RoboPreacher

 post no bills on the wall “ I had a lengthy discussion about the power of myth with a postmodern author who didn’t exist. In this fictitious world all reality twists. I was a hopeless romantic, now I’m just turning tricks , ” cries Conor Oberst in the brilliant track “ Soul Singer in Session Band .” The defining mark of post-modernism is the rejection of any “meta-narrative.”  This description assumes that our age is one in which all grand narratives have been shown to be nothing more than a small man hiding behind a curtain.  While this description of contemporary culture seems to be as on the mark as it is skeptical; something is missing. The persistence of “make your own myth” mythos, draws the assumption that all narratives are rejected whole-sale into question. The grand narrative of “you are what you buy” is as stubbornly persistent of broad scientific narratives. Like it or not, human culture is an enterprise of myth-making, meaning-mak...

 for you will not be distracted “Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition its bad name.” ~Pelikan in seminary we talk about all sorts of things that don’t matter For instance, did you know that worship has a four-fold shape? If you did, congratulations! If you didn’t, oh well… See, that’s thing, we learn this stuff that has little to no contemporary relevancy. well, let me nuance that a little It is important to learn the foundations. I had this great journalism professor in college, and she was fine with breaking layout and AP rules. There was one catch, though, you had to know what rules you were breaking and why. Ultimately I think that is why it is good to know the foundations. Tradition has power, real meaningful power. Rote enactment of tradition (i.e. traditionalism) is, well, boring. not only is it boring, it begs ir...