Author: KB
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Does God Regret The Fall?
The idea in the previous post of there being limits on where we ought to live on earth was given another spin on a piece about whether creativity has limits: Rollo May: “Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose. The capacity to create ourselves, based…
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Don’t Even Go There | Planet Playpen
Watching the news earlier today – Rita follows Katrina – I was struck by this thought: there are some places on earth that we weren’t meant to inhabit. Not that Houston or New Orleans are necessarily two of them (though building below sea level is always a fraught project, surely), but there are places that…
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See the straitjacket
Go into any social gathering and you will see how the hierarchies are set up. Whether it’s the debating chamber of parliament, your living room, a local pub, an interview room, or a Sunday morning service… Forget what is actually being said or why. Forget content. Through the way the space is set up, relationships…
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Guest Authors 1 – Jonathan Rabagliati
Over the past few weeks I’ve been speaking to people about doing some guest posts on the site… so you don’t all get bored of my input, and to throw some dirt around this place. Can get too sterile when it’s a lone voice! So there are some others who will be posting in the…
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Site Updates
Due to server costs etc from the publisher’s end, the original site for the Complex Christ is going to be taken down. The url http://www.thecomplexchrist.com will now point to this blog. Hence the php discussion boards there will be closed. Updates to the blog to accommodate this: ‘Explore the Book section’ added left, with links…
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Can Anyone Tell Me What Preaching Is For?
I’m really not sure anymore. Not that I particularly used to be, though it’s something I’ve enjoyed doing myself in the past. And that’s what worries me: people who do it, enjoy it. The select chosen few get their weekly 20 minutes to show us how clever they are at public speaking. If we were…