Reflections on Faith and Culture

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 93

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:21:00 +0000

(note: the following summary was mistakenly applied to Part 92 posted on Friday June 1st - a corrected summary has been posted) Jesus strips the sacrificial trappings from the stories of state brutality and natural disater leaving his listeners with a choice: death as an accident – without meaning or death as ‘self-sacrifice’ – the giving of one’s entire self, spending one’s life in service to others

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 92

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:20:00 +0000

Unless you repent, you will perish ‘just as they did’

Metanoia - repentance

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 91

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:24:00 +0000

This excerpt begins the 8th tape in this 12 cassette tape series from 1995. The narrative picks up at the start of chapter 13 of Luke's gospel: "Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices..."

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 90

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Mon, 28 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

Luke chapter 12 continued: the parable of the rich man who says to himself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."
This is the final excerpt from tape number 7 of the Poetry of Truth series Gil Bailie recorded in 1995.

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 89

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

An epistemological interpretation of Jesus' admonition to 'stay alert'...when it is hardest to do so. The 'middle of the night' is understood as the moment when the crowd leaps to its feet cheering, at that moment it is most difficult to 'stay alert'.

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 88

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

The definition of “this generation” in the story of Jesus’ condemnation of the Pharisees and the lawyers (scribes): at dinner at a Pharisee’s house Jesus does not go through the ritual washings…

"This generation"...will be charged with the blood of all the prophets since the beginning of the world, from the blood of Abel the just to the blood of Zechariah.

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 87

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:42:00 +0000

When the crowds were increasing…Jesus says, "This generation is an evil generation, it asks for a sign…the only sign will be Jonah…and something greater than Jonah is here."

“This generation” – could be understood as the way in which we generate our culture…generativity.

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 86

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

The old system for creating social solidarity is breaking down. Examples from the news of 1995 - stories of riots in London and civil war in Sierra Leone.

Metastasizing of a scandalous virus.

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 85

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

Why do you not judge for yourself what is right? When you go with your accuser before a magistrate try to hard to be reconciled with him...

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 84

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

"Do not fear those that kill the body and can do nothing more…fear the one who after he has killed has the authority to cast you into hell."

"Do not be afraid…God loves you "

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 83

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

"Do you think I’ve come to bring peace? No, division…"
Even in the most intimate family relations this primitive mechanism of finding a scapegoat has helped heal divisions – but now exposed by the Gospel revelation its power is compromised and attenuated with the result that divisions will increasingly appear within the family as well.

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 82

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

Where psychoanalysis substituted one 'constituting other' (the therapist) the modern world increasingly presents a multitude in its various celebrities and idols. Unity breaking down into multiplicity on both the psychological and the cultural level

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 81

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

"He who is not with me is against me; he who does not gather with me scatters..." We begin to be gathered with Jesus when we hear the 'cock crow'...

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 80

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

How can Satan cast out Satan? The origins of the modern crisis in the revelation of the Cross. We now know too much, seeing how Satan has been casting out Satan throughout human history.

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 79

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Sat, 05 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

Jesus is asked to prove he is not casting out demons by the power of Beelzubub (Satan)...the story of a house divided which cannot stand..."house falls on house"

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 78

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:37:00 +0000

Psychoanalysis: A methadone program for "otherness"? - curing a fixation with another fixation and the difference between an icon and an idol

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 77

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Demon possession - hysteria/paralysis - Freudian transference

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 76

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Demon possession and the constituting "other"...

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 75

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Every time a gift is given or received the Holy Spirit is there…

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 74

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Everyone who asks, seeks, knocks will receive, find and have opened to them...but what will they receive?

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 73

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:20:00 +0000

Jesus’ Prayer is an intimate address to an-other…

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 72

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:20:00 +0000

Trinitarian monotheism...and Luke's abbreviated version of the Lord's Prayer.

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 71

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:04:00 +0000

The messy process of making theology by human agents....resulting in a new type of thought

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 70

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:56:00 +0000

The cross demythologizes the old mythological machinery which was generated by an event structurally identical to the crucifixion - and also shows us the living God...but in a trinitarian way

From the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 69

noreply@blogger.com (Randy Coleman-Riese) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:35:00 +0000

The excerpt begins the seventh cassette tape from the series on Luke's Gospel. Gil takes time at the start of this session to reflect on the 'epistemological revolution' brought about by the Gospel.