Thoughts While Driving To Work Today

First off, I think Deepak Chopra gives me my Wendy’s breakfast order every morning. 
Well.  Probably not THE Deepak Chopra.  But this guy looks just like him. 
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The myriad disagreements between Christians struck me this morning during my drive through the cold drizzle of this gray Saturday.  
This was probably because I passed my old Lutheran [...]

The Evils of Social Networking

James Townsend / August 21, 2009 / No Comments

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I love to write.  And I love to discuss.  I love to learn, to read, to listen to new ideas and old ideas.
But I really, really hate the eg0-fluffing that’s going on in these social networking sites.   This medium. . . the “blogosphere,” as they say, is an awesome way to exchange ideas and learn [...]

Katharine Jefferts Schori Video Clip

James Townsend / July 28, 2009 / No Comments

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Interesting. I like a lot of what she has to say, here. And one part, especially, got me to thinking.

Is James a Stay Puff Marshmallow Man?

One thing you should know about me: I’m a compulsive Bible buyer. I don’t know what it is. I’ve owned a lot, I’ve given them away. Different translations, different sizes, different notes, etc. Well, Sarah had one that had a button flap on it, and was rather compact. I liked it. I had had one [...]

The Human Condition

James Townsend / April 20, 2009 / 1 Comment

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In the movie Fight Club, Brad Pitt’s character Tyler Durden says something that adequately conveys the sense of life that The Human Condition was created to meet.
This is what he says about today’s world:
Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t [...]