Death is the Engine of Life: Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Jesus, and How Reality Works.
Category: Faith
Spare Change
So this morning I’m sitting in Central Park reading a book about Saint Francis of Assisi, and this little dude comes up to me. He’s wearing battered saffron robes and a hat. (Like this.) I’ve seen his type before and figure he may be about to ask me for a handout. Instead he bows and … Continue reading Spare Change
In Wonder You Will Reign Over All Things
At my house we've been watching the original Star Trek. (Mostly George Takei's fault.) I was moderately familiar with the show, but I'd never seen it all the way through. And you know it didn't take me many episodes before I fell hard for Spock. I could go on and on about the structure of the … Continue reading In Wonder You Will Reign Over All Things
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in WE LIKE SHEEP
This is the next post about my Metanoia Season of spiritual renewal. Here's the full list of related posts. And while you're here, have you heard about Anti-Famine 40? For the first 18 years of my life I was much in church, and that meant the Episcopal Church. Ages 18-34, with some gaps, I was … Continue reading All I Really Need to Know I Learned in WE LIKE SHEEP
And the Sign Said
So a few weeks ago I had this dream. Aw, man! Can there be anything worse than a blogger jawing on about some dream she had? But stay with me - there's at least a song at the end. BTW: professionally I coordinate events for a library. So in this dream, I'm at work, but … Continue reading And the Sign Said
Fortunatus
I'm at my new church pretty much all week this Holy Week, except, for work reasons, the Maundy Thursday service. When I first realized this was going to be the case, I felt briefly crushed. I've been attached to Maundy Thursday even during my time in the relative wilderness - since 1995, in fact, when … Continue reading Fortunatus
No Spoilers
David Bowie wrote and recorded this song while he was busy dying of cancer. When I first heard it, I couldn’t figure it out. You’re dying, man. You’re giving everything away whether you want to or not. Even you, with your Grammys and your personal museum and your own ISP, cannot take it with you. … Continue reading No Spoilers
