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Category Archives: on Being church
on Pre-judging and Fore-giving
Our modus operandi is prejudicial. We operate with prejudices. It is, on one level, a matter of evolution, a matter of being able to automatically, non-reflectively, assess a situation via socially assimilated valuations. As with all evolved skills, it is … Continue reading
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on Christmas–2, a defense of my earlier missive
I am aware our ancient ancestors readily accepted that the supernal transcendent could and did immerse itself, incarnate itself, in the world, from the plenitude of forms Zeus acquired in pursuit of beauties, to Alexander, Caesar, and Jesus of Nazareth. … Continue reading
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on Christmas
Christmas is about new life, and it is a sacred remembrance of family as the nucleus of new life. How often have I heard some too dogmatized cleric stand in a pulpit and prattle on about how Christmas is about … Continue reading
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on the Notes of the Church (an offering for Pentecost)
I recently spent a day riding around the city. As I assessed the architecture I quietly started keeping count of a certain type of signage, the type that usually includes the word church. I espied the Church of the Disciples, … Continue reading
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on Language and the Meaning of Christianity
I once saw a film, the title of which escapes me; in fact, everything about it escapes me with the exception of one scene. The scene is a most excellent commentary on cultural expectations. Somewhere in nineteenth century British imperial … Continue reading
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on the Crisis in the Church
There are some who will place the analysis of history by Oswald Spengler in opposition to the analysis provided by Arnold Toynbee, Professor Toynbee being chief among them. I would judge both men right given the vantage point from which … Continue reading
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on Ecumenism
Ecumenism is a counterproductive circumvallation of diversity, an ataxia of an atavistically distorted concept of catholicity. It is a gross miscomprehension of unity as uniformity. In its present form it is a monstrous waste of time for all except a … Continue reading
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