They’re only words, but words are all we have
Figurative war is so compelling that it can be applied to a lot of things: debt, bureaucracy, crime, drugs. And everyone knows these are not real wars, right? We are not carpet bombing the national debt (although it might be argued that an excessive capability …
We aim to please
One does have to be willing to adopt at least a bit of a counter-cultural attitude to pursue a mystical experience because so much of culture — at least Eurocentric culture — is filled with false promises that the desire that pulls John of the …
A playlist for Ordinary Time 2025
The only thing notable, it seems, about the road he has taken is that he did, in fact, take it. 42 is old enough to realize that things often don't work out "better" or "worse"; they just work out differently.
Zinn and the art of garden maintenance
I'm not crazy about the idea that my imagined existence as a yeoman famer turns out to be nothing more than three prison guards in a trench coat. I'm even less enthused by the realization that Nelson Rockefeller doesn't give a damn about me.
Some day, girl, I don’t know when
To quote Public Enemy's Chuck D, "My wanderin' got my ass wonderin' where Christ is in all of this crisis." The eschaton, it seems, has been delayed.
Let it rain
It may take a minute, or an hour, or a lifetime to fully wrap your head around something so unimaginable. It may take a minute to stop looking for the life in a tomb.
Nothing we can say can change anything now
Satan has done all he can. The whole thing is played out. There's a darkness in the house that's got the best of us, and there's a darkness in this world that's got us too.
The dogs on Main Street howl
There is a promise inherent in the way we talk about God which gives meaning to our lives. The promise is that we are going somewhere, and all of this is going somewhere.
From the churches to the jails, tonight all is silence in the world
God, if this is not going to work, let's try something else.
It’s cloudy out in Pittsburgh
Who then, if they have it within their power to protect a space in which joy is shared, would willingly crack the crystal dome over the joyous before circumstances lift it of their own accord?
Some silicone sister with her manager’s mister told me I got what it takes
You can almost picture two A&R men of Mediterranean descent walking up to Danny Federici and saying "We want to meet Bruce."
Nothing feels better than blood on blood
Remember, Jesus is non-violent. A bruised reed he will not break, and Judas is a bruised reed if there ever was one.