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“Oddly, I leave this project [the National Study of Youth and Religion] strangely hopeful. The best news about Moralistic Therapeutic Deism is that teenagers do not buy it as faith. They but _into_ it – it shapes them nicely for … Continue reading →
Summer Evening Prayer at Pratt
Hey folks - The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn has entered its summer sessions. So, during the summer,...
Trans-Cultural
“Oddly, I leave this project [the National Study of Youth and Religion] strangely hopeful. The best...
Changing perceptions...
It was interesting to me to see and hear what these young “creatives” from the Pratt...
Changing perceptions
It was interesting to me to see and hear what these young “creatives” from the Pratt Institute are thinking about in their design theory, creative process, social understanding, and sense of where things are going through their art (fine, graphic, … Continue reading →
I’m headed to the Arctic in June with an expedition full...
I’m headed to the Arctic in June with an expedition full of Artists! Hopefully polar bears will swim for my lenses, too. Stay tuned…
(Photograph by Charles “Flip” Nicklin)
College Students and the Hook-up Culture
A review by Caroline Simon of Donna Freitas‘ new book, “The End of Sex: How Hookup Culture is Leaving a Generation Unhappy, Sexually Unfulfilled, and Confused About Intimacy.” (Simon is professor of philosophy at Hope College in Holland, MI and … Continue reading →
College Students and the Hook-up Culture
A review by Caroline Simon of Donna Freitas’ new book, “The End of Sex: How Hookup...
Br. Millard, BSG, is a member of our Carroll Gardens Home Group....
Br. Millard, BSG, is a member of our Carroll Gardens Home Group. He presented three talks on the Bible - what is scripture, how it came to be, what it can mean for us. This is the last presentation on the New Testament.
"After being sent to a reform school at the age of 9, he spent much of the next 20 years in..."
“After being sent to a reform school at the age of 9, he spent much of the next 20 years in correctional facilities. Coe received encouragement to begin writing songs from Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, with whom he had spent time in prison. Coe was treated poorly by racist inmates because he was friends with African American prisoners. After concluding another prison term in 1967, Coe embarked on a music career in Nashville, living in a hearse which he parked in front of the Ryman Auditorium, where the Grand Ole Opry was located, and caught the attention of the independent record label Plantation Records, and signed a contract with the label.” The life of David Allan Coe, according to the Wiki. Boy do I love me some outlaw country.
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"Science strives for answers, but art is happy with a good question."
“Science strives for answers, but art is happy with a good question.”
- James Turrell (via ummhello)
Sex and Post-Christian
I came across this article in “The American Conservative” website. To be honest, I’m unfamiliar with the website or what I presume is the print magazine. This article, “Sex After Christianity: Gay marriage is not just a social revolution but a … Continue reading →
“Soldier” by Ingrid Michaelson
Trendy “Spiritual Formation”
This is an interesting piece by John Ortberg, pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California. He details seven aspects he thinks trendy notions of “spiritual formation” have picketed up, recently, and the baggage clinging to it coming … Continue reading →
Trendy "Spiritual Formation" and the junk that clings to it...
Trendy "Spiritual Formation" and the junk that clings to it...: This is an interesting piece by John...
The Quest for Authenticity
What does Justin Timberlake have to do with living out the living Faith in our day? Perhaps, as...
Antony Gormley’s “Mist” installation...
Antony Gormley’s “Mist” installation (2007)
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atavus: Félix González-Torres - Untitled (America), 1994-95
Félix González-Torres - Untitled (America), 1994-95
creativetime: Nick Cave (Soundsuits, HEARD•NY) meets Nick Cave...
Nick Cave (Soundsuits, HEARD•NY) meets Nick Cave (singer, The Bad Seeds)!
You are on an island (via nevver)
You are on an island (via nevver)
The Creed
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via (das-atelier). Check out their vetted booklet.