Where Is The Church? … Take One

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Faith, Prayer, Service, Evangelism The Church comprises four activities.  The Church, therefore, may be identified by the presence of these four activities.  They are: Faith Prayer Service Evangelism Where these activities…

The Skull

The frontispiece of Chuck’ DiFazio’s book From Where Did You Come has a face-forward torso shot of Swami that shows Swami’s Face with skin drawn and wrinkled somewhat against the bone. Maybe I’m the only one seeing this — we all know how He can come across differently, a phenomenon to which He makes oblique…

Paradigm Shift For The Churches

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT I am very happy the subject of an ecclesiastical, even ecclesiological, paradigm shift is being discussed in the parish. For what they are worth, I am enclosing my thoughts on the…

Musician : Audience : : Theologian : Student

When an ordinary person wants to listen to a Brandenburg Concerto, they put on a CD. When a musician wants to listen to a Brandenburg Concerto, they leaf through the score. A musician hears far more from the score than an ordinary person hears from the CD. Likewise: When a student wants to delve into…

Name And Form

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, What has name has form. This is the reality behind the sequestering of the Name in Hebraism/Judaism: not the worry about profanation, so much, but rather, the horror of idolatry. When a name is uttered, the form is present. There is no…