Art & Literature

Friday Photo

Cabin fever had set in a couple of weeks ago. We ventured out and along one of our favorite routes sits this old forgotten house. There seems an uncanny quiet  and stillness after such a snow. Could be the absence of traffic. Maybe it is one of those aftermath … Continue reading

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Narratives and Traditions – Brian McLaren on a New Christianity

Seems like every time Brian McLaren writes a new book it stirs the senses and sensibilities of many. Today marked the release of A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith. Another NKOC. I don’t have a copy though I tried to get a … Continue reading

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Friday Photo Special – Dedication

One week ago today (Friday) my Dad retired for the second, and what could be argued the third, time. For some 45 years he has worked in the electric utility industry. He worked for Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. for 31 years when a re-organization chart did not contain … Continue reading

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Modern Parables – Peter Rollins and “Being the Resurrection”

“You will speak in parables.” George H. Martin likens the manner given Isaiah to speak in Isaiah 6 to parables. He notes,

“How strange is that? Imagine telling teachers to teach so that children all fail, or imagine a world where we expect traffic cops to create congestion and

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Friday Photo

Shawn Skaggs offered a tweet yesterday that he would be staying home in light of the “icenado and blizzmageddon” bearing down on Oklahoma. Fortunately in our specific area we did not lose power.

In a lull from the freezing rain I put out some food for our feathered friends. … Continue reading

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