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Measuring Spirituality
BY: Denis Haack
Given the wide-spread interest in spirituality today, it probably isn’t surprising that a psychologist has proposed a way to gauge “spiritual intelligence.” But a spirituality measure requires discernment.
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Babylon Series: Part 14 Responding to shifting sand
BY: Denis Haack
Christians assume that we can keep using the same arguments to convince each generation of the truth of Christianity. But that isn’t true. If we respond to new questions with old arguments, we make Christianity appear irrelevant.
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Callings: Twenty Centuries of Christian Wisdom on Vocation (William C. Placher, 2005)
BY: Denis Haack
Callings is a rich resource, especially for those of us who do not have easy access to a large university library. Here in one volume is Justin Martyr, Athanasius, and Augustine; Bernard of Clairvaux, Aquinas, and Thomas á Kempis; Martin Luther, John Calvin, and William Perkins; Sren Kierkegaard, Dorothy Sayers, Karl Barth, and so many more.
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Where Least Expected
BY: Denis Haack
Why warn the Jewish exiles about their own spiritual leaders instead of the Babylonians? Would not the pagan beliefs, values, and lifestyles of their captors constitute a far greater danger to true spirituality than the errors of their own prophets?
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Repose in Grace
BY: Denis Haack
“John Calvin believed that an unredeemed life keeps oscillating back and forth between pride (‘I’ve made it!’) and despair (‘I’ll never make it!’). In his view, redemption gives people security, or (one of Calvin’s favorite words) repose. His idea was that those who lean into God’s grace and let it hold them up can then drop some of their performance anxiety.”
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The cost of creativity
BY: Denis Haack
“None of us are getting out of this alive, so you might as well bury yourself in your work.”
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Neo-pagan sexuality
BY: Denis Haack
In The Matrix Reloaded, the Wachowski’s provide us a glimpse of Zion, the last refuge of the human race in the war with the machines. The temple/sex scene is crucial because it is not only in the heart of Zion, it has religious meaning as a final assembly to prepare for the last desperate battle for survival.
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Rap Artists’ Use of Women
BY: Luke Bobo
“Oh Dad, you are always preaching. You’re old fashioned and reading too much into these videos!” My overlooked point was that these rap music videos are not neutral. They communicate cogently clear and subtle messages. Namely, many of the rap music videos tend to objectify or de-humanize women.
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Faster
BY: Margie Haack
Although I'm convinced most of us travel too fast for our own good, and need to join me in a little ranting about the speed of life, I have reason to notice it more because I have less choice about my speed. It is slower and slower.
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Matters of Perspective
BY: Margie Haack
My need for severe adjustments in perspective is almost constant. For help I often consider the wisdom of those who mentor me through their lives and writings, they seem a lot farther along.
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Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.
- Robert Orben
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This past week I was listening again to Arcade Fire's CD Neon Bible, and was stunned all over again at the beauty of the music and the truthfulness of the lyrics. The grace of art, so precious in so broken a world, sometimes seems too much to bear.
We hope your visit to our website will somehow bring moments of grace, of truth and beauty, into your heart, mind and imagination.
Denis (for Margie, too)
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