A fool can offer words, a creator can offer worlds An academic can show you a world, a dreamer invites you into it Consumers of knowledge are everywhere, generators of knowledge are the rarity Anyone can summarize the great thoughts of others, yet not simply anyone can have great thoughts An English teacher can beatContinue reading “Thoughts From World 3”
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Hillary Clinton, Prophet of the Anthropocene
Today, as I listened to Hillary Clinton on the radio, I heard something profoundly more troubling than rote populist verbiage or party line politics. I heard her tout this statistic, and I paraphrase, “Our Economy is a 70% consumer economy; therefore, the more expendable income everyone has the better the economy can be for everyone.”Continue reading “Hillary Clinton, Prophet of the Anthropocene”
Jokers to the Left of Me, Clowns to the Right: Bernie and Business Rhetoric
There is one thing in particular that concerns me about the Bern Revolution: the carelessness of thought exhibited by many of its followers. More exactly, the disregard for understanding the many facets of business that are currently being demonized, particularly with the rhetoric used by Bernie’s campaign. All of a sudden, folks that have claimedContinue reading “Jokers to the Left of Me, Clowns to the Right: Bernie and Business Rhetoric”
Value Voting is Nonsense
Recently, the Atlantic published a column describing the transition of part of the American voting segment from value voters to voters of nostalgia. Christians who used to vote based on a candidates position on abortion, gay rights, euthanasia, pro-family, etc., have forgotten those values and are now voting for their identity as Americans. We haveContinue reading “Value Voting is Nonsense”
The Beauty of Love: Learning from Thomas Jay Oord
As the events at Northwest Nazarene University continue to unravel in the coming weeks, I wanted to offer some positive words about my good friend Tom Oord, and perhaps introduce him to those who know the man of the books, but could also benefit from knowing the man behind them. It was the year 2003Continue reading “The Beauty of Love: Learning from Thomas Jay Oord”
It’s What YOU See
Have you ever ran across one of those quotes, or sayings, that no matter how hard you rack your brain the simplicity of the statement gets lost on you? Usually, I get lost when reading Hegel, Whitehead, or some other abstractly concrete thinker begging me to silence all the glowing screens and focus on theContinue reading “It’s What YOU See”
The Well is Dry
The well is tapped dry. I dropped a coin over the ledge, leaning my shoulders over the abyss as my arms held me in place. I listened as the coin plummeted to the bottom of the world. Then it happened. It was swallowed by the darkness. The darkness swallowed it whole, the hole that swallowsContinue reading “The Well is Dry”
Drinking Coke with Lacan: the quest for THE can
The Coca-Cola company’s recent advertising campaign is nothing short of brilliant. Drink not just any coke, but drink the one made for you, your friends, even your soulmate. Brilliant. Nothing brings the world together like the combination of aluminum, acidic water, and high fructose corn syrup. In one fell swoop, they have conjured up anContinue reading “Drinking Coke with Lacan: the quest for THE can”
Sex is Divine: Zizek, Jayadeva and the radicality of Incarnation
When the falsely innocent Christlike figure of pure suffering and sacrifice for oursake tells us: “I want nothing from you!” fails miserably – we should not forget that these are the exact words used by the Priest to designate the court in Kafka’s Trial: “The court wants nothing from you.” When the falsely innocent ChristlikeContinue reading “Sex is Divine: Zizek, Jayadeva and the radicality of Incarnation”
Hamartia and the REAL Faults in our Stars
Hamartia is a lack. A negation. An absence. It is not a sin. It is the absence of landing in the right place, evading ones spot, presuming the spot, or target, was important enough to be hit originally. The New Testament writers are correct: it is a wide landing, a missing of the proverbialContinue reading “Hamartia and the REAL Faults in our Stars”
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