Need to update this

Haven't done it in a while. Been very uninspired. As for news though, being sober this Sunday, I decided to get on some boards. Got my first negative props on the new derek webb board, probably for vulgarity. I'm happy about that. Told the joke to Curtis and he laughed. It actually was appropriate, though someone else thought I was being unnecessarily so.

George Carlin on Religion and God

Travis turned me on to this act. My less religious subscribers will probably appreciate it (and some of the more so too).

Surprised by Hope

But Easter week itself out not to be the time when all the clergy sigh with relief and go on holiday. It ought to be an eight-day festival, with champagne served after morning prayer or even before, with lots of alleluias and extra hymns and spectacular anthems...

In particular, if Lent is a time to give things up, Easter ought to be a time to take things up. Champagne for breakfast again - well, of course. Christian holiness was never meant to be merely negative. (256, 257).

Can I get an "Amen!" for the bishop‽ Don't call me an alcoholic, but believe it or not the emphasis was mine. No, champagne is not exactly my style, but I can respect that others would wish to celebrate/worship in a different way than say a shot of whiskey. Differences are good.

We should be celebrating, and if we were serving wine at breakfast, might not a few more people be excited about Sunday mornings? Might not prayers be more interesting? I'm not talking about in a gimmicky way, or insincere fashion. Start talking about alcohol and you got my attention though. True, all worship is not about excitement and enjoying oneself and each other (fellowship?), but some of it seems it is supposed to be.

I'm just saying, if we celebrated more, as in actually celebrated, we'd have an easier job convincing ourselves and others that we are indeed a celebratory people. And if we did it, we might have to hurt our heads less trying to understand the meaning behind how our non-celebratory practices are in fact really celebratory. We might have a visual aid of shalom.

At least get some descent shit for the Eucharist! Seriously, it shouldn't be a chore every Sunday for me to have to give myself the suck it up Josh and drink the wine you pathetic American rather than the grape juice speech. Sheesh!

English tip

*gasp* Joshua is finally giving one.

I've been reading a lot of testimonies lately of people who've shed their "repressed" past lately, and a common term keeps popping up: conservative.

Now, it comes as no surprise that I'm not a fan of the conservative; however, I'm thinking they're mistaking it perhaps with a synonym, like say... a prude.

E.g.:

I used to be a lot more prudish about one night stands, but then I gave it a swirl.

I hold to the conservative opinion that marriage is between members of differing sexes.

Capisci?

They're two different words mind you, not presicely interchangeable. One deals with the old order of things; one deals with being inappropriately appropriate (hyper-appropriate) and naively innocent.

Brief religious reflections.