Monthly Archives: April 2005

*tapping the microphone* Testing … test … check … check.

Is this thing on?

Some of you know me, others do not. I speak to both. I am a relative newcomer to Theology Kung-fu; but, then again, it doesn’t appear to have existed very long either. So, there you are. Many thanks to the sensei for giving me posting and commenting privileges. Between this and a few other blogging … There’s more to read here.

This week marks the release of Bruce Springsteen’s latest CD – “Devils and Dust.” The CD marks the completion of a trilogy of acoustic albums dating back over 20 years to the landmark album from 1982 “Nebraska” (one of my desert island discs) and the 1995 “The Ghost of Tom Joad.” “Devils and Dust” roams around the southwest border lands of the US and seems haunted by … There’s more to read here.

or why everyone else is wrong
or the adefiniton of art

Several years ago I was had an interesting discussion about what exactly IS art. The members of this discussion included a DMin, a working painter, an accomplished classical musician, an accountant, a multi-post-graduate degreed film expert, some jackass from Ireland, and me. Unfortunately, the idea and backgrounds of this group of individuals was far more interesting than anythign that … There’s more to read here.

“The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand we are obliged to act accordingly. Take any words in the New Testament and forget everything except pledging yourself to act accordingly. My God, you will say, if I do that … There’s more to read here.

Anne Lamott posted an intriguing op-ed piece on Salon.com recently – read it here.… There’s more to read here.

Just an added note to the set list report on U2.com for the first Seattle show posted here

The more complete intro to ‘Miracle Drug’ Bono offered was “I believe in God and that he gave us science… he wants science and scientists to be used because we need science…” Overall the show had a wonderful spirit of reverence. Also, as reported by Zoodog, for those who were wondering … There’s more to read here.

Last night while walking to the U2 show in the Key Arena here in Seattle (had to get that in somehow!) we got to talking about some of the threads weaving their merry way through the blog postings. One of the comrades chimed in with “shouldn’t we say something about the nature of relationships?” I couldn’t agree more…

Much of the dichotomy that seems to have arisen – logic vs. … There’s more to read here.

Yo

Sensei – I liked what you said . While am not is a position to objectively critique this discussion. I benefit from age in that I have not only watched others make mistakes in the way they have constructed and deconstructed their mental/spiritual worlds but I have a whole raft of patterns of mistakes I have made to look back on that inform my current frame. I am not … There’s more to read here.

(While some members of Theologykungfu.com would not put themselves squarely into a particular tradition of faith, this blog is for everyone to chime in on – here we go):

Given some of the latest ( and more contentious) blogs on the site, it seemed like the time has come to take off the gloves and get real with each other…

The question is this:

is the Gospel better served by … There’s more to read here.

Tom Waits remains one of the unsung heroes of paradoxical theological insights – take some of these quotes from lyrics off his back catalogue:

“The Lord is a very busy man….. Jesus is always looking for the big picture.”
“The bullets that lead straight to the devil’s world, just like marijuana leads to heroine.”
“There ain’t no devil, there’s just god when he’s drunk”
“Even Jesus wanted just a little … There’s more to read here.