Elizaphanian

“I come not from Heaven, but from Essex.”

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Posted on January 15, 2009 by Elizaphanian

If you want self-control, try becoming religious.

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Posted on January 14, 2009 by Elizaphanian

I scanned the screens viewing soaps, news, comedies, sports, plays, documentaries, reality shows, games, music videos, cartoons and films searching for commonality among the diversity of genres. In a matter of seconds I laughed, shed tears, mourned, experienced thrills, fear, elation and boredom seeing family arguments, drunken fights, martial arts, torture techniques, abusive language, sexual predators, demonic possession, terrorist atrocities, murder investigations, football hooliganism, child soldiers, rioting protestors, police aggression, self-harming, drug abuse, automobile accidents, plane crashes, knife crime, insults and mockery. I spoke the answer before I knew it.

“Violence.”

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Posted on January 13, 2009 by Elizaphanian

25 reasons why you should consider earth-sheltered living.

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Posted on January 10, 2009 by Elizaphanian

A review of Brueggemann on the Old Testament. (H/T John Hobbins)

I particularly liked this sentence: “He seeks to demonstrate that close attention to Israel’s testimony ultimately serves the pastoral end of conversion: namely, conversion from the illusion of the self-sufficient human agent to a life lived fully in partnership with YHWH.” That’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently.