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The ground may just open up and swallow me.
Dear God, WTF? Me.
I keep coming back to this.
Popular atheist, Sam Harris criticizes Christians because they are often motivated to feed the hungry, love their enemy, etc. not because of their love for people, but because of their fear of God's wrath. This is akin to how I love. I am driven by my fear of pain; I'll keep you happy enough to prevent my own hurt, disappointment, embarrassment, or strife. At my very ...
I eat pieces of AM radio for breakfast.
I've been taking peeks at good ol' AM talk radio lately and my two favorites are 770 "The Truth" and 1090 "Progressive Talk"--and by favorite I mean most ridiculous. Their rhetoric is absurd and clearly thrives on the demonization of the other. I wonder if the fever has risen simply because they sense their Modern categories of "truth" and "objectivity" are fading; ...
This is the best we could find?
To this lad there isn't much to cheer about when it comes to politics. I hear time and again that to bring about systemic change, to work for justice, you must be involved in the political process. I have dear friends in social work who occasionally ask for help spreading the word or emailing a congressperson, and I wholeheartedly support those on the front lines ...
The devil’s parking lot.
A friend had this response to my recent frustration with prayer--specifically my disdain towards those who: ask God for good parking spots at the airport, get their spot, and declare such provision as God's goodness (true story, and while extreme, I must admit it revealed my distaste for heavenly petitions). "Doesn't it make a lot more sense that God would take care ...
A blog is not a bludgeon.
I've made what turns out to be an enticing and typical blogging mistake: in the name of honesty, I've purged my intimate guts and consequently made this blog an unhealthy dumping ground. This blog is not supposed to supplant the real me, nor is it fair to disclose certain dark spots for my readers and friends to clean up. I've found myself reticent to speak with God ...
Selective reading.
Thomas Jefferson famously clipped out pieces of Scripture he didn't care for. I think this bit from Ephesians ranks pretty high for me (never mind the stuff on genocide or hell). A favorite pastor of mine used it as his benediction and it always made me squirm. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is ...
Buried under sadness and guilt.
Last night found me viewing pornography; the following morning I badly tweaked my back bending over to tie my shoes. My first thought: God is unhappy with me and is reminding me of my status as a sinful, prideful, nasty little creature. Why not? Blessings for obedience, curses for disobedience. I think they call it justice. Wouldn't it be nice to have an hour with ...
From across the pond.
It is always odd to call out profundity, perhaps ironic, but this advert is strange and beautiful. Thoughts of theology are not far from mind. [click here]
Still here…
...just taking a short hiatus. I've recently found energy to write new music and it is so wonderful to spend creative currency on producing and not just talk of producing. (Not to say I don't enjoy that as well). Perhaps I'll post some more here in blogland. You have to promise to listen properlike with headphones and not on your laptop's shitspeakers.Now go let your ...