Apo-calypso. In its root sense is a dis/closure, an opening that may come as an explosion—for what has been kept sealed under pressure opens with a bang. In Revelation, the seals break open to vision the hideous layers of slaughter, deprivation, the trade of luxury (oil and wine) against need (barley and wheat), drought, flood,…
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A creative, improvisational style of life
Jesus contradicts the Mosaic law not to impose an alternative law, but to propose the practice of grace. A life lived by the practice of grace is going to have an unpredictable, nonconforming aspect to it. Many of the central concerns of human society (the rule of law, the sanctity of life, sexual relations, contracts,…
Occupy Design: Designing for the 99 Percent
The graphic above comes from the Occupy Design site where graphic designers, in solidarity with the Occupiers, team up to build a visual language for the 99 percent. If you’re a designer, you can get involved here.
Diseases of The Rich–Spirit level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
The book argues that there are “pernicious effects that inequality has on societies: eroding trust, increasing anxiety and illness, (and) encouraging excessive consumption”. It claims that for each of eleven different health and social problems: physical health, mental health, drug abuse, education, imprisonment, obesity, social mobility, trust and community life, violence, teenage pregnancies, and…
What The Rule of Saint Benedict Can Teach The Occupiers
The power of Benedict’s Rule was this: in a world that was falling apart, it gave structure to small communities of faith that could experiment in a new kind of community. It did not aim to restore Rome to its former glory or even to reform the church. The Rule simply offered people a way…
Ignorance is Bliss: Is It Valid to Feel Hopeless About Occupy Wall Street?
Research shows that a more accurate notion of one’s powerlessness can result in a greater feeling of helplessness and is associated with depression. Several classic studies show that moderately depressed people are more critically thinking than those who are not depressed. Researchers Lauren Alloy and Lyn Abramson, studying nondepressed and depressed subjects who played a…
Death Is The Destination We All Share | Steve Jobs Speaks About Death
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is…
Live in A Corporatocracy Much?
“A Corporatocracy within society, denotes a system of government that serves the interest of, and may be run by, corporations and involves ties between government and business. Where corporations, conglomerates, and/or government entities with private components, control the direction and governance of a country, including carrying out economic planning (notwithstanding the “free market” label)” (Wiki)
So what is your poem about?
In “The Well Wrought Urn” — that well-known and well-wrought book of literary criticism — Cleanth Brooks described what he called “the heresy of paraphrase.” The main idea — that efforts at paraphrasing poetry into prose fail in ways that parallel attempts for prose do not — was not new. It has been generally agreed…
The only acceptable time to use the term ‘Tea Party.’
Let me simply say this, regarding the Tea Party Andy: They are offensively misusing the term ‘Team Party.’ And that’s completely unacceptable. Tea Parties are not about large groups of white people gathering together to complain angrily about something they can’t fully articulate. The only acceptable time to use the term ‘Tea Party,’ is when…