3 Lessons from Wild Goose: Holy Rest, Holy Mischief, and Holy Reconciliation | Sojourners

3 Lessons from Wild Goose: Holy Rest, Holy Mischief, and Holy Reconciliation

Fireflies in the night. Image courtesy Fer Gregory/shutterstock.com.
Fireflies in the night. Image courtesy Fer Gregory/shutterstock.com.

From hosting electronic dance revivals and nightly “beer and hymns” to featuring the hijinks of Christian carnies, the Goose sure knows how to let loose. Yet, this holy mischief is often missing in our life and work together. In our resistance to empire and the systems of domination that pervade our life and being, we tend to take ourselves too seriously. For many, Christianity has become staid and void of imagination. But it doesn’t have to be this way. What if we risked it all like holy fools? 

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