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Youthful Blogging = Narcissism?

A recent debate on Andrew Sullivan’s blog, The Dish, contends that youthful bloggers have the monopoly on narcissism- that in resorting to largely confessional prose and memoir, these younguns regale their readerships with every “tawdry twist and turn” of their [...]

“A Brief for the Defense”

  My favorite poem from the recent series by Andrew Sullivan (The Dish), Poems from the Year, contains refrains from the Old Testament, especially Ecclesiastes.  Even today’s reading from Nehemiah 8, where “the joy of the Lord is my strength,” [...]

“What Do I Desire?”

The below video appeared on Andrew Sullivan’s “The Dish“- another of Alan Watts’ transformative lectures set to pictures.  It’s worth your two minutes watching it. Watts begins by posing this question to his students:  ”What if money was no object?” [...]

Previous Posts

Mental Health Break for Restless Souls- "Born to Run"
This week Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" has been my accompaniment in long car rides to visit clients. I saw Springsteen in concert for the first time here in Atlanta several years back, and have since become a big fan. "Born to Run" is for all of us "tramps" (religious misfits) who tire of stand

posted 11:18:27am May. 25, 2013 | read full post »

"Don't Lick the Minivan" Launches Today!
I've just begun reading fellow author and blogger Leanne Shirtliffe's Don't Lick the Minivan: And Other Things I Never Thought I'd Say To My Kids. Today marks the book's official launch, and while I've only read the first chapter, I can already tell that this is a book you will love if you like a go

posted 10:59:23pm May. 22, 2013 | read full post »

The Oklahoma Tornadoes: A Continuation in Our Christian Meterology Series
Yesterday the devastating news poured in over National Public Radio as I was in the kitchen making dinner: four tor

posted 10:38:06am May. 21, 2013 | read full post »

Mental Health Break- "The Mission" with Ennio Moriccone
The soundtrack to the movie, "The Mission"- about a group of Jesuit missio

posted 1:10:49pm May. 19, 2013 | read full post »

Saturday Silliness: Alternate Titles for Grace Sticks
After finishing Barbara Brown Taylor's Leaving Church- more thoughts on this wonderful book later- I picked up Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (Reading Kali

posted 10:16:06am May. 18, 2013 | read full post »


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