Monthly Archives: January 2017

Let Me Know

I was born heart-led. As you might imagine, growing up in a world that denies such a thing, I lived a very tormented childhood. It was a wildly strange and twisted existence, where everyone kept telling me to live my … Continue reading

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Our Parish Teaching on Politics

To the degree that we could change anything in this world, it has to come as a secondary result of our normal mission activity. This is particularly true with politics and government policy. Let’s review the background for this. The … Continue reading

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Politically Agnostic

Hopefully I’ve established a model of clarity and acuity for things of this world. It’s not a question of objective truth; it’s a question of avoiding the trap of sloppy thinking that makes propaganda work to manipulate behavior. I’m trying … Continue reading

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What’s Going On 05

I’ve gotten it down pat. Once the tower was reassembled, it took just over an hour to: install Xubuntu, update, configure the desktop and install all the extra software I use, to include the Windows stuff I run under WINE. … Continue reading

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Photography: Revisiting the Canyon

I’m posting this from the resurrected tower computer. The replacement hard drive arrived today and it’s working fine. I haven’t much felt like long rides mattered any more, so just over 20 miles was plenty. Today I felt like revisiting … Continue reading

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No Title Fits This

I love it when friends are willing to stand for what they believe. In a background conversation with someone dear to me, we discussed some issues related to the inauguration ceremony Friday. I was trying to clown a bit, but … Continue reading

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We Are Not of This World

We are trans-dimensional creatures. The third pillar of Christian Mysticism is disentanglement — don’t let the context own you. Instead, discern how God owns it and you are His feudal servant, executing His judgment on your dominion. Your primary concern … Continue reading

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Psalm 119: Tzaddi 137-144

This octet delivers the Charge of Righteousness. The image is a feudal servant vested with a special trust, a mission that the servant must faithfully keep over a long period of time and through a long series of trials. He’s … Continue reading

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Admin: Kiln Blog Is Back Up

FYI, I finally managed to wade through the peculiarities of the latest iteration of cPanel and fixed the WordPress install because Tim is still struggling to update SAFARI and get it installed. So for now, Kiln blog is back up … Continue reading

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The State and Violence

Our Brother Benjamin offers this: Hi Ed. Stumbled across this article and thought of you… Governance, Kin, and Romans 13. I note that I am familiar with the writing of Bionic Mosquito. His emphasis is libertarian theory, but he’s a … Continue reading

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