Nouns do not exist! Everything, according to the best and most current theories of quantum physics, is constantly in process, continually evolving, verbal by nature. When we have an idea in our minds, it may seem static and definitive, but such an abstraction is only representational, an approximation of that which is always taking shape and becoming something new. This is precisely why the biblical tradition claims that the one true God is pure act (“I am who I am,” Ex 3:14) and that idolatry, confusing the transcendent for something that can be contained and controlled on the altar of our left brains, is the first, worst and most dangerous of all the sins (Ex 20:4). During this season of Lent, therefore, let’s have the courage to acknowledge our anxious and clinging ways. Let’s start seeing nouns as opportunities for surrender, dying to the self we think we are and to the things we think we possess. We shall be met by a flowing river of grace from on high and be broken open to a life of change and growth. We shall rise again and again to new expressions of our humanity and verb our way into eternity. Ave Crux, Spes Unica.
March 14, 2026
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