Brian J. Walsh's Blog, page 3

Philanthropic Bribery and Corruption in High Places

Forgive me if I am just a tad cynical
when a publisher comes to the defence
of his largest single source of advertizing revenue.

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Wisdom for our Time: A review of Bruce Cockburn’s O Sun O Moon

Wisdom doesn't always come with age.
But it does with Bruce Cockburn.

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Pacing the Cage with J. Richard Middleton

Celebrating Richard Middleton's retirement.
Pacing the cage with resonance and dissonance

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No Day for Easy Answers

A Eulogy for a Beloved Friend
Written and Delivered by Simon Peter
It is finished. 

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From Displacement to Domicide: A Lenten Theme?

In a culture of domicide,
what happens if we inhabit the Scriptures,
finding a path home in the story they tell,
that moves from homemaking to domicide to homecoming?

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Imagine a World

image credit: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
A sermon preached at St.

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Byron Borger on Beyond Homelessness, 15th anniversary edition

I can’t say enough about this new edition,
it’s big picture cultural criticism
and it’s imaginative reforms for how we think about these matters.

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Launching Beyond Homelessness, 15th Anniversary Edition

Herein is energizing vision aplenty,
starting wth the fundamental idea that creating homes,
not merely housing, is what we must aim for.

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“Every Grain of Sand” A meditation on a long death

The artist bears witness to a dying voice,
a voice losing its resonance,
a voice about to be rendered silent.
Has that been your voice?

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What would Noah Do … and repenting of Heaven

In the face of climate emergency
we need to ask, "What would Noah do?"
And we need to repent of heaven.

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