God Without The Sacred
we will continually be haunted by the ghost of freedom until we realize and come to embrace that we already are/have been free since our first breath. the cross is the very reminder of that. Read more
we will continually be haunted by the ghost of freedom until we realize and come to embrace that we already are/have been free since our first breath. the cross is the very reminder of that. Read more
“If the love whereby the Father loves the Son, and the Son the Father, reveals in an ineffable manner the union between both, what more fitting than that He, who is the Spirit, common to both, should be properly called love?” – Augustine The third part of Hegel’s system is the Philosophy of Spirit. The word ‘Spirit’ (Geist in German) is used by Hegel in a very specific sense which is at the core of his philosophy. Spirit, for Hegel,... Read more
The pervert claims direct access to some figure of the big Other (from God or history to the desire of his partner), so that, dispelling all the ambiguity of language, he is able to act directly as the instrument of the big Other’s will. In this sense, both Osama bin Laden and President Bush, although politically opponents, share a pervert structure: they both act upon the presupposition that their acts are directly ordered and guided by the divine will. –... Read more
From my helpless beginning I am acted upon, the text and stage directions of gender are constantly rehearsed into me. I am taught mu part so completely that I begin to believe that it is no longer a play, but is in fact natural. For both Freud and Lacan, the child is at first ignorant of sexual difference and so cannot take up a sexual position “The use of either of these passages in this way is in fact odd... Read more
A pastor from one church may speak while a pastor from another may do communion, etc, etc – it is really beautiful and there is a true sense of Christian community happening here. Many people who would never see themselves darkening the door of a church feel welcome and free to come, and for those who are stronger in their faith it is giving them a chance to lead, use their gifts, fellowship, and get exposed to different ways to “do church” or express their spirituality. Read more
In the work of Jacques Lacan, the real, the symbolic, and the imaginary are a central set of references. The imaginary is the field of the ego. Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” – Philip K. Dick for the christian, the death of the ego should be the highest goal. the deconstituted self. all of desires should be led by a death. if desire is meaning, then ultimately the goal of any believer... Read more
The death of the Emergent Church has to happen so we can wake up to the reality that there is something more here that lies beyond the hipsters, black-rim glasses and nooma videos. There has got to be more to what we offer than simply skinny jeans, hipster quotes, and an obsession with marginalized. As promising as these things are, let's be honest, there is something deeper than what we are offering right now. This deeper inhabits a place we have yet to venture. But it starts by the confession and realization that we must move forward from where we are... Read more
the same with the orthodox/conservative/evangelical camps, anytime someone comes in (e.g. rob bell in love wins) and presents something outside the orthodox paradigm they are inherently met with resistance. the progressives speak of multiculturalism and openness yet attack the orthodox for not being just that, but in doing so are being just as exclusive as they blame their counterparts to be. and the orthodox blame the progressives for promoting sin and by making such a judgement end up sinning. ultimately, both are in error, but like paul:we fight not against flesh and blood but the systems and principalities. it is theology that is at fault. Read more
If we simply divorce ourselves from the ideas we have been indoctrinated to believe and replace them with new one's or find ways to re-create the same idea with different rhetoric, then we seduce ourselves to believe we have actually made a change without truly doing so. I think the greatest lie we can participate in is believing what we think about God is ever enough. Read more
The gay issue as defined by some conservative religious people groups directly deals with the issue of defining genitalia and imposing socially defined injunctions upon the method in which they are used. By calling it an issue those who feel the need to do just that place themselves in a position of feudal power whereby they become the judge, jury and executioner of ‘such people’ who fit within their perverse definitions of reality. Read more
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