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Ash Wednesday

Watch This Void

Watch This Void

A new logo and some news of things to come.
Burke Gerstenschlager 02 Mar 2022
The Truly Horrifying Thing

The Truly Horrifying Thing

Again, it is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the slow season of Lent. The beginning of our meandering trek toward Passion Week, that Christological culmination, full of dashed hopes and bewildering absurdity. Today, we allow ourselves to be told and dare to tell ourselves that we are mortal and are going to die. And
Burke Gerstenschlager 06 Mar 2019
In Another School, Sudden Death and its Untimeliness

In Another School, Sudden Death and its Untimeliness

Last night, I saw this photo. My heart broke again. The day was already strange enough, love and death juxtaposed and mixed. And then the shooting started. Our acknowledgement of the inevitable future of our collective and individual demise was met by the catastrophic present of another school transformed into an abattoir. We did not
Burke Gerstenschlager 15 Feb 2018
Yet There’s Still This Appeal

Yet There’s Still This Appeal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No
Burke Gerstenschlager 14 Feb 2018

Waiting for the Dust.

You and I are waiting. It is hard to wait. But such is Lent. Such is life. On Ash Wednesday, we remember from dust we are created and to dust we shall return, because we have to tell ourselves this from time to time. Most days, we are not waiting to become dust again. This is not
Burke Gerstenschlager 01 Mar 2017
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