Posted 10/19/2002 06:01:01 PM


current mp3:
agents.of.future::open.us.up

Posted 10/19/2002 05:45:12 PM

paratheology: moving beyond our provincial monuments to elitism into interconnected communities of interpretation.

Posted 10/19/2002 02:11:58 PM
10X10

There had been mention earlier in the evening about an old graveyard near my apartment complex. It was a place for unwed mothers, illegitimate children and orphans to be buried at the turn of the century. I wanted to see it. And what better time is there to visit such a place than a crisp, three quarter moon, mid October evening between the hours of 11:00 and midnight?

Sometimes living means visiting the dead, remembering the forgotten, pushing away dead leaves and grass from 100 year old graves. Sometimes it means wondering who mourned for Josephine, Edward, Lura and infant 17. Living means remembering our collective pasts, forgiving our collective mistakes, celebrating our collective present and anticipating our future together.

Posted 10/17/2002 09:17:06 AM
when Kiarostami and Bahman can't get visas to pick up artistic awards in the USoA we know that the government has shit for brains.

Posted 10/17/2002 09:14:08 AM
Soularize Day Three

Unlike some of my esteemed blogging compatriots who have the amazing capacity to write meaningfully amidst the chaos that is conference life I am unable to muster the perspective to do so with any sense of coherence. There have been some very, very interesting people, conversations, meals, car rides to places we did not know how to get to, pints, toasts to Canada, films, electronica, scents, textures, voices, ego, humility, snow, camaraderie, difference and beauty. It is good to be here.

I rode in a car once. It was cold....

Posted 10/16/2002 06:46:35 PM
hey all.
at soularize.
great time so far.
lots of details, but no time.
will update tomorrow, inshallah.

check coverage on jordon's blog.

Posted 10/14/2002 05:38:08 PM
out the door to soularize. very tired. 16 hour drive. bad combination.
somewhat apprehensive. professional religious people scare me.
what the hell... at least i can catch the damah film festival.

peace.

Posted 10/13/2002 08:19:25 PM
the other kingdom is about networks;
the networks that are the space for the emergence of the other.
these networks are owned by everyone and no one.

this kingdom cannot be co-opted, controlled, brokered or destroyed.
every enactor is a proclaimer.

kingdom.p2p

Posted 10/13/2002 06:41:45 PM

sometimes Dallas frightens me.

the prayer of jabez is the #1 selling book
in the Amazon Dallas purchase circle at the moment.

Posted 10/13/2002 05:13:06 PM
sarah is a writer. she sees stories before she writes them. literally.

Posted 10/13/2002 05:10:46 PM
great quote from lullaby on miller's blog.

Posted 10/13/2002 04:15:55 PM

it takes the DEATH of nine people in Indian riots during a general strike protesting the comments of this man regarding the Prophet Muhammad before he will issue anything approaching an apology.

filthy.

it was good to see the National Council of Churches issue a press release saying that Falwell’s statement was “not Christian and shockingly uninformed.”

indeed.

Posted 10/13/2002 07:41:14 AM
DallasNews.com | Dallas-Fort Worth | Religion

Billy Graham is to be in Dallas next week. They say that both he and his wife are approaching the end. I see in Billy a very human life. The tapes that surfaced last year of his rather anti-Jewish comments in the Oval Office with Nixon underscore how far this preacher from North Carolina has come on his journey. Billy incarnates a piece of the American experience. He is, in many ways, the definition of mainstream Christianity in the United States in the 20th Century. From his firey beginnings as a revivalist crusader to his Parkinson's era missions to the urban lost this simple man from the Carolinas leaves life with few regrets.

If he were to do it all again he says that he would travel less, get his PhD and spend more time with his children and grandchildren. Of his faithful marriage of 59 years he recently commented, You know, one thing we've found that I wasn't expecting is that we have a tremendous romance in our 80s.... I mean we can just look at each other for maybe 20 minutes at a time, just look into each other's eyes and just love each other, hold each other, hold hands with each other. Those are very precious moments to me in my old age.

Time has passed and things have changed. We have experienced much as a people and our expectations have in large measure shifted. Despite this, there is a pause that is conjured by the sight of this old preacher and his companion living out the final moments of a life lived for others. As a people, America may not agree with Billy, but as an icon of what we once were it is fascinating to still listen to this aged man and hear in his simple words hints of a hope that has slipped from generation to generation. As a portrait of aging love, it is difficult to ignore the closing legacy of these lovers of the divine and of each other long on the path together.

Posted 10/13/2002 07:18:41 AM
Guardian Unlimited Observer | Special reports
Outrage as Iraq views UK arms

Sofex is coming... government reps from the Sudan, Syria, Libya, Iraq and Iran all milling about in suits happily sipping cocktails as they consider purchasing their next £1.4 Billion in UK manufactured weapons (not to mention the USoA, Russia...). Is this not a tad ironic??

Posted 10/13/2002 07:11:08 AM
Guardian Unlimited Observer | Special reports
Shock Islam victor wants US to leave

The elections in Pakistan are complete.