<br \/>\ncontributions. I am grateful to Metropolitan Community Churches for recognizing<br \/>\nthis blog as an \u201cEmerging Ministry\u201d and ProgressiveChristianity.org for<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/progressivechristianity.org\/?s=&amp;author_search=387&amp;taxonomy_search=&amp;search_button=Search\" target=\"_blank\">reposting many of my reflections<\/a>, as well as the dozens of Facebook pages that<br \/>\nallowed me to provide links to particular posts. I am grateful for the free<br \/>\nservices of Blogspot, Google, Facebook, and the delivery service, FeedBurner. I<br \/>\nam grateful for artist and friend Becki Jayne Harrelson and my husband Wade<br \/>\nJones for their technical and moral support.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><i><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">To date, the blog has had 512,000 visits, a count that does not<br \/>\ninclude almost 500 free weekly subscribers. Once donations were possible, the<br \/>\nhighest annual income ever was $2,000.<\/span>\u00a0<\/i><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Subscriptions have always<br \/>\nbeen free and the blog non-monetized (no ads). Permission has always been<br \/>\ngranted for non-profit use with attribution of author and blogsite. Donations<br \/>\nmay still be made through the links provided at the end of this post. Thank<br \/>\nyou!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Copyright<br \/>\n\u00a9 2014 Chris R. Glaser. Permission granted for non-profit use with attribution<br \/>\nof author and blogsite. Other rights reserved.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Tax-deductible<br \/>\ndonations may be made safely to the \u201cChris Glaser Archive\u201d through the Tribute<br \/>\nGift<b> <\/b>section of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clgs.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Personal<br \/>\ngifts may be made safely by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=EMVM46YHABHFN\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>\n<b>Thank you!<\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>applauded my ordination at Christ Covenant MCC, October 2, 2005. I miss a custom I created for myself when living in Southern California. New Year\u2019s Eve parties left me wanting some more meaningful way of observing the passing of an old year and the welcome of a new year. I did not want to \u201cpray [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":342629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166073,98998,132886,166074,166075,104194,166076,166077,11911,166078,166079,166080,112313,97954,166081,113352,166082,104443],"tags":[23683,2243,8343],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-342628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christopher-isherwood","category-easter","category-gay","category-henri-nouwen","category-john-boswell","category-lgbt","category-lighthouse","category-malcolm-boyd","category-mom","category-more-light","category-new-years-eve-2","category-ordination","category-sanctuary","category-santa-monica","category-sea","category-sexuality","category-shore","category-spirituality","tag-beam","tag-instant","tag-lighthouse"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>At Most a Lighthouse Can Beam an Instant - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=342628\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"At Most a Lighthouse Can Beam an Instant - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"applauded my ordination at Christ Covenant MCC, October 2, 2005. 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