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Ugandan homophobia

The latest in a series of articles on the Guardian focuses on a pastor that screened same sex pornography in church in order to build further support for the bill. I spent time with the very same pastor towards the end of my conservative evangelical days….

Are we human?

On the latest Killer’s album (Day and Night) Brandon Flowers asks “are we human or are we dancer[s]“?  I really like this - for me is probing what it is to be human, maybe touching on our spirituality, primal desire and recent lust for knowledge.
People seem to be able to relate.
I expect that maybe 99% [...]

Perfectionism vs. Perfectionism

For some reason I’m not perfect.  Oh wait - that’s it, being perfect is impossible.
The textbook definition of perfectionism describes a “refusal to accept any standard short of perfection“.  Wikipedia quotes the more relaxed neo-Aristotelean Thomas Hurka:
This moral theory starts from an account of the good life, or the intrinsically desirable life. And it characterizes this life [...]

male of the dance

For about the last six months I’ve been trying - with moderate success - to learn to dance ceroc.  For those of you who don’t know about this salsa/jive fusion you can find out more at one of their many websites.  It is a fairly easy form of male led partner dance that has found [...]

values

This evening at headspace we talked about vision and values.  The two are co-dependent much more than I initially thought.  A certain vision is only achievable by adopting a set of values that match the vision.  If a vision is to create an intimate community or family then intimacy of some sort must inherently be [...]