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Bono – On Christianity and Art
man, I love Bono…. “There’s a fear of duality [in Christian art]….There’s this part of us that says ….I want this music to do something positive in a very negative world but on the other hand you want to be honest and own up to your earthly desires and the confusion that everybody has.” “‘Thy…
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James K. A. Smith on Culture, Liturgy, Worldview (video link)
About a year ago, I raved to everyone about the great book from James K. A. Smith, Desiring the Kingdom. He suggests that a Christian anthropology which sees humans as “knowers” or “believers” (which is often implicit in many Reformed circles/studies on worldview) misses the deeper aspect of humans-as-lovers. What we desire drives what we are.…
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I’m sure this is a terrible idea
I have made my vow to avoid political discourse this year till the day before the November election, but I’m not gonna make it (and I wasn’t *really* serious…. I mean, not entirely….though I hate the vacuous and strident tones of American political discourse more than I hate middle-school bickering….which I hate very much). But…
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The present hys…
The present hysteria is not a necessary or inevitable condition of life; it’s something we’ve chosen, if only by our acquiescence to it. It’s not as if any of us wants to live like this, any more than any one person wants to be part of a traffic jam or stadium trampling or the hierarchy…
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The present hysteria (Quotable)
The present hysteria is not a necessary or inevitable condition of life; it’s something we’ve chosen, if only by our acquiescence to it. It’s not as if any of us wants to live like this, any more than any one person wants to be part of a traffic jam or stadium trampling or the hierarchy…
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