Wow. I am in one of those temporary funks, which happens to me a lot when I read something by an esteemed theological thinker who presents a “list” of “essential” things like a book list or “biggest issues” list, of 5 or 10 or 20, and not ONE of them has anything to do with the ecological emergency in which Continue Reading
“[Thomas] Merton wrote extensively of the Cosmic Christ such as the following: “The Blinding One….speaks to us gently in ten thousand things….He shines not on them but from within them.”
“[Thomas] Merton predicted that the marriage of religious fundamentalism and American nationalism would produce “the greatest orgy of idolatry the world has ever seen.”” [contentcards url=”https://buff.ly/2Gnv3ED” target=”_blank”]
“Everyone who knew warned us, but a well-funded campaign by fossil-fuel interests made sure that no one believed them. Actually, now we are in the sequel, Cassandra II, where everyone believes her, but no one will lift a finger to do anything to help.” https://buff.ly/2RNy4z9
Really good Wordcamp Presentations so far this morning…#WCUS #WCUS18 here in downtown Nashville… I am highly pumped
“God places Adam in the garden of Eden to “till and to keep it. The Hebrew words here that describe Adam’s vocation consist of abad and shamar. The former means to serve,” even to the point of being a slave. The latter not only means “to keep. but also “to watch or preserve.” God puts Adam (and Eve) in the Continue Reading
More “gnostic” markers: Pay lip service to “visible markers of piety” and “belief” (meaning “inner , special knowledge”) while ignoring and contradicting most of the Biblical values in policies that make it more difficult for the poor, throw people off of health care or make it more difficult to acquire insurance, fail to welcome the immigrant and actually do the Continue Reading
I have been told I don’t know how many times, by people who seem irritated at my “obsession” with the Ecological Crisis, that they “certainly” believe that “we should be good stewards of the earth”, and that I never “seem satisfied” with that answer. But here is exactly why I continue to press about the urgency of this, and now Continue Reading