This week, we all go back to school. The holidays away from school have reminded me why it is I keep slogging it out as a student. There is something important about a student’s viewpoint.
Category: Head
The category, Head, is for posts that make us think.
What does a metaphor mean?
There is a metaphor for the religious life that has been gaining ground for years now. In fact, it is an ancient metaphor. But you hear a lot about it nowadays. We speak of the religious life as a journey. We are on a faith journey.
Demonic Possession
Fall term is over. I can only describe it as harrowing. To on outsider, I am certain there was little indication of the interior foment.
Kabbala
I haven’t had much blogging time as I’m struggling to finish two papers for the end of term. One is on Martin Luther and in my reading, I stumbled upon an interesting digression about the Kabbala. We’ve all been hearing more about Kabbala lately. It’s all the rage in Hollywood. And its chief pop proponent is that intellectual giant and spiritual icon, Madonna.
Is BitTorrent the Next Big Thing
Some would have us believe that this snazzy P2P app is for the information age what newsprint was to movable type. And so I decided to see what all the fuss was about.
The Voynich Manuscript
In this month’s issue of Wired, there is an article which gives me much encouragement. It’s an account of a psychologist named Gordon Rugg who, in his spare time, has devoted himself to the puzzle of the Voynich manuscript. This is a medieval manuscript which appears to have been encrypted by its author. No one…
The Mirror and the Lamp, by M. H. Abrams
The metaphor contains an inherent danger. We often fall into the trap of co-opting the metaphor as a source of meaning rather than as a tool for conveying meaning.
Apricot Standard Walking
Today, as we were driving home from dinner, my wife Tamiko said, “Look! An apricot standard walking.” What she was trying to tell me?