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The Flatland Chronicles for Monday, July 10
JOURNAL. Man, I need to get OUT OF THE HOUSE. This internet crap is killing me. KILLING me.
When I was a kid, I was famous (in my house) for getting caught up in projects or hobbies, going at them full throttle for days (and nights on end) and then abruptly burning out. After I burned out, I was DONE.
I actually started my blog AND my site last year. I didn't actually get tired of them so much as 'seriously overburdened at work.' When it's happening (which it isn't at the moment) my work is all-consuming. I don't get to play at all. This---blogging and page-building---is play, or was.
Today I wrote about an issue to which I have been giving a good deal of my attention----the shifting pictures of Christ as presented in both conventional and alternative Christianity. I am all for alt-Jesus, but even then, it's hard to decide which one.
Time for a break, I think!
UPDATE:
Interestingly, after reading my discussion of Baigent's The Jesus Papers, Nick pulled out a tape he'd saved of the documentary. The Unknown Jesus. One of the first people to appear in it was Michael Baigent. Dominick Crossan was in it too, sounding more Irish somehow than I'd imagined when reading his books. Interesting. Also a very good documentary. I'll be watching it again.
TODAY'S DIGEST:
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THE MARGINAL CHRISTIAN'S READING LIST: THE JESUS PAPERS, THE JESUS DYNASTY, THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS AND WHAT i LEARNED FROM VARIOUS SUCH BOOKS, SCHOLARLY AND -UN. Who was this guy Jesus? I've spent years trying to get a picture, Instead, I ended up with several. I don't mind. Also: I review a review (Laura Miller's review at Salon.com of The Jesus Papers.) In The Heretic's Handbook.
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THE ETIQUETTE OF DYING. On a completely unrelated note, I've been having some interesting discussions with a friend who is a thanatologist and reconsidering my own encounters with the dying. Why isn't there anything in our culture (besides religion) to see us through this stage? People have all sorts of rituals for weddings and other milestones, but we don't do anything for the dying until they're dead. In this world of protracted terminal disease and medical technology, we need to develop some procedures and practices for coping with death. In The Disquieting Damozel.
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