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Tag Archives: the self book
Son of Sam Reflects on His Past Self
NY Daily News Interview with David Berkowitz the 44 Caliber Killer. Sitting in the prison’s visitors room dressed in a bright yellow polo and green elastic waist pants, Berkowitz grimaced when he recalled the past. “I tell you, I felt … Continue reading
More past life conversations
Lists of posts of “conversations with previous selves” . Fun one on “past self” Should credit Kristin Tennant with the link.
The Self and Groups of Selves
Nice post from “The Messy Middle” on identity, groups and inclusion. Also includes a wonderful Walt Whitman quote. Here’s the conclusion. Click through to read the whole post. I recommend the blog. She’s insightful and a good writer.
How the Gun Changes the Self
An Atlantic piece on how the gun isn’t simply another technology. Holding a gun changes us, kind of like holding the Sauron’s ring changes the wearer. It isn’t automatic. It isn’t overwhelming, it is subtle, inviting, alluring. Every person I know … Continue reading
If Darwin was Right, His Children Will Lose
Through The Cold Eye of Science We are frail, vulnerable creatures orbiting a burning ball of gas at 66,000 miles an hour, rotating on an axis at over a thousand miles an hour, the experience of which we are mostly … Continue reading
Should we Stop Asking Jesus Into Our Hearts?
From CT: Should we stop asking Jesus into our hearts? Great title and idea for an article (and book). I didn’t think the article delivered as I hoped it would.
Katy Perry, the Samaritan Woman of John 4 and what it means to be a Christian
Most of what I know about Katy Perry I know from reading articles from the Christianity Today website (here and here). That makes me feel super uncool and evangelical, but oh well… Katy’s story (for those of you like me … Continue reading
“A Love Letter To My Body”
Interesting blog post by a woman who writes a poignant love letter to her body. The relationship between our “self” and our “body” has everything to do with 1. time and 2. the fact that our self is not really … Continue reading
Theater, Self, Suffering and Augustine
James KA Smith compare and interview with Tony Kushner with Augustine’s confession. That’s exactly what terrifies Augustine about the stage in Book III of the Confessions: the actor so regularly divests the self of a center and identify–so regularly fragments and … Continue reading
