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Watched Joyeux Noël again with my wife – a truly great film, based on true events of one of the WWI Christmas Truces. Apparently, the Germans first decorated their trenches with Christmas trees, and belting out Christmas carols – the first/main one is thought to have been ‘Stille Nacht’ (Silent Night). This prompted some (English) carol singing from the . . . → Read More: peace on earth The word ‘teleology’ (from Greek τελος ‘telos’ – meaning ‘goal’, ‘end’, ‘purpose’ or ‘that toward which things tend’) is not a street-level term. However, the concept of a purpose, goal, function or ‘end’ to things most certainly is. It’s a common as anything. Teleology is blindingly relevant. . . . → Read More: teleology & ethics  31 comments  ethics, philosophy  abortion, advertising, art, belief, busyness, change, community, conflict, consumerism, creation, dignity, ethics, evil, god, humanity, Law, life, love, morals, order, pain, peace, philosophy, politics, relationships, science, sexuality, spirituality, technology, wisdom The louder one screams about the need to be tolerant, the more their very act of screaming demonstrates the equal need to be intolerant (for example, the need to be intolerant of intolerance), which also means their screaming is only a half-truth… Not 100% false, not 100% true, but a half-truth; which isn’t too helpful, really… What would be helpful . . . → Read More: on tolerance Obamas turn has come to rule the American empire. Will it continue to be a mass-consuming empire of greed? Only time will tell. Here is a thoughtful, timely and read-worthy critique by Brian Walsh entitled: Barack Obama: A Post-Imperial Presidency? And yes, the same question could’ve/should’ve been asked had McCain won the election… Anthropocentric Ethics – In Ancient & Modern Perspective The author/composer/poet/community which produced the text we know of as Genesis 1 observed many things. Just one of these is the uniqueness of humans in relation to our environment. Day and night, earth and sky, sea and land, vegetation, and fruits, creatures great and tiny, both in the sea and on land… . . . → Read More: anthropocentric ethics One comment - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics, philosophy, theology art, belief, change, christianity, community, conflict, creation, culture, death, dignity, ethics, evil, faith, god, heaven, hope, humanity, interpretation, justice, learning, life, love, morals, order, peace, poverty, relationships, religion, spirituality, suffering, theology, truth, wisdom This post over at ‘Just Thomism‘ is short, sweet and very thought-provoking. I’m thankful for pain. Not generally at the moment I experience it, but when I think about it, yes I’m glad (for example) that my body tells me when I’m burning my hand on the stove-top. It’s a painful message that my body sends, but it’s one I . . . → Read More: pain bears a message Will somebody please make a modern, well-produced movie about Dietrich Bonhoeffer!??? (existing works here, here and here…) I think Matt Damon should play the part… 9 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics, theology belief, bonhoeffer, community, dignity, faith, fellowship, film, god, gospel, hope, humanity, jesus, justice, kingdom of god, life, love, morals, peace, philosophy, spirituality, suffering, theology, truth, war The US of A just spent $168 billion… (or 152, depending on sources) Might wanna read that again… What did they spend it on? Shopping… that’s right, shopping… This makes me want to release a torrent of various expletives… Each tax-paying American recently received hundreds of dollars to –yes– go shopping. The ridiculous rhetoric used for this was that of . . . → Read More: why the “economic stimulus” is a load of bull… 6 comments - (Comments are closed) ethics, politics advertising, consumerism, culture, current event, death, debate, derek webb, dignity, discernment, ethics, evil, humanity, life, morals, peace, politics, poverty Many books are on my desk at the moment. Books for my theological study, and books for my personal interest. I have too many books on my desk. I cannot read them all… Yet this did not prevent me from picking up 7 more books on our recent trip to the states… . . . → Read More: recent book purchase 10 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, philosophy, science, theology Anne Rice, astronomy, atheism, belief, books, christianity, creation, evolution, faith, Francis Collins, god, Guy Consolmagno, humanity, intelligent design, jesus, Kenneth Miller, kingdom of god, learning, life, N.T. Wright, peace, politics, religion, science, Shane Claiborne, spirituality, theism, theology Do you trust? Do you believe? I’m not talking (at least in this post!) about God – I’m talking about convicted criminals! Tapu Misa has written another thought-provoking piece about –among other things– the house-arrest conditions of Bailey Kurariki, suggesting that the public needs to trust him to learn how to live in society. . . . → Read More: trust and believe… criminals!? |
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