Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote: It was in my prison camp that for the first time I understood reality. It was there that I realized that the line between good and evil passes not between countries, not between political parties, not between classes, but down, straight down each separate individual human heart. Read more
1. cherished miles davis poster: i play the horn. this poster inspires me to color outside the lines 2. mac powerbook: my constant companion for pics, art, music, distant relationship, blogging 3. my journals: years and years of reflections, insights, studies, rants, poems, etc. 4. torrance’s “theological science”: books that stretch my mind beyond reasonable limits 5. my pipe: yes, i smoke a wonderful blend called “executive blend”. a good gift 8) 6. balloon wine glass: for holding assorted red... Read more
Wendell Berry, the great American essayist, in his book The Unsettling of America, writes: This separation of the soul from the body and from the world is no disease of the fringe, no aberration, but a fracture that runs through the mentality of institutional religion like a geological fault. And this rift in the mentality of religion continues to characterize the modern mind, no matter how secular or worldly it becomes. Read more
these are our children, jesse (18), josh (20), casile (14). we are blessed with the presence of these wonderful people in our lives. they are gifts. i used to believe that i wanted them to serve the church in some official capacity… worship leaders, pastors, missionaries. now, i leave that up to them and god. i’m just thankful for them and who they are. lisa and i were all smiles tonight because the 5 of us went out for dinner... Read more
on jake’s cue from a comment yesterday, i’ve responded to an article he referred to me. Bishop Spong, in an online forum article, writes: I welcome the attention that serious atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris are offering the world at this moment through their books. They are bringing what I regard as a deserved criticism and a necessary correction to what Christianity has become in our generation. i whole-heartedly agree with this opening paragraph. i think it needs... Read more
Annie Dillard, in Teaching a Stone to Talk, writes: Why do we people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute? Read more
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