(Not) Seeing the Ships | Mark 8.22-30

by Curtis on August 27th, 2010

Bread, Again | Mark 8.11-21

by Curtis on August 16th, 2010

These People | Mark 8.1-10

by Curtis on August 9th, 2010

Christian shop manager dissuades would-be armed robber

by Curtis on August 6th, 2010

From the BBC:

Open Up and Say ‘Ah’ | Mark 7.31-37

by Curtis on August 5th, 2010

First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

by Curtis on July 31st, 2010

A brilliant animation of a Slavoj Žižek lecture addressing the central tenet of his book First As Tragedy, Then As Farce, engaging issues I’ve addressed before. (Hat tip: Michael Jimenez)

Quit

by Curtis on July 29th, 2010

6a00d8341c1ad253ef013485d900b5970cAnne Rice has quit. After garnering attention a few years back for becoming a Christian, this week she posted this on her Facebook page:

For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being “Christian” or to being part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else. As I said below, I quit being a Christian. I’m out. In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of …Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.

In an interesting response, the Huffington Post thinks this makes her more Christian than ever.

Hat tip: nevermindthebricolage

Playlist On Holiday

by Curtis on July 24th, 2010

On Holiday

by Curtis on July 9th, 2010

If you need to contact me, I’ll be here, waiting for Godot:

Pages On Holiday

by Curtis on July 9th, 2010