A friend who heads up a Contemporary Christian Record Label tweeted this Saturday: “@RandyElrod You may have seen this article. Couldn’t help but think about your book Sex, Lies & Religion.”
Upon reading the very intriguing Christianity Today article, I was thankful I had included (and thoroughly researched) Chapter 6 [...]
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Homogenized Religion, Inc. – Where Are The Women?
It’s The People, Stupid!
This morning I have remnants of delicious exhaustion.
I asked a few friends to gather Memorial Day and celebrate an all-day Italian feast. Our location was “off the grid” at the rustic but elegant lodge, arbor and organic gardens on the stunning 2,000 acres of Kalein@Round Cove near Winchester, Tennessee. Nordeck and Mary Claire Thompson created [...]
My Skylights – What Are Yours?
The Skylight
You were the one for skylights. I opposed
Cutting into the seasoned tongue-and-groove
Of pitch pine. I liked it low and closed,
Its claustrophobic, nest-up-in-the-roof
Effect. I liked the snuff-dry feeling,
The perfect, trunk-lid fit of the old ceiling.
Under there, it was all hutch and hatch.
The blue slates kept the heat like midnight thatch.
But when the [...]
Fundamentalism and Fear: The Great Enemies of Creativity & Art
Many of the contemporary religious leaders in the “new” fundamentalist movement are eerily reminiscent to fear-mongers of the past.
To this weary artist who has spent fifty years watching, listening and yes, cringing with eyes and ears wide open, these new “jesus-jocks” certainly look different – many dress in jeans, sport soul patches and defend their [...]
The Paradox of LOST
Like many of you, I sleeplessly rolled the bed dreaming about LOST.
10:30 pm was eerie at my house. As the bass note echoed throughout the house and the LOST graphic swirled to meet us one last time, everyone got up and silently and numbly left. No conversation. No reaction – either positive or negative. One [...]
5 Things I Think Will Happen On The LOST Finale
For six years, my family and I have been totally addicted to this brilliantly convoluted masterpiece of television entertainment. So it’s with a bittersweet pen, I write this final goodbye to old friends.
A few random thoughts:
- LOST has been with us longer than YouTube.
- Good storytelling never grows old.
- Great stories have layers.
- I relate [...]
Where Soul Meets Body
“I want to live where soul meets body, and let the sun wrap its arms around me, and bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing, and feel, feel what its like to be new.” – Death Cab for Cutie
A monk dipped his cloak into the decaying flesh of a dead woman, so the smell [...]
The Catastrophic Franklin Flood of 2010
This photo was taken from a window in my home as we watch the flood waters continue to rise even as I type. Over 14 inches of rain in 48 hours transformed our city into a disaster area and prompted a declared state of emergency.
To put this into stark perspective:
- The most rain ever [...]
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