Slavoj Zizek commented on the “Gangham Style” phenomenon at a recent lecture in Vermont. He makes the case that the hysteria surrounding the phenomenon is a form of spirituality that creates its own kind of sacred space, It’s disgusting, so you have to watch it 40 or 50 times a …
I had a chance to hear N.T Wright speak no more than 5 times last week: At the Fuller Seminary campus in Sacramento, the launch of the Newbigin House of Studies in San Francisco, and at a special dialogue he held with Scott Hahn and Michael Goheen, an addendum to …
William Cowper was born in England on November 26, 1731. His father was a minister and his mother died when he was six years old. As a child, Cowper rarely lived at home except for a brief stint of nine months when he was eighteen. His early years were spent …
Spiritual depression has always been a part of the Christian experience. It seeks to overwhelm some more than others. I too, struggle with the dark cloud. Some call it depression, spiritual depression, or Acadia. Whatever you want to call it, it feels horrible. It’s like that feeling you get right …
My first entrance into the wider world of the blogosphere came via this essay/editorial that was published on the Religion Dispatches website. I have reprinted the content of the article here as an appropriate beginning point for the experiment that is Abstract Cathedral. Go here to see this article in …