Happenings

23.4.14

– There are no successes & failures when it comes to people. There are only those who (know to) deal with failure in a winning way, and those who don’t!

– Maybe challenging the primacy of family is exactly what we need to save our world today!

– Canons

– Worship = submission + acceptance + celebration!

– Joe, do you (still) have the guts to be contemplative in the midst of this mad culture?!

Can you feel those eyes piercing you?

– Is the line between negotiable & non-negotiable, objective or subjective?

– “You got my point?”

– Who said I’m not petty?

Who said I’m not lazy?

Who said I’m not anxious?

Were these sins/vices Hitler’s or Stalin’s main fault?

Pettiness includes conceit.

Laziness includes incontinence.

Anxiety includes cowardice.

Is violence a root or branch or fruit level evil?

– The labour (intensity) of joy & the stedfastness (tenacity) of love

– My ministry is just my hobby. The inward life is my work!

– Social lubricant

– Do you hate anything consistently & passionately?

– Do the monks in the monastery contribute anything to the world??

– What was Jesus doing for the first thirty years of his life?

Is that meant to be a role-model for us too?

O how we demean him when we seek to imitate him!

– My task is to get acquainted with Life, & introduce people to it!

– My aim is to constantly immerse myself in leisure, without any inkling of idleness!

And to be truly available to the world around me…

Really?

Yes, to commune deeply with my body, with the earth & with friends……

To live fully!

And then to die gladly.

– Why don’t I have online conference (for spiritual formation), even if only one person (Kiruba) is involved regularly?

Mature ~ nuanced

Seek Vision!

Innovative interpretations, based on creative philology & historiography, leading to theological breakthroughs!

The static text & the dynamic tradition – elasticise (‘expanding spontaneously to fill the available space)!

‘Rewriting the Text’ – all translations are interpretations, and vice versa!

Historicist theologies

Kosher ~ proper

Don’t kill & eat those animals whose milk/hair, etc. you can use.

What is the meaning of this commandment??

Num.12:9

Num.12:8a

Distinguish:
Icon
&
Idol

“Voice without form”…
Just like smell without taste, or sensation without touch!

The “Akedah”

Targum, Talmud & Mishnah

Homiletical commentaries

Face-to-face conversation ~ spiritual French kissing!
Eye-contact, smiling, hand-shake, etc.

Observe ~ guard ~ keep

Wordplay

Phraseology

Logos & Sophia

Philology
Linguistics
Literature

Knowledge, language & books