This week for some Revisionist History, we start with a very controversial Tweet by the notoriously adored, and reviled, atheist, Richard Dawkins. What he tweeted sounds controversial to our ears, but what Dawkins had done is merely parrot an ancient story, one that has been rehashed and retold down through the generations: from Plato and Aristotle, to Nietzsche and Himmler, to the greatest of documentary filmmakers, Werner Herzog. Dawkins was telling the story of “nature.”
In contrast to that story, something new seemed to emerge in the first century. A radically different story that highlighted an experience and emotion centered in the bowels, of all places. And this very unfamiliar emotional response in the ancient world would start a movement that, over time, would launch universal healthcare, as well as end infanticide and the gladiatorial games forever. How could such a thing happen?
Trigger warning to all, this Sunday we will be talking about some sensitive subjects like abortion and infanticide. My goal is not to explore the ethical debate around those issues, but to showcase how radically some things have changed over time. Of course, I will also need to tell you about a young boy I met this summer. A boy named Hudson, and how my response to him left me thinking God often works in our lives in the most obvious of ways...we just don’t see it.
Chekhov's Gun (S8 Episode 2)
Trouble Is Coming (S8 Episode 1)
The Holy Spirit & Mission (S7 Episode 36)
Into the Mystery (S7 Episode 35)
You Are Welcome At The Table (S7 Episode 34)
Practice 7: Forgiveness (S7 Episode 33)
Practice 5: Generosity / Hospitality (S7 Episode 31)
Practice 4: Imagination / Creativity (S7 Episode 30)
Easter for the Exhausted (S7 Episode 29)
Practice 3: Invitation, Trust & Vulnerability (S7 Episode 28)
Practice 2: Caring Community (S7 Episode 27)
Practice 1: Spiritual Growth & Development (S7 Episode 26)
A Prelude to the Practices (S7 Episode 25)
Searching For A Home (S7 Episode 24)
Father of Lies (S7 Episode 23)
Sabotage (S7 Episode 22)
Zeitgeist (S7 Episode 21)
When Religion Becomes Demonic (S7 Episode 20)
The Real Battle (S7 Episode 19)
The Exorcist (S7 Episode 18)
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