5.10.2008
What I Read this Week
I have had so many things floating around in my head to write about, but it has all taken a sideline to the cold I've had for over a week. I'll tell you, having a chronic illness makes the amount of exhaustion I experience with a piddly little cold hard to overcome. It can take me down, and it sucks. I've had two good days out of the last 9. So instead I'm going to mention a few things I read this week that were though t provoking:
In case you missed it: The May edition of PDL is online. Big thanks to Bill for his effort getting it published; I know it's a big job for one person.
We're playing Apples to Apples at Jon's blog. At this time the word is "obnoxious". Come join us.
CNN says blogging can be good therapy. Is that why so many millions of us do it?
John Michael Greer asks what kind of future we should be preparing for. "The actions we take to prepare for the future, after all, should be shaped by the future we expect. If we can reasonably expect the future promised us by the modern myth of progress...then it makes sense to plan on business as usual, to treat each ephemeral new technology as the wave of the future, and to treat nature as a sort of green decor worth saving solely for esthetic and sentimental reasons. If, on the other hand, we can reasonably expect the future promised us by the modern myth of apocalypse – a future of sudden chaos and mass death that will leave, at most, a handful of survivors huddled in isolated hideouts – then it makes sense to abandon any hope of improving the status quo and eschew any plan for the future that doesn’t involve firearms, canned food, and subsistence skills basic enough to be practiced in the desolate silence of a mostly empty world."
Interesting conversation on Pam's article featured on the Justice and Compassion blog. Off the Map recently participated in an interfaith compassion event, including the Dalai Lama. The question seems to be whether or not Christians should participate with other faiths/spiritualities in efforts to make the world a better place.
Matt Stone provides the God Glossary. Which one are you?
On a related note, according to one message board, I'm a polytheist, and my friend Sue is just plain creepy. I'm just glad The Shack is getting so much press. When one has critics, you know their message is being heard.
Related to that, and not to be redundant this week's God Journey podcast, which I haven't listened to yet, but I have heard it takes on some popular of criticism of The Shack.
Nestus Venter, AKA Abmo at Windblown Hope, suggested an interesting meme: "How would a town/city look like when it’s been won for Jesus? What kind of a town would it be? I was tagged for this meme, but just have not been able to get to it. Several people (Jim, Jeff, Heather, Barry, Barb, to name a few) have.
I really do hope/plan to get back to blogging more, sharing some original thoughts and writings, but the last two months have been tough and busy and my brain seems to be mush more often than not. Cohesive thoughts have been elusive, but you guys keep coming back, and I thank you for that.
In case you missed it: The May edition of PDL is online. Big thanks to Bill for his effort getting it published; I know it's a big job for one person.
We're playing Apples to Apples at Jon's blog. At this time the word is "obnoxious". Come join us.
CNN says blogging can be good therapy. Is that why so many millions of us do it?
John Michael Greer asks what kind of future we should be preparing for. "The actions we take to prepare for the future, after all, should be shaped by the future we expect. If we can reasonably expect the future promised us by the modern myth of progress...then it makes sense to plan on business as usual, to treat each ephemeral new technology as the wave of the future, and to treat nature as a sort of green decor worth saving solely for esthetic and sentimental reasons. If, on the other hand, we can reasonably expect the future promised us by the modern myth of apocalypse – a future of sudden chaos and mass death that will leave, at most, a handful of survivors huddled in isolated hideouts – then it makes sense to abandon any hope of improving the status quo and eschew any plan for the future that doesn’t involve firearms, canned food, and subsistence skills basic enough to be practiced in the desolate silence of a mostly empty world."
Interesting conversation on Pam's article featured on the Justice and Compassion blog. Off the Map recently participated in an interfaith compassion event, including the Dalai Lama. The question seems to be whether or not Christians should participate with other faiths/spiritualities in efforts to make the world a better place.
Matt Stone provides the God Glossary. Which one are you?
On a related note, according to one message board, I'm a polytheist, and my friend Sue is just plain creepy. I'm just glad The Shack is getting so much press. When one has critics, you know their message is being heard.
Related to that, and not to be redundant this week's God Journey podcast, which I haven't listened to yet, but I have heard it takes on some popular of criticism of The Shack.
Nestus Venter, AKA Abmo at Windblown Hope, suggested an interesting meme: "How would a town/city look like when it’s been won for Jesus? What kind of a town would it be? I was tagged for this meme, but just have not been able to get to it. Several people (Jim, Jeff, Heather, Barry, Barb, to name a few) have.
I really do hope/plan to get back to blogging more, sharing some original thoughts and writings, but the last two months have been tough and busy and my brain seems to be mush more often than not. Cohesive thoughts have been elusive, but you guys keep coming back, and I thank you for that.
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