I’m not sure about McLu’s connecting Mary with Wisdom here (“playing before God in the beginning” — Prov 8?). But good stuff re. “faith comes from hearing” and his own conversion. “You have to knock pretty hard.”
McLuhan on Faith
May 19, 2013 by at 11:04 am
Remember what I said about Facebook and heaven? Remember how you rent your garments? Marshall McLuhan said the same thing about the telephone in 1965.
I’ve been surf-boarding a McLuhan wave of late and mostly sucking up salt water, but having a good time. Got tubular here:
Stoked, dude.
Brand X
May 17, 2013 by at 7:23 am
Look what Wiseblood Books is cooking up:
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May 13, 2013 by at 10:10 pm
All Manner of Either/Or
May 11, 2013 by at 9:38 am
Why the NRA reminds me of Planned Parenthood and Vice Versa
Kirsten Powers, writing for The Daily Beast, says it well:
“The abortion clinic of alleged killer Kermit Gosnell was not illegal. But any talk of more government regulation unleashes an NRA-style assault from the abortion rights contingent.”
More here: Abortion Rights Community Has Become the NRA of the Left
Ms. Powers’ double-edged approach here reminds me of our man Walker Percy’s NYT piece back in the day: “A View of Abortion with Something to Offend Everybody.”
Are you offended?