http://www.thedarkglass.net trying to nail down the shifting signifiers Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:10:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I guess my blog is turning into a blog about the blogs I visit. The other day I visited Scot McKight's "Jesus Creed" in which he wrote a post about Dobson's critque of Obama's speech regarding how to live out one's faith in a pluralistic society. For those who don't ... http://www.thedarkglass.net/2008/07/02/jesus-stands-before-pilate/ I regularly visit a website titled "Act 3: Advancing the Christian Tradition in the Third Millennium," which is the website of John Armstrong, a former pastor, church-planter, and an author of a number of books as well as being an adjunct professor at a few colleges in the Chicagoland area. ... http://www.thedarkglass.net/2008/06/21/the-nature-of-salvation/ I don't like to do typical things, and this applies not only to how I live but to my blogging as well. On Thanksgiving, I am not likely to write a post about what I am thankful for. On Christmas, I am not going to write a post about the ... http://www.thedarkglass.net/2008/06/01/getting-typical/ So, the other day Roger, of Ramblin with Roger (a gentleman from New York, who because of the Internet and a six-degrees thing, I have had the opportunity to make a connection with) tagged me for one of those random meme things. His stated purpose in doing so was to ... http://www.thedarkglass.net/2008/05/26/ten-things-and-a-possible-curse/ "Do you know where the word "phantasm" comes from? It comes from Plato's... notion that there was such a thing as objective reality, but that the five senses of the body didn't pick it up correctly. So reality, he thought, was a somewhat hazy reality for all people... Do we ... http://www.thedarkglass.net/2008/05/15/george-macdonald/ The day is Sunday, the place is Saint Mary's Anglican Church, the who is primarily me, the what is an event wherein I am confronted on two fronts with an aspect of my behavior that I need to change, and the why I cannot say for sure, but taking a ... http://www.thedarkglass.net/2008/05/06/a-prophet-unawares/ Not long ago I started writing a post that quickly developed into a full blown essay about men's magazines and sexuality that I am now thinking of revising and editing for submission to magazines like Geez, or Relief. This has created a mild dilemma as I have not posted in ... http://www.thedarkglass.net/2008/04/24/vahard/ The end of the semester draws near and I am reading the first drafts of student research papers. Among the many quotes I read was the following jewel by Saint Augustine: Women should not be enlightened or educated in any way. They should in fact be segregated as they are the ... http://www.thedarkglass.net/2008/04/08/involuntary-erections/ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. ******* It ... http://www.thedarkglass.net/2008/04/03/gods-gonna-kick-your-ass/ EASTER SUNDAY  It is truly right and good, always and everywhere, with our whole heart and mind and voice, to praise you, the invisible, almighty, and eternal God, and your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord; for he is the true Paschal Lamb, who at the feast of the Passover paid for us the debt ... http://www.thedarkglass.net/2008/03/25/breaking-the-bonds-of-hell-an-excerpt-from-the-easter-liturgy/