Stubborn by birth, learning by life. Spouse, Dad, Morfar (Grandpa in Norwegian), baseball, coffee roaster, USAF vet changed by Vietnam war, gardener, pray-er.
Got nothing to sell here on Twitter but one retired fella's take on baseball, coffee, and liberal Christianity and how they tumble and rumble in his life.
This Sunday, @flemingrut will present at the adult forum, @ St Philips in the Hills, Tucson. 1030a. I will be flying in from Minnesota so I hope its recorded.
Putting the Poetry Back in Christmas nytimes.com/2022/12/11/opini…
"I don’t think we have to choose between reason and imagination.I don’t think we have to choose between science and religion.I don’t think we have to choose between serious intellectual inquiry and deeply held faith...
"... I think these things are enfolded aspects, each depending on primal ways of knowing. To do theology well, we must bring the poets to the table along with the theologians and listen to what they say."
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Another cultural earthquake. Iranian female basketball team removed their hijab and posted their unveiled photo on Instagram to protest against the main pillar of a gender apartheid regime.
They published the photo with this slogan;
Woman Life Freedom.
#MahsaAmini
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