Click This in Remembrance of Me
From the Oct 25, 2008 Belief Watch column in Newsweek:
“With a scrap of bagel and a sip of Crystal Light, Beth McDonald gave communion to her husband. Then, after a blessing, he gave communion to her. Music played as the celebrant intoned the ancient words, “Do this in remembrance of me.” The experience was among the most spiritually powerful of her life. “I had my eyes closed,” McDonald told me. “We were praying … I got really choked up.”
McDonald was not in church; she was in her living room in Minnesota. The celebrant was not at church; he was at home, in Santa Fe, N.M. Other participants logged on from Sri Lanka, Australia and the Netherlands. Through streaming video and the Internet, all were joined in holy communion.
As technology reshapes our world, as our “friends” become the people we know on Facebook as well as the ones we invite home for dinner, the definition of community is taking on radically new meanings. Nowhere is the concept of community more crucial than in religion. In the West, people traditionally worship together, in a group, in one room; that togetherness has theological import. In Christianity, the sacrament of communion underscores the unity of the faithful; consuming the consecrated bread and wine binds Christians with each other, with the saints in heaven and with the Lord. Now, at the farthest corners of the Christian world, a few people are applying new-tech concepts of community to this ancient rite. The example above is among the most avant-garde. The celebrant, Zeph Daniel, is a musician who preaches online to a group of Christians disconnected from the traditional church. One of his slogans is “Leave religion and find God.”"
This is neither Holy, nor Communion. Discuss…
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Another 80’s video literally retold
This time, Tears for Fears’ classic Head Over Heels (off of 1985’s Songs from the Big Chair) gets the literal remake treatment…
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He wants to spread that wealth, all right…
Just in case you haven’t yet been convinced that Barack Obama is the most Left-leaning, Socialist candidate to ever get within sniffing distance of the Oval Office, here’s another chance to be swayed. By The One’s very own words, no less…
He’s not a Socialist, my ass…
[HT: Ace of Spades HQ]
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Autumn or Fall?
Autumn or Fall — which is your preferred word for the season between Summer & Winter? Which do you think is correct?
Time to get your language on & head on over to Daily Writing Tips to check out the posting, oddly enough titled, Autumn or Fall?
You might think that one is actually more “correct” than the other (I know I did). You’d be mistaken. Language is fascinating, and doubly so when it intersects with History, as is the case here. Check it out - it’s an interesting little fact-nugget that’s worth the time.
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