We have loved this show and YES, episode 3! (I love the stories, but ignore the games.) At various times I have imagined the zombie horde as the aging bubble of Boomers whose group is growing and seem so antagonistic, the political Them, and the numeratively small but voracious 1%. But maybe the real virus or fungus is the apathy, the overwhelm, and we are the zombies as you say, alone in the rooms, eyes on the small screens, essentially eating ourselves as we numb our discomfort. Church is where most of my real life connection happens outside of my home. It can be a source of tension and frustration, but also tenderness and authentic relationship. Can church be an enclave and faith be an immunization against the spiritual zombies? Clearly it should be.
That Love in the Ruins quote is my inspiration for the week, thank you.
I have *sheepishly admits* watched about half of "The Walking Dead" series and 0 of its spin offs and was certain that I would NOT tolerate any more zombie shows. I've been persuaded to give this one a try :). I am not familiar with Alexander Schmemann but was reminded through his quotes that matter matters. Thankful for a God who comes to us in the way that He made us.
I once read a science fiction short story, the name and author of which escapes me, but it was about an alien who visits earth. He is enjoying his visit but he is perplexed because he can’t determine the one thing that unites all humans. He says something like well the such and such race are all great artists and the so and so’s are great scientists but what do all humans do? He eventually discovers and is appalled to learn that the thing all humans do is die.
Martin Zender in his book ‘Divine Principles of Sexual Attraction, how women are like God and why men want to worship them’ makes the point that ‘God plunges us into death and life, darkness and light, evil and good.’ He says as finite creatures we cannot appreciate the one without the other. In preparing us for eternal happiness we must know misery. In preparing us for eternal life we must know death. It’s all about the contrast. ‘God is doing this for us, not to us’.
We have loved this show and YES, episode 3! (I love the stories, but ignore the games.) At various times I have imagined the zombie horde as the aging bubble of Boomers whose group is growing and seem so antagonistic, the political Them, and the numeratively small but voracious 1%. But maybe the real virus or fungus is the apathy, the overwhelm, and we are the zombies as you say, alone in the rooms, eyes on the small screens, essentially eating ourselves as we numb our discomfort. Church is where most of my real life connection happens outside of my home. It can be a source of tension and frustration, but also tenderness and authentic relationship. Can church be an enclave and faith be an immunization against the spiritual zombies? Clearly it should be.
That Love in the Ruins quote is my inspiration for the week, thank you.
YEAST ALERT - YEAST ALERT - YEAST ALERT!!!!!!!
I have *sheepishly admits* watched about half of "The Walking Dead" series and 0 of its spin offs and was certain that I would NOT tolerate any more zombie shows. I've been persuaded to give this one a try :). I am not familiar with Alexander Schmemann but was reminded through his quotes that matter matters. Thankful for a God who comes to us in the way that He made us.
I once read a science fiction short story, the name and author of which escapes me, but it was about an alien who visits earth. He is enjoying his visit but he is perplexed because he can’t determine the one thing that unites all humans. He says something like well the such and such race are all great artists and the so and so’s are great scientists but what do all humans do? He eventually discovers and is appalled to learn that the thing all humans do is die.
Martin Zender in his book ‘Divine Principles of Sexual Attraction, how women are like God and why men want to worship them’ makes the point that ‘God plunges us into death and life, darkness and light, evil and good.’ He says as finite creatures we cannot appreciate the one without the other. In preparing us for eternal happiness we must know misery. In preparing us for eternal life we must know death. It’s all about the contrast. ‘God is doing this for us, not to us’.