tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632746619833314949.post3828327238221934432..comments2024-02-27T02:16:26.237-06:00Comments on the post-karmic stream: bread and circuses (day 1)Kyle Burkholderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319162146102629239noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632746619833314949.post-53087753556262699912007-10-30T09:09:00.000-05:002007-10-30T09:09:00.000-05:00Pointing out the problems and flaws are way too ea...Pointing out the problems and flaws are way too easy, everyone can do that. It's finding the solution that's the issue, because no one wants to seek out an answer. They'd rather just focus on what's wrong. Even the nightly news focus on all that's wrong in your city, country, world. You watch that enough and you start to believe that's just how it is. Then you start to live only for yourself...Jeff Reiningerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133862277343712811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632746619833314949.post-24854119971909560252007-10-30T03:41:00.000-05:002007-10-30T03:41:00.000-05:00thanks for the comments...i guess the idea is that...thanks for the comments...<BR/><BR/>i guess the idea is that we are all the lowest common denominator at some point, all begging for something little in the midst of our chance to be part of something big, something transcendent.<BR/><BR/>not that there isn't value in the bread and sanctity in the circus - i believe that there might certainly be. <BR/><BR/>the kingodm is now. amen. so maybe we will find ourselves a little less distracted by the corners of our eyes.Kyle Burkholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319162146102629239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632746619833314949.post-20125195474985791062007-10-29T20:50:00.000-05:002007-10-29T20:50:00.000-05:00Is it the fault of the entertainment industry or t...Is it the fault of the entertainment industry or the government that the lowest common denominator is pandered to? Individuals, families, and communities can create sacred spaces where priorities are different and the even mundane is sanctified. <BR/><BR/>As a side note, notice that the parable of the rich young man is immediately followed up by the "laborers in the vineyard" story. Jesus is saying to us something more here than just "sell all you have" but more deeply is speaking of life in the "kingdom" that is here NOW.StumblinginHISdusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987354255923921619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632746619833314949.post-32475959322907917152007-10-29T09:53:00.000-05:002007-10-29T09:53:00.000-05:00Kyle,Please understand me when I say...this is a l...Kyle,<BR/><BR/>Please understand me when I say...this is a less sophisticated parallel to North American culture...<BR/><BR/>Entertain me, thrill me, make me feel alive...distract me from the haunting thoughts of the purpose of life...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com