Happiness, in no particular order or genre

I just spent the past two hours seated in a coffee shop on the denton square surrounded by local art that i actually liked, listening to the soundtrack from juno, feeling the cool night breeze from the open door, wrapped in a shawl that i brought back from italy and which consequently feels like home when i [...]

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Hope in Abandonment

A friend of mine lately introduced me to the following poem by Rumi:
One night a man was crying,
Allah! Allah!
His lips grew sweet with the praising,
until a cynic said,
“So I have heard you
calling out, but have you ever
gotten a response?”
The man had no answer to that.
He quit praying and fell into a confused sleep.
He dreamed he [...]

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A Kingly Calling

A few days ago, I was once again confronted with the fact that I am not nearly as familiar with scripture as I like to think I am. As in so many other contexts, the lens through which i view the bible is one that i am usually unaware even exists. And of course, when [...]

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Philippians: Chapter Two

Philippians Chapter Two:
Rather than going verse by verse, I’m just going to address the major theme of this passage (especially of vs. 1-18), and my personal response to it.
Reading this passage, despite its old familiarity, still makes me ache. In fact, I think it hurts a little more each time I read it. Part of [...]

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Just a few thoughts

on art and creativity, and what comes post-post-modernism.
Obliterationism, or: The human desire to smash things to bits
It seems to me that this generation’s version of creation is actually destruction. I don’t mean deconstructivism, but something more, something active, something that hearkens back to the four-year-old’s glee as he reduces his lego castle to tiny pieces, [...]

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New PotW

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Thoughts on Philippians — part 1

While in Italy, I have been reading through the book of Philippians. Shortly before leaving the states, i purchased a new Bible, largely b.c i had covered the old one with all sorts of notes in the margins, half of which i dont agree with anymore and all of which i was sick of reading. [...]

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Summer Travels

Well, as you’ve no doubt noticed, I have utterly failed up update my blog whatsoever whilst in Italy. This is not a complete failure to document my trip, though, b.c I have been sending out regular updates with photos and stories to an email list. Said updates were put together in indesign, and i can’t [...]

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Pilgrimage and Community

My parents recently returned from a two-week trip through Israel. They visited tons of famous biblical sites, walking where Jesus and His disciples walked and seeing (somewhat, anyway) the things and places that they saw. It all sounded great — interesting, spiritually edifying, educational — but, to be honest, i was far more jealous of [...]

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New PotW

check it out
It is pretty long, but i’d really love to see your reactions. I found myself deeply identifying with this poem, despite the fact that it is defiantly atheist. go read it and leave a comment!

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