I’m beginning to really like certain aspects of Catholicism. I’m not sure if I could get over all of the being ruled by (frustrated?) celibate men, but I like the emphasis on ritual over belief. And in spite of the male hierarchy, there is some powerful, powerful womanly divine energy. To pray […]

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I have this growing fascination with the use in pop-culture of Christian sacred imagery. I’m thinking of doing an occasional post that treats a Christian (or other religious) icon and examples of its currency in our culture. My current fave is the Last Supper (most artists seem to play off of Da Vinci’s […]

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Sorry for the postlessness–there’s been a convergence of school, work, family and Church commitments over the past week. I think that things will get back on track tomorrow.
Both Jana and E were home sick today, and I left work to take care of them for a bit mid-day. E and I folded laundry […]

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It’s been an emotional day for me. E. won a major art prize. I was listening to Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar and had a personal revelation of sorts. I’m still working on my take-home midterm. And I spent the evening reading this incredible thread that begins by pointing out the […]

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I did a spiritual self-assessment and realized that in spite of distancing myself from the Church for the past few months, I’m spiritually more on task than I’ve been in a long time. I’ve restarted the quest for the experience of God that I aborted about a year ago, and I’ve moved from atheist-critic […]

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Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal Church meets in the Social Science Lecture Hall at UCI. So far, my pilgrimage has taken me to varied locales in Orange County and Long Beach, but it’s funny to think that the most memorable experience awaited me just minutes away.
My daughter (E.) and I put on our […]

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I started working on a Google Map to chart the progress of my pilgrimage. It’s still rough, but it’s cool because you can click/drag it and zoom and see satellite overlays and click on the individual icons to get links to the pilgrimage posts. Eventually I’ll label each of the stations and place […]

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or, What One Man Learned from the Vagina Monologues.
Warning: if you’re offended by the word ‘vagina’ you really should read this post, because ‘vagina’ appears at least 20 times in it, in addition to two of its more vulgar relatives. It’ll be good for you!
One of the cool things about attending the Vagina Monologues, […]

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My God is a god of suffering. Here’s my rationale: God is perfectly compassionate. The deeper the compassion, the greater the empathy. One cannot have compassion for others in a world full of suffering without sharing that pain. There is perfect joy as well, but I think that people tend to […]

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Atheists are a pretty misunderstood bunch. Many people think that all atheists deny the possibility of God’s existence and eat Baby Jesus for lunch. Or at least they feel that atheists would like to, because without God they must hate religion and have no moral foundation.
Certainly, some atheists argue that God cannot exist, […]

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