Iconocracy

It was time to sharpen the contrast, really. I have redesigned the blog to signify a kind of territory. This territory is wilderness, the landscape stark and difficult, full of memories and promises we create as we go along, each becoming ourselves. As we create, we create markers and monuments for pilgrimage. Monuments for ourselves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDH7oD_AQW8 "MLK", U2

As you can guess, Holy Week stresses me out to the point that for a time afterward I feel like I have some unceasing tuning fork in my hands. Today is no different. And it seems that it would be best to stop talking about the difficulty to fathom everything and to just look at

Last night, we had our first Theology Circle on Bonhoeffer. Twelve of us, beers in hand, crammed together on a long picnic table in the back of a low-lit, noisy Brooklyn bar and talked about the meaning of "church". To set the scene, I started out talking about Bonhoeffer's life and context and how much

Last night, we watched Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront, starring Marlon Brando and Karl Malden. Budd Schulberg wrote the screenplay. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards, it won eight. The picture, Kazan, Brando, and Schulberg all won Oscars in 1954. Malden got snubbed. While most people remember Brando lamenting that he "could've been a contender", the