Recent faith

• One of My Favorite Movies: Terry Gilliam’s “The Fisher King”

  I love fantastical films.  The odder or weirder the better.  “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Big Fish,” and “O Brother, Where Art Thou” are all at the top of my favorite fantastical films list.  But one of my favorites in this category is “The Fisher King.”  Blurring the lines between reality and fantasy is often a trademark of [...]

  September 3rd, 2008

• The Church as a Prostitute

  In a recent post on Emergent Self, Judith Hougen wrote:
  Some years ago I sat at a sidewalk cafe with Barry, a pastor from San Francisco, during a break at a spiritual formation conference in Denver. I was interviewing him for a phantom book project. I sipped iced tea and described to him my ideas for [...]

  August 26th, 2008

• A Poem for Today: “Comfort” by Terence Winch

  I ran across this poem today from “The Writer’s Almanac,” which I wanted to reflect upon for a few minutes. 
  Comfort by Terence Winch
  Father Ray Byrne quickly became a star. He played sports, danced, sang, told jokes. He [...]

  August 23rd, 2008

• Him Whose Yoke Is Easy and Whose Burden Is Light – A Quote from Paul Tillich

  The following quote is taken from Paul Tillich’s book “The Shaking of the Foundations,” and it is specifically from Chapter 11: The Yoke of Religion, which can be read in it’s entirety here.  In this chapter, Tillich is reflecting on Matthew 11:25-30, which is also part of the appointed readings for this coming Sunday.
  We [...]

  July 5th, 2008

• The Akedah - Kierkegaard and Protecting God

  Note:  If you haven’t already done so, you may want to read the first post in this series:
  The Akedah - The Binding of Isaac
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  Over the next few days, I will post some further reflections of mine and of others on the story of Isaac’s binding, otherwise known as the Akedah.  Perhaps the most famous of [...]

  June 23rd, 2008