Month: September 2014

Experience

2.9.14

– Spiritual ideals

Moral values

Theological truths

Mystical visions

Aesthetic tastes

Philosophical views

Cultural expressions

Social issues

4.9.14

– The death of GOD – the silence, absence, passivity, weakness, folly, defeat & end of GOD!

The Devil has been finished by the Cross too. So now it’s just man & the world……

– Religion – a man’s challenge is spiritual independence from (his) GOD,

Marriage – the woman’s challenge is sexual independence from (her) man.

– Sexuality – from purity/fidelity/abstinence to adventure/continence/moderation

– Variety, novelty & challenge in spirituality/sexuality,

And singularity/consistency/focus in psychology/sociality.

Or should it be the other way around?

– The opposite of every great truth is also equally true!

– Political correctness

Vs.

Moral rectitude

– Simplicity, integrity, wisdom, compassion & courage.

I am weakest in compassion. Right?

– Silence, solitude & stillness = intimacy with GOD.

Sounds like a negative definition. But how can anything positive be said of such a deep mystery??

– Joe, do you really want to open yourself up in public like this?

Why should I not?

– Which is worse:

Being deaf or dumb?

Being blind or lame?

– Theology: Extra-biblical » unbiblical » anti-biblical!

Hmmm…… I follow the road (‘the Way’?) wherever it leads. Wherever.

– The GOD of the philosophers.

The GOD of the moralists.

The GOD of the religionists.

Is HE there??

From philosophy to critical theory.

From moralism to libertarianism.

From religion to mysticism.

– Am I just a figment of somebody else’s imagination?

Do I have a choice?

– Chimera

3.9.14

Heckle

Spiritual ideals & moral values

Malthusian

Do popularity & mindlessness always go together?

Ayatollah

Neutralism
Non-alignment movement

Detente

Eastern bloc

Has telecommunication technology negatively impacted the quality & quantity of direct human relations? Why?

Is busyness (& boredom) a uniquely modern problem?

Hey Joe, how aware you doing?

Reflections

28.8.14

Alternate day – fixed working schedule
Alternate day – freestyle self-learning, contemplation & entertainment
Work – at least 50% of total time
Indulgence – not more than 25%
At least once a week – newspaper & Bible – 1 hour each

Barbell

Bivouac

Blather Smatter

Transfix

Pulchritudinous

Pica

“Hear me, O LORD, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me!” (Psalms 27:7 NET)

2.9.14

Contiguous

Hatshepsut – female Pharaoh!

Hatchet Tomahawk

Machete

Environ Ring

Recumb

Besot
Repugn Impugn
Pugnacious Pungent

Alliteration
Consonance

Ursprachte

Osculate

Bletting

Sweven

Rapt

He says, “Stop your striving and recognise that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!” (Psalms 46:10 NET)

Credence

Distinguish:
Non-existence
&
Absence

Wist

Health => prosperity => freedom => joy

Personhood > individuality
Radical contingency!

28.8.14
– What does spirit (i.e GOD) have to do with materiality, sociality & ecology?
– Subtle evolution, gradual aging, rapid decline & sudden death
– But what about the Bible, Joe??
– What have I become?
Neither a mystic nor a scholar, neither a missionary nor a prophet, neither a pastor nor a revolutionary. What am I – a sage-minister??
– Stretch the hamstring & strengthen the quadriceps. Not the other way around.
– “What have you gained from all this isolation, Joe?”
Neither a monk nor a socialite 😦
Fuck these weddings! I’d rather miss out on some valuable socializing than risk a few hours of pure bullshit……
Maybe I should go just as an observer. But this ain’t anything new. Mmm… Yes, that’s how it seems, but there is always something new!
– Maybe it’s time for me to shut up, forever.
– How do these free apps make money?

29.8.14
– Even in this balance-by-extreme-alternation lifestyle, it is balance, moderation & structure that rule! What would it be like if spontaneity/whim/ impulse was allowed to be the organizing principle??
– If you cannot live with (some degree of) unfreedom, then you’re not (fully) free.
– Movies:
“Joe”
Hmmm… Is the name just incidental? 😉
Why are the movies that I choose without the elaborate research usually better than the others more thoroughly planned?!
– Live, suffer, try, blog-your-heart-out & die……
Wow! That sounds nice.
Right?
– So how did you feel thinking about it?
How did you feel when you knew you were gonna do it?
How did you feel just before you did it?
How did it feel when doin’ it?
How did it feel just after doin’ it?
How does it feel now when you look back at it?
– I don’t deserve her!
She doesn’t deserve me either.
That’s one of the most useless words around!
– It was so good meeting Danny after such a long time!

31.8.14
– Preaching as performance
– What is possible with man is impossible with GOD!
– “Let this be recorded for a generation to come,
so that a people yet unborn may praise the LORD.”
– “…when the peoples gather together, & kingdoms, to praise the LORD.”
– “they (the heavens & the earth) will perish… they will all wear out like a garment. Thou changest them like a garment!”
– Our lives seem to be so long & constant, but your presence & power O LORD, seems to be so unreal & fleeting……
– “You are my world”
Vs.
“Be thou my vision”
– The O.T is divine revelation for mankind in its childhood. And the N.T is for the stage of youth. So what is GOD’s WORD for adulthood??
– “Full members”
– “Continue to speak to us even through the act of offering.”
– The king of love
– If I am (to be) His slave, then He is (already) my slave too!
– “Trouble and anguish have found me out, but your commandments are my delight.”
– Family Sunday in church
– Does GOD really want us to fear & serve him?
– What does ‘Christian worker’ mean?
– Your presence, prayer, gifts & service
– There is no such thing as a ‘Christian family’, there is only a family made up of individual Christians.
– Marriage & family seminar
– Lay Activities Committee
– Fellowship group
Ministry team
– Parents as sponsors
– “Unite our hearts in love to Thee,
And love to all will reign.”

1.9.14
Movies:
“American Hustle”