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Category Archives: the self
Hell’s Tourists in the Fields of Glory
Visiting D_____ I visited D_____ in jail this morning. I had to register well in advance of the visit which meant I had a fair amount of free time before the visit. I had intentionally not brought a lot of … Continue reading
The “Good” I Don’t Need God For (and the Uncomfortable Good I Do)
Good without God In the theist-atheist debates one of the flash points is morality. Theists like to tell atheists that their morality is foundationless without God. That’s a debatable point in the theoretical and philosophical but I must conceded is … Continue reading
Posted in Pastoral Identity, the self, theological
Tagged Occupy movement, Self Jonathan Haidt, Self Joseph Bottum, self-righteous
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From “hurt people hurt people” to “Graced people grace people”
Religion and Mental Illness Read this interesting interview on Sam Harris’ blog where the interviewer was connecting religion with mental illness. I do think there is sound anthropological evidence that the first “priests”, the shamans of Siberia, were probably psychological … Continue reading
Posted in Pastoral Identity, the self, theological
Tagged Jean Paul Sartre, mental health, mental illness, Ravi Zacharias, suicide attempt
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What Story Did You Receive? What Story Do You Choose? What Story are You?
Born to the Right Family When my oldest child was born in the Dominican Republic my wife and I brought him to the American consulate to get his American passport. When you arrive at the consulate in Santo Domingo you … Continue reading
What is Identity and What Will Be Its End
Identity is an interesting thing. Jordan Peterson makes the observation that it is indeed a public thing, but like reputation it is publicly constructed more than individually asserted. Our current POTUS surely has an opinion as to what his reputation … Continue reading →