It's heating and humidifying up again, my jaw aches from a replacement filling yesterday, and I basically have nothing whatever to contribute to the world. But that hasn't stopped anyone else:
A brilliant exploration of the doctrine of original sin, via Miranda Priestly (pun intended?)/Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada.
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A few days ago, I discovered a fantastic blog ~ filled with all kinds of riches. As you know, I took a Hauerwas class last spring, and for obvious reasons I spend a lot of time thinking about what ministry is (and what seminary education was for me). Here's a post that combines it all.
And finally, staring me in the face at the grocery (hey, it's air-conditioned) a couple of hours ago: Did your kindergarten teacher matter? More than you might have imagined.
The movie was better than the book and the whole thing was quite a lesson.
ReplyDeleteA friend who is a lower level T-Mobil executive went to see the movie because their (at that time) latest phone was being featured.
I went to see it because of Meryl Streep and was aghast that mere clothing and fashion should be taken as religion in these circles. Having said that, I just waved goodbye to a friend from church who is gathering bras, new or gently used, for those women who can't afford undies. Even though the book was a fictionalized version of the author's work at a magazine, how important can fashion be when people don't even have unders?
No, this post is not about original sin, just the sins of excess/
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Loved Hauerwas. Describes my experience of ordained ministry exactly...and reminds me of why I fought the concept of ordination for so long....
ReplyDeleteI need to get me some Hauerwas. Didn't get hardly any Stanley in seminary. :(
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