In criticising Marx’s Utopian communist dream, Simone Weil also provided an exemplary commentary on the final part of the movie… Read more Simone Weil’s 1934 “Wall-E” Commentary: Idleness & Indifference Leads To Slavery
Category: Theological Reflection
To Everything There Is a Season: Deifying Our Neighbour Isn’t One of Them
Not including those who spewed out vitriol, abuse, intimidation and violence, congratulations to the Yes supporters. Australia has voted. 7.81 million (61.6%)… Read more To Everything There Is a Season: Deifying Our Neighbour Isn’t One of Them
Even If a “No” Vote Wins, Our Lament Today Should Be About The Decline of Truth & The Freedom To Speak It
Whatever the result of the SSM vote today, far too many influential Christian leaders were silent on the issue. Letting… Read more Even If a “No” Vote Wins, Our Lament Today Should Be About The Decline of Truth & The Freedom To Speak It
Tolstoy’s Critique: Social Media?
The quote below, taken from Tolstoy’s ‘A Confession’, reads like a critique of the leviathan that is social media: ‘We… Read more Tolstoy’s Critique: Social Media?
Why The Song, “God Bless America” Is Both Prayer & Protest
On page 291, of his 2013 book, Hollywood and Hitler, Thomas Doherty makes a small, but note worthy statement about… Read more Why The Song, “God Bless America” Is Both Prayer & Protest
Angels Shadow The Broken
. Sanity pins the past out in patterns; doors emerge between then and now. . Ghosts live here, . … Read more Angels Shadow The Broken
μαρτύριον
Tell your story and shout from the rooftops, “…look at what the Lord has done” (Psalm 118:17). ‘Perhaps the figure… Read more μαρτύριον
R.A. Markus: ‘Christian Hope Does Not Permit a Politically Sterile Withdrawal.’
In a recent blog post Eitan Chitayat presented some high powered dialogue, choosing as his conversation partners those who (unwittingly?) position… Read more R.A. Markus: ‘Christian Hope Does Not Permit a Politically Sterile Withdrawal.’
Aim to Bless, Rather Than Impress
A few years back I did an online retreat for a spiritual formations class I was taking. It was a… Read more Aim to Bless, Rather Than Impress
Emancipation
. I’m schooled by necessity, schooling from what was thrown at me unnecessarily. Gasping for gravity, learning new abilities beyond… Read more Emancipation
Rod Lampard 