I’ve been musing over the movie The Journals of Knud Rasmussen that I commented on HERE. It is a powerful film that slowly burrowed its way deep into my mind and demands that I consider it. It’s the story of a shaman of the Inuit people and his beautiful daughter in the 1920’s, when Christianity and civilization sweep into their culture. At one point in the movie they travel from their village which is alive with joyful laughter, a beautiful... Read more
John Taylor Gatto, in his excellent book, Dumbing Us Down, critiques education in America. I read it and applied it almost across the board to religion, Christianity, and the church. In many ways he reminded me of Stringfellow’s work on the principalities and the powers. Here’s a quote: Institutional goals, however sane and well-intentioned, are unable to harmonize deeply with the uniqueness of individual human goals. No matter how good the individuals are who manage an institution, institutions lack a... Read more
I want to make a few things clear: I love my church, Rothesay Vineyard. I feel called to be a pastor. I want to pastor this church. I am grateful to be her pastor. Methinks I don’t protest too much. Let me put it this way: it is as though I came across an extraordinarily beautiful rose in the wilderness. My task is to appreciate, protect and praise its rare beauty. Along come the developers to suggest digging up this... Read more
Sorry folks for no posts today, except for the cartoon. I was busy renovating my bathroom yesterday and today. No time for thinking, writing or even painting. Which hurts. But the bathroom needed a new tub and now it has one. I did watch, late tonight, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, a sad portrayal of the conversion of a joyful, simple and generous folk to a sad, complicated and controlled people. It made me angry to watch valuable food being... Read more
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