Upon contemplation on the only endless human quest…

Futility of futilities: Truth. It is a boundless complexity so far beyond our capacities to understand that i find myself strongly in line with the apophatic theologians of the early 20th century (A branch of mysticism that emphasizes the fact that God/Truth cannot be known). The wisest man is the one who humbles himself before [...]

Reason: the Servant in a King’s Robe

A few months ago i met a czech guy at the laundry place just down from my apartment. I wasn’t sure how the machines worked so i asked a random bystander who happened to be an intern for Nato. we began discussing and when he told me he was from Prague i asked him if [...]

M a g i c

… people who believe in something greater than themselves tend to have a different feel about them. they are forced to wonder… forced to look above – forced to live haunted by a great mystery. it changes people, obviously. it removes our somewhat trivial lives from center stage and creates an enchanted mist. i once [...]

i love YOU

… of course – people tend to only love those who love them. is there anything more ultimately egocentric? it’s crazy how much we have romanticized this word… love … how much we have dressed it up and then fantasized about it. it’s like water… we need it, we desire it, it is a vital [...]

Zooming Out: Wisdom

“With much wisdom comes much sorrow, with much knowledge much pain” “The thoughts of the wise turn to the house of mourning, but the thoughts of a fool to the house of feasting” “Do not be over-wise”   The grandeur of Wisdom makes your centrality seem more and more… absurd. In Psychology 101 you start [...]

the Church is for us… not for God?

i was having a conversation yesterday in Gent with an old friend from Black Forest Academy. We haven’t seen each other in over 6 years, and not surprisingly we have both changed somewhat. we talked about Faith and the Church… (in the shadows of 4 Massive cathedrals.)   he told me that he would rather [...]

Enormous Mirror of Wonders ~

If there is a God he would be better described as an Enormous Mirror. The dumber the people, the dumber the god. This notion has been continuously reinforced my entire life. Some of my professors have such a transcendent unparalleled God that they claim no concrete knowledge, per say, about him. or Barth’s concept of Divine Freedom – [...]

The HEART: the only thing that is True.

Selah, a potential leader of this particular Bedouin tribe explained to me, “Allah will only care about whether you were a good man or not. If you are a Muslim and but not a good person, why would Allah accept you? If you are not a Muslim but you are a good man, why would Allah not [...]

It’s just a Feeling!

Questioning structure, whether it be religious or cultural, is an inquiry that perhaps has no gain. i don’t think humanity functions well anarchially or structurelessly. what we believe to be real becomes real in its consequence (that sums up mankind) – being birthed into a system is simple because belief is pure (unquestioned… at least [...]

Get Rid of the idea that Figurative language is somehow inferior to Literal language

“It is also essential to get rid of the deep–seated feeling once and for all that figurative language would be inferior to literal language, somewhat less worthy of God.” Henri Blocher  Truth and Fact has only become inseparable recently – ancient cultures never tied the two together. Truth could be found everywhere… myths are humanity’s [...]