Tag Archives: Martin Buber Institute for Dialogical Ecology

800,000 words

A religion of Jesus or a religion about Jesus…As Jonathan Swift once said, “We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” ‎”among the sayings and discourses imputed to him (jesus) … Continue reading

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listening to the weather on the jersey shore

Good men in a storm. Our relationship with the weather is in general ambivalent, but obsessional. The revenge of nature; the risk of apocalytic violence reducing all to rubble, the end of time and a nihilistic promise of a spanking … Continue reading

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putting the old cat back in the bag

Its an ongoing comedy that says much more about the nature of Canadians than the actual facts surrounding the issue. Its the incongruous image of the American notion of “a gentler kinder people” and the appalling violence of the national … Continue reading

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amen together

Spiritual pursuits and just plain pursuit. Pursuit or being pursued? God is in the poor, the broken and the needy who cry out. Evidently, as the picture below shows, staged of not, that Jesus can probably do more with the … Continue reading

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what a wonderful world

A messianic redemption in a revived Israel? In A.M. Klein’s epilogue to the Second Scroll he wrote, “Where shall I find Thee?” It was a search that became more pressing during a time of God’s eclipse when absence dominated; the … Continue reading

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king for a day?

It seems incredible that only one in three white voters approves of President Obama’s performance.Or is it? From Konrad Yakabuski: The President’s overall approval rating has been boosted by overwhelming support from black Americans. Only one in three white voters … Continue reading

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Lurie: first they came for…NO!

Who owns identity? Who claims authority over the owner of an identity to grant it,  withdraw it, delete it, or void it  from a person in accordance with their own definition? Who sets the rules of the game? Who seals … Continue reading

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forty and four strong winds

Its been forty-four years since the termination of the Six-Day War; with who started what and did what to whom and when among the most contested piece of history over the most contested piece of land in the history of … Continue reading

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dialogue with the self conscious

From another dimension.A jarring formal disorder smoldering from the juxtaposition of the conscious confronting the self-conscious. The work is not readily definable and there is an admittance on his part that his artistic activity is rooted in boredom. … Friedeberg:I … Continue reading

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pataphysics of dead people: recycling the vendors

Advertising does really define our world. In the Western culture of entertainment, advertising assumes the role of both structure and content.We can fake our rage against the machine, but are constantly putting our paws in the cookie jar.  The focus … Continue reading

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