Postmodernity, should we be afraid? part 1 »

Post-modernity I have been discussing the topic of post-modernity with colleagues from many religious backgrounds. You might be aware of the cultural phenomenon of post-modernity if not its philosophical underpinnings. Trying to describe or approximate post-modernity as a philosophy or culture is no easy task. Just type it into wikipedia and you will see what [...]

The song of the bird »

The disciples were full of questions about God. Said the Master, “God is Unknown, the Unknowable. Every statement about Him,every answer to your questions, is a distortion of the Truth.” The disciples were bewildered. “Then why do you speak about Him at all?” “Why does the bird sing?” said the Master. Not because he has [...]

Top 10 books of 2008 »

I have read so many fantastic books 2008, old and new. Here are a few that are outstanding: Fiction: Midnights Children by Salman Rushdie Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostevsky Nonfiction: Let your life speak by Parker J. Palmer The bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad Biography: a billion lives by Jan Egeland Theology: The [...]

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