It was in the 1990’s, toward the end of my grad school days when I first began to engage “postmodernity” to describe the cultural angst and cynicism in response to modern ascertains of certainty, knowledge, and such. By the time
Earlier this week The Seattle School held its 2021 Instructional Team Orientation retreat, during which Dr. President Derek McNeil delivered an address. He organized his talk around “Sankofa.” Which as you may know, is a word from the Akan Twi
Today The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released the “U. S. Religious Knowledge Survey” You have got to check it out. The results surprised me. READ THE REPORT Peace, dwight
Nathan & Justin created an 18 minute exploration of “postmodernism” in which they interview an architect, a graphic designer, a pastor and a café owner. Really well done and worth taking a peek. Peace, dwight
The wait is over. The movie opens today. Here is a link to a very brief article I wrote about the public response to The DaVinci Code for a great film site; The Conversation. The site features reviewers & film
Superman is scheduled to make a comeback in 2006. In the wake of the recent “back-story” Spiderman and Batman movies some critics are asking if there is room for an Übermensch “overman” (Superman). It certainly will be interesting to see
If you haven’t already heard this George Dubya Mix I highly recommend it to you; it is powerful. O, the irony of hearing George Bush singing U2’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday.” It’s a mix of a few George W. parody tracks from
Here’s a brief conversation between Paul Ray and Peter Moore titled “The Cultural Creatives: We Are Everywhere.” I think many of us, after encountering Paul’s book, “The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World” felt deep resonance,
A friend emailed a couple of questions yesterday: “What are the drawbacks to Post-Modernism? What are weaknesses within the ‘post-modern’ church?” Here are my efforts at a response… There are likely as many drawbacks to the pomo as there are
I’ve been doing a bit of reading on globalism, one of my friends asked a group of us; “Will the new world order be one in which religion will play a leading role?” Our conversation morphed to exploring whether there
I’m not exactly looking for new forms of worship; as much as I am wanting to learn from what appears to be a human impulse to worship. Human beings seem to have a penchant to worship. Forming desire for the
The other night i watched a great PBS documentary called the Merchants of Cool. It talks about the way teens are marketed to in our culture. Good stuff. Peace, dwight
what would Jesus do? by Walter Kirn GQ‘s literary editor. His most recent novel, Up in the Air, was released in paperback by Anchor Books. from GQ Magazine – September, 2002 WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?BUT MORE, IMPORTANT, WHAT WERE JESUS’ FITNESS
GLOBAL REQUIEM: THE APOCALYPTIC MOMENT IN RELIGION, SCIENCE, AND ART by Jack Miles Humans might become extinct sooner than anyone imagines. Think of the prospect as an opportunity for spiritual and artistic growth. JACK MILES is Senior Advisor to the
