the difference between heaven and hell

I got this from Ben Witherington’s blog:
The Holy Man and the Lord
A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day
and said, “Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.”
The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and
the holy [...]

well, this is one way to fight economic injustice

‘Robin Hood’ Gang Robs Gourmet Stores in Bid to Feed Hamburg’s Poor
I’m conflicted over the usefulness of this tactic, particularly for Christians, but at the same time I’m intrigued.  I definitely sympathize with their ideals, though.  I suppose I’ll cheer them on from the sidelines.
I’m constantly conflicted over my desire to see the church truly [...]

another article from Brian Walsh and brief comment

Derrida and the Messiah
There is no truth without incarnation. Truth does not exist in a formless void, disembodied and apart from some kind of instantiation in concrete existence. While our ability to access truth objectively is cracked, flawed, that does not absolve us of the duty to pursue it.
Question to ponder… How does Jesus embody [...]

Christian preaching and imagination

“Preaching is fundamentally about shaping the imagination of the Christian community. … We need preaching that will set the captives free, especially when they have become comfortable in captivity.”
From Subversive Preaching in a Postmodern World by Brian Walsh.
Walsh quotes Walter Bruggeman several times in the piece, most notably (for me):
“The key pathology of our time, [...]

battle of the sexes and creation

From the first creation story, in Genesis 1:
26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the ground.”
27 [...]

on force (very brief)

I just noticed that I talk a lot about force, to the extent where I might even give sometimes the impression that I think we’re under some kind of military dictatorship.  This is obviously not the case.  Force is far from the only weapon used to ensure compliance, and far from the most common.  Empire [...]

another thought on Romans 13, the oppressiveness of Christianity

my original post on Romans 13
This pertains, actually, to Paul’s immediately previous statement about repaying evil with good. Could it be that Paul has in mind that the Christians, as a sect with subversively dangerous ideas to the Empire, should keep their noses so clean, as it was, that the officials could legitimately find [...]

a brief on language and domination

Language tends to demonstrate the human tendency for domination in all things. Written language is probably stronger in this than spoken, but I would say language has a dominating tendency because when we speak we essentially make sounds (or write symbols that represent sounds) that have no meaning in and of themselves, but we (at [...]

Nieztsche, the fall, anarcho-primitivism, and human domination

[Anything which] is a living and not a dying body… will have to be an incarnate will to power, it will strive to grow, spread, seize, become predominant — not from any morality or immorality but because it is living and because life simply is will to power… ‘Exploitation’… belongs to the essence of what [...]

A little more on Terrell Owens, peace protesting, and the media

You know why Terrell Owens gets more press coverage than nearly 100 people being arrested for protesting on the Capitol lawn? Well, I’m not saying it isn’t possible that there’s a government interest in keeping that sort of news hush-hush, particularly since they were totally nonviolent, but really, as V says in V for Vendetta… [...]