Peter Pan Update: Colbert Receives More Support Amongst Young Than GOP
Saturday, October 27th, 2007 Posted in Culture, Politics | No Comments »According to aRasmussen Poll, Comedy Central talk show host Stephen Colbert's satirical campaign for the White House has more support among young voters than does either GOP candidate (Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani) in a hypothetical match up against Hillary ...
Wanted: Adults
Saturday, October 27th, 2007 Posted in Culture, Society | 2 Comments »I have officially decided that my Theme Movie for the 2008 Election, and for American Culture writ large shall be, until further notice, Peter Pan. To begin our new theme, here are excerpts from "I Won't Grow Up," Peter Pan's ...
What Have We Done Today?
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 Posted in Culture, Society | 5 Comments »We shall do much in the years to come,But what have we done today?We shall give out gold in a princely sum,But what did we give today?We shall lift the heart and dry the tear,We shall plant a hope in ...
The Radical Message of Christ, The Mediocre Message of Christianity
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 Posted in Religion, christianity | 1 Comment »"The Christian faith has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found difficult, and left untried." -G.K. ChestertonUnfortunately, the Church's failure to live the radical, and mostly untried message of Christ has led to an emptying out of ...
Disorganized Thoughts on the Crisis in the Anglican Communion
Sunday, October 14th, 2007 Posted in Religion, christianity | No Comments »I have been hesitant to write much concerning the present crisis facing the Episcopal Church of the United States and the Worldwide Anglican Communion because it is simply one of those issues for which there are no easy answers. ...
Systematizing and Losing Humanity
Friday, October 5th, 2007 Posted in Personal Growth, Psychology | 1 Comment »M. Scott Peck, in his book The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace discusses the stages of community as being 1) Pseudocommunity 2) Chaos 3) Emptiness and 4) Community. The transition from Pseudocommunity to Chaos is inevitable whenever differences ...