Adventus

"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."--Soren Kierkegaard

Friday, April 23, 2010

Paying Attention

"Don't for heaven's sake, be afraid of talking nonsense. But you must pay attention to your nonsense."--Ludwig Wittgenstei...

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

"War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning"

Phila brings the moral outrage to the story of the video of the Apache helicopter attack from 2007: This isn't some aberration. What ...

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Meditation for Easter Sunday 2010

(yes, a few days late, but I've been busy) For Christians, the answer to Pilate’s question about truth is the death and Resurrection of ...

Monday, April 05, 2010

The Real Problem of Resurrection

I haven't commented on the scandal in the Roman Catholic church in large part because I'm not RC, and it's a complicated issue t...

Starting Easter Monday with a Bang, not a Whimper...

I don't really agree with this essay , simply because I'm Niebuhrian enough to regard human nature as essentially "fallen...

Saturday, April 03, 2010

Holy Saturday 2010

A repeat from a few years back. The words of G.K. Chesterton: Our faith begins at the point where atheists suppose it must be at an end. Ou...

Sam Harris Explains It All For You

Courtesy of Phila , who does this much better than I do, we get the subject for Holy Saturday's meditation (sort of). Viz: The moment we...

Friday, April 02, 2010

Good Friday 2010

Oh, life is bigger It's bigger than you And you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no, I've said ...

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Holy Thursday 2010

'Twas on a holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean, The children walking two and two in red and blue and green: Grey-headed beadles wa...

Monday, March 29, 2010

Holy Week 2010

It is announced wherever, reflecting without flinching, a purely rational system of analysis brings the following paradox to light: that the...

Thursday, March 25, 2010

It's Mighty Reckless....

If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it : Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who joined a multistate lawsuit cha...

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Fifth Sunday of Lent 2010

Isaiah 43:16-21 43:16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, 43:17 who brings out chariot and horse, a...

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Tout autre est tout autre--Jacques Derrida

Glenn Greenwald: French documentarians conducted an experiment where they created a faux game show -- with all the typical studio trappi...

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Fourth Sunday of Lent 2010

Joshua 5:9-12 5:9 The LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt." And so that place is called ...

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