Rod White's Blog, page 46

Six Things I Did in My 20's that Made All the Difference

When I was on retreat last week I had a moment of wonder as my memory wandered back to my twenties. Some days I remember myself as the world's dumbest 21-year old! So many of my present twentysomething friends seem … Continue reading →

I Like Dogs, but Let's Get Real

Not to be too insulting, but we remind me of a dog I once saw on the way back from Home Depot (I was replacing the faulty tree stand that caused my tree to tumble). It was a very nice-looking … Continue reading →

Existence Is Resistance

My new favorite phrase. I don't want to use the phrase "existence is resistance" as if I just invented it. I learned it from Palestinians, like those from Stop the Wall, and from the Christian Peacemaker Teams in At-Tuwani, south … Continue reading →

Nature Deficit, Information Surfeit

As if I could really get more inefficient, I have a new commitment to walking. Last week when I was going to see Dave in the hospital, I rode the train to 5th and Market so I could go to … Continue reading →

U.S. Duty to Report on Israel

After being in Israel and Palestine for ten days, I am a bit shocked. I don't think it is just jet-lag. The situation there is much worse than I imagined. I've decided that the relationship between the United States and … Continue reading →

Valor

Wealth, therefore, is "THE POSSESSION OF THE VALUABLE BY THE VALIANT"; and in considering it as a power existing in a nation, the two elements, the value of the thing, and the valour of its possessor, must be estimated together. … Continue reading →[image error]

So, Mr. Perry, Are the Mormons Christians?

There is a puzzling theological and political debate going on in the Rick Perry presidential campaign. His advisors call Mitt Romney's Mormonism a non-Christian cult, but Perry distances himself from the designation in public. It is not clear why they … Continue reading →

Ambition

Paul writes in Romans 15:20-21: It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation. Rather, as it is written: "Those who were not … Continue reading →

Yoga, Christian Meditation and the Debate about Our Souls

Intellectuals in the United States have been having a major religious, philosophical and political debate for the last fifty years about which model of human consciousness should be the dominant model. The results are trickling down to the general population … Continue reading →

The Language of Sexuality

One of the benefits or banes of doctoral studies, for me (depending on the day), is learning a new language. One of my professors calls it our "socialization." The implication is that we are growing up into "doctorhood" so we'd … Continue reading →