Momento Mori
“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” I still remember the first time a priest said these words to me as he inscribed a cross of ash...
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Lenten Love
Lent: forty days of fasting. Jesus’s forty days in the wilderness, Noah’s forty days of rain, Moses’s forty days on Sinai, Elijah’s forty day walk to Horeb, Goliath’s...
Read MoreSuicide: Act of Redemption or Tragedy?
Particularly in the realm of literature, suicide is sometimes seen as an act of love, sacrifice, or even heavenly longing. For example, in Flannery O’Connor’s “The...
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Salvation is not the point. The point is what we do with Salvation.
At this moment a 450 ton, 385 foot long, monstrosity of mining equipment is parked in southern Idaho. This so-called “mega-load” is headed for the tar sands oil...
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This is How we Give Thanks: American-Style
For those of you outside the United States, today is our Thanksgiving. It is our last remaining cultural tip-of-the-hat to that quaint practice of harvest festivals. We...
Read MoreZizek, Enjoyment, and the Atheist Bus Campaign
Along with his penchant for dirty jokes and obsession with American movies, philosopher Slavoj Zizek’s willingness to discuss trivia such as national differences...
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