I desire light but sometimes I desire darkness more I am divided, torn asunder The devil on my shoulder is giving the angel ideas My narcissim imagines a titantic battle of good and evil within. Perhaps the proportions are more carnal than cosmic My heart is a fiery tempest and there’s too much gasoline around … Read more →
I wound up having a conversation about advertising with Steph and Jac before my previous post was actually posted. I thought I’d share another insight that came out of our conversation. In my last post, I argued that advertising works because it appeals to spiritual realities that, by and large, our culture has no genuine … Read more →
We watched the season finale of Heroes on Monday night at my friend Jeff’s place. I watch next to no TV, so the barrage of advertising caught me unawares. (This was the first episode that we watched on TV: we watched the rest online) It was staggering how almost every ad’s content had nothing to … Read more →
On our Europe trip we learned about a number of monks who have had a vast influence on Christian spirituality. Benedict of Nursia, Francis of Assisi, Ignatius Loyola, Teresa of Avila and others. These men and women are spiritual giants who were driven to the monastic life in order to pursue God. We tend to … Read more →