your own personal Copernican Revolution

There are a few Žižek fans on TLS, so I thought I'd share this quote from him: "When a discipline is in crisis, attempts are made to change or supplement its thesis within the terms of its basic framework - a procedure one might call 'Ptolemization' (since when data...

introduction to Parker Palmer

Thanks to @wayner for reminding me of Parker Palmer. Here's a short video: I found this quote about Palmer: "... faith is a misunderstood word. Faith is not a set of beliefs we are supposed to sign up for... It is instead the courage to face our illusions and allow...

are you just making do?

I apologize up front for this larger than usual Daily Bread. But please read on. Many people don't realize this, but what appears to be a smooth transition from the New Testament to the early church to the present day is exactly that… appearance. The wonderfully...

can you be lost where you’ve never been?

Have you ever gotten lost where you've never been? I have. I am. It's one thing to get lost in a place you've been. The best thing to do is just wait, calmly, for someone to find you or until you recognize a familiar marking and can find your own way back. But what if...

the cloud of unknowing is becoming my home

"The Cloud of Unknowing": A Christian classic. Unknowing. Yep. That's me. Could that be you? An interesting thing happened to me the other day. I was talking with someone who used to go to my church that I pastored. I was talking about really missing teaching, and...

some items of housekeeping interest

I just wanted to catch you guys up on some housekeeping I'm doing. I'm constantly CONSTANTLY thinking of new ways to make TLS a better place. Here's some things that are on my mind: The chatrooms are a fun and frenzied way to connect and get to know each other on a...

When you say “Oh God!” who do you say it to?

You look at your spouse and say, "I don't know you anymore. You've changed." Your spouse looks back at you and says, "Actually, I think you're the one who has changed." I'm going through another major spiritual shift right now. It's not fun, but necessary. This is how...

praying our goodbyes

My wife Lisa picked up a book many years ago that she still highly values by Sister Joyce Rupp, a member of the Servite community, "Praying Our Goodbyes". A common theme in all of our lives is grief. We have all had to say goodbye, we've all experienced loss, we all...

you had to in order to grow

This is one of my sculptures "Recept" (Brazilian soapstone on walnut and brass base: 4"x5"x6" / 10cm x 12cm x 15cm). One of my greatest artistic inspirations is Romanian sculptor Brancusi. He was studying in the great Rodin studio but left after only two months...

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