Some wise words from Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life
“I wanted to be loved because I was great; A big man. I’m nothing. Look at the glory around us; trees, birds. I lived in shame. I dishonored it all, and didn’t notice the glory. I’m a foolish man.”
Journal Article: Politics of Health: “Nature” at the Intersection of Religion, Disability and Ecology
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Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day
[What follows is a guest column I wrote for The Crescent News (Defiance, OH). It was published on Jan. 18, 2016.] While many celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., his complexity has been largely erased from our memories. He has been sentimentalized to such an extent that the radical nature of his message has been lost. Even…
Defying the Certainty of the Christian Right
Killing the Buddha has published my recent piece on “Defying the Certainty of the Christian Right.” Check it out.
FAITH: Atheism is Wasted on The Nonbeliever, by Richard Rodriguez | The Value of Sparrows
“I believe in Jesus Christ, the Christ who was a loser in human history — destroyed by this world — whose life reveals in its generosity and tragedy the most complete and challenging version of theism I know. What the New Atheists do not comprehend is that the crucifix cannot be mocked. It is itself…
Atheism is a legacy worth fighting for – The New York Times
“More than a century ago, in “The Brothers Karamazov” and other works, Dostoyevsky warned against the dangers of godless moral nihilism, arguing in essence that if God doesn’t exist, then everything is permitted. . .This argument couldn’t have been more wrong: The lesson of today’s terrorism is that if God exists, then everything, including blowing up…
My Little Golden Book about Zogg
Resistance is futile.
