What is Schizophenia Before I talk about the church’s schizophrenia, I want to make sure you are clear on what schizophrenia actually is. Schizophrenia is a severe thought disorder that affects every aspect of the suffer’s life. It causes them to perceive themselves and the world incorrectly, to see things, hear things, perhaps even smellContinue reading “The Church’s Schizophrenia”
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I’m not okay, you’re not okay, and that’s okay
Image “Failure” from PixelPlacebo under Creative Commons License Nobody is okay Do you ever get sick of the fakeness of society how everybody walks around like everything is okay? I have never lived anywhere but in America, so I don’t know if what I observe and experience is unique to American culture, or Western culture, orContinue reading “I’m not okay, you’re not okay, and that’s okay”
“Dumb-Shitness”
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fpower2uth%2Fdumb-shit-ness “dumb-shit-ness” by thefallencleric This brief clip from Father Richard Rohr just completely captures what Christian spirituality (as contrasted with Christian religion, which is not actually spirituality at all) is all about. We are united not by strength, but by weakness. That’s how community is formed. Jesus came and modeled a theology of weakness. PaulContinue reading ““Dumb-Shitness””