Thursday, June 29, 2017

Four: Handling the Eight Evil Thoughts and the Characteristics of Community

As the bell rang, I was already in go mode.  Game face on, I guided various and sundry goofballs into seats with the veiled threat of lost participation points.  

"I wanna start off today by running through the eight evil ...
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Monday, June 26, 2017

Kairos, Koans and Conversion: 4, Divinization

St. John says “the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Because koans unite opposites in the here and now, I know how I would handle half of this. But the other half of this Koan is overt about what it involves: namely what the Christian West ...
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Saturday, June 17, 2017

Three: Egotism, and the Eight Evil Thoughts

The bell rang.  The podium was in the corner of the room, and the students ribbed me a bit about it.  “Mr. Warner, Isolation is bad, you shouldn’t be there.”

I laughed a secret laugh, the one teachers do when their kids remember any...
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Comedians and Conscience, Prayer and Protest

Louis CK has a bit he calls “Of Course, but Maybe.”  I’m about to borrow that bit.  I don't own any rights to Louis' jokes, or his image. I use his structure, of course, as an homage to the great comedian, but maybe to talk a little, ...
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