Category: Art
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The Dark Knight’s Bishop: Batman Redeemed
Even though I enjoyed Batman Begins much more than Revenge of the Sith, it still left me with that same nagging sense of incompleteness. Well, not quite the same. The Jedi were distinctly unbalanced, and needed to find the radical middle between a weak Light and a strong Dark. Batman,…
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Of Bats and Men: One Son’s Review of Batman Begins
I saw Batman Begins this afternoon (Saturday). I liked it. A lot. So much so I got up at midnight to blog all the thoughts it inspired… At their best, comic book stories are myths, manifesting the great truths of human nature in fantasy form — much like fairy tales…
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The Father’s Healing Touch
Father, I am afraid. I know so little. I can do so little. It hurts even to hope. “Yea, though you have faith but as a grain of mustard, it will be enough.” O Father, I cry out for your healing touch. This world it hurts, it hurts so much.…
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Star Wars, Episode VII: Redeeming the Force
I just got back from seeing Return of the Sith with Sandhya and my parents (who are visiting from Illinois), and I found myself enraged. Not by Lucas: the film had its flaws, but overall I enjoyed it. Not by Palpitane, though I found his twisted shaming of the boy…
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Calling Up (Rite of Passage 2/2)
[Continued from Part 1] I wake up, not quite able to remember how I got here, or how long I’d been asleep. I’m not even sure I’m awake now — it is pitch dark, and I have that drowsy, warm feeling I have right when I’m on the edge of…
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Calling Out (Rite of Passage 1/2)
March 20, 2005 [Inspired by Chapter 3 of Healing the Masculine Soul] As usual, I’m lying on the couch reading, with our dog Rajee by my side. Probably a Hardy Boys or Tom Swift Jr. novel; maybe an Isaac Asimov sci-fi story. I rarely play outside or have friends over.…
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Our Father, Part Punk
I’ve been experimenting with paraphrasing the Lord’s prayer to capture various perspectives. Today, somewhat unintentionally, I used the Lord’s prayer to help me cope with unmitigated rage. The result came out rather like a punk rock song. A bit unorthodox, but somehow I think the Psalmist would approve. [Read more]…
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Our Father, Part III
Yet another take on the Lord’s Prayer, this one from the first person volitional perspective of “I want.”
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Our Father, Part II
Another take on the “Our Father.” This one perhaps more from the heart, and less from the head.
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Our Father
On Geekz2Men, my friend Robby Butler of TheMissionNetwork suggested praying the Lord’s prayer daily, in our own words, to gain a better understanding of what Fatherhood and Manhood are. Here’s what I came up with, with a little help from Chris Hahn.
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Wrestling for My Name
September 28, 2004 I step onto the field. Though the night is dark, I see my Opponent waiting for me, the Author of all my miseries. I flex my hands, eager for the combat. “Mal’ak,” I cry. “Step aside, or face my wrath.” My Opponent does not move. He does…
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The Prize Cow
March 29, 2004 A dramatized account of a dream I had last night… Ellie Mae was the first girl ever chosen for the annual egg-spinning contest with the rival high school in her rural Kentucky town. And she wasn’t happy about it. The contest was supposedly based on some high-falutin’…
Radically Happy 