It seems to me that one of the reasons a voluntary, and market-driven society produces so much anxiety, is that relationships are constantly being being negotiated.
Quote: Marshall McLuhan on the Future of Politics
Quote from Marshall McLuhan in 1972
Quote: The Book of Common Prayer – Balance for a Racing Mind
The sonorous cadences, the elegant repetitions and antitheses, of Cranmer's prose may strike some as cold; we recall the Puritans' complaints at the Savoy Conference: 'A brief transient touch and away, is not enough to warm the heart aright.' (Samuel) Johnson, however, did not need his heart warmed, but rather his racing mind calmed. For
The Communion of the Saints: Words Rush Forward
Our pastor has a secret weapon. On a weekly basis, he consults a treasure trove of biblical commentary material directly from the Fathers of the Early Church, via the wonders of his Logos Bible Software. The ability of this technology to search such a large body of written material for relevant commentary is quite amazing.
Death Be Not Proud: Excerpts from John Donne
from Hymn to God, My God, in My Sickness Since I am coming to that holy room, Where, with thy choir of saints for evermore, I shall be made thy music; as I come I tune the instrument here at the door... I joy, that in these straits I see my west; For, though their
Quotes: The Sorrowful Mysteries
"One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds. Pain linked to pain, fragility to fragility. There is no silence without a cry of grief, no forgiveness without bloodshed, no acceptance without a passage through acute loss. That is what lies at the root of true
Putting Pain in Perspective: Reading T.S. Eliot During Lent
The season of Lent provides an opportunity to be honest about pain...and to put it in perspective. At its best Lent is a communal and individual return to the waters of baptism, not a "self-help" fashioning of a better "me" or another chance to reinstate a list of failed New Year's resolutions. It is less
Images for the Journey: Lent 2015
"Ash Wednesday" by Alfonse Borysewicz "Christ Carrying the Cross" by Hieronymus Bosch "Let there be light..." - The outside oculus of Christ the Light Cathedral in Oakland, CA (I took this photo last week during a visit)
Currently Thinking About: Protestant Hymns in Roman Catholic Missals
I’ve been exploring various (contemporary) Roman Catholic missals and have found that the majority of the hymnody they contain are historically Protestant in origin. The same can be said for the Roman Catholic prayer devotional that I use called Magnificat. This is fascinating to me. Great church music has the ability to be delightfully indiscriminate.
Currently Thinking About: Marriage, Church Traditions, and Divine Love
Some view marriage to their church tradition in the same way some view and practice marriage between a man and woman. As self sufficient and sustainable without help from those outside their particular marriage (tradition). This is an extension of the modern myth of the “nuclear” family. Marriage for the common good means covenant commitment