“Fractured” (Frank A. Mills, 2008) The I-Thou I-Me Conflict & The Failure of Western Christianity Drawing on the Celtic Christian Concept of the God-Image within. The failure of Western Christianity is her lost of community in favor of the individual. Modern Christianity was born in the Enlightenment with the I-Thou of Community giving way to […]
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AFTER TRUMP: Achieving a New Social Gospel. Donald Heinz (A Review)
AFTER TRUMP: Achieving a New Social Gospel. Donald Heinz. Cascade Books, Eugene, Oregon, March 2020. ISBN: Paperback: 9781532695315, Hardbound: 9781532695322, also available as an eBook. 250 pages including extensive bibliography. Paperback & eBook: $28.00 / £21.00 / AU$38.00, Hardbound: $43.00 / £33.00 / AU$59.00. “The Donald” is no longer president, but his disdain for democracy […]
The Theology of Popeye
Who would have guessed it? Theology abounds in Popeye!As a kid arriving home from church on a Sunday morning one of the first things I did was to grab hold of the “funny papers” and read faithfully every funny. “Popeye The Sailor” was one of those comics. Although I probably didn’t realize it at the […]
The Grotesque & The Errant
Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1520 For most of us, when we use the word "grotesque" to describe something we are implying that the object is grossly ugly, hideous, or repulsive. With our usage of the word, "errant" we generally use it to describe something that has deviated from the norm. However, within both words there is […]
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Jesus Was A Socialist
What most people don’t realize is that… JESUS WAS A SOCIALIST* The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to liberate the oppressed, and to […]
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The Scandalous Nature of Mercy
Image: Hosea and Gomer. Stone relief quatrefoils, Amiens Cathedral, 1220-40 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice. (Hosea 6:6) “Scandalous” by definition is an action that causes public outrage or indignation. Mercy, of the divine kind, causes public outrage. One only has to look to Christ’s message of mercy to see what sort of […]