–Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Theory
Left, Right and Nothing In Between
Very cool info graphic illustrating how our crazy ass government [doesn’t] work. Click to enlarge.
Only a weak, deficient being can love.
“…even if I were to possess all knowledge, without love I would be nothing, is not simple that with love, I am ‘something’—in love, I am also nothing but, as it were, a Nothing humbly aware of itself, a Nothing paradoxically made rich through the very awareness of its lack. Only a lacking, vulnerable being…
A countercultural, beautiful lifestyle of outrageous love? Yes please.
Greg Boyd speaking about the Constantinian influence on Christianity. This is so important.
Museums as Monuments to Imperialsism
Most European museums are, among other things, memorials of the rise of nationalism and imperialism. Every capital must have its own museum of painting, sculpture, etc., devoted in part to exhibiting the greatness of its artistic past, and, in other part, to exhibiting the loot gathered by its monarchs in conquest of other nations; for…
Shane Hipps on Voyeurism, Exhibitionism & Facebook
I’ll admit I found some appeal. There is a certain thrill in looking at pictures of high school friends from long ago without them knowing. It’s like being a fly on the wall at your high school reunion. I was instantly connected to long-lost friends. People I would never go searching for, but would love…
Design is not style.
People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It’s not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts. Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need, and beauty to produce something that the world didn’t know it was missing. —Paola Antonelli Design…
My Interpretation of the LOST Finale
I searched for the root meaning of the word “Religion” and found what I knew I would find: Might we consider ‘re’ + ‘ligare’ (Latin) so to imply that the essence and most noble purpose for any religion is “To reconnect”, such a reunion repairing the illusion of separation, of being torn from the whole,…
Exploring, Observing and Seeing
It is a matter of how you begin: if you begin with theory, then one way or another your research winds up geared to making the case for or against the truth of the theory. Begin with theory, you begin with the answer; begin with observation, you begin with questions. A theory always turns into…
Evolutionary Christianity
I’ve been listening to Michael Dowd’s podcast lately and I’m really liking his naturalistic view of reality. I haven’t read his book yet but I think his spiritual and scientific insights offer a meaningful way forward for Christianity. I totally agree with a couple things he writes in one of his recent blog posts: It…