Submitted by pastor joe on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 07:00.
Ed Ross is back at it with a couple of questions with mysterious answers. So is communion like cannibalism? What was the thorn in Paul's flesh? Those are the topics of conversation on this weeks Swim.
I used to think that the meaning of parables were fairly obvious, after all, aren't they just stories taken from everyday life and then linked up with some sort of spiritual application? What can be so difficult about that?
Most likely, if you know anyone that watches LOST, you are probably not friends with them anymore, seeing how you got sick of them trying to “convert you”. You avoid them like the plague at their first mention of “The Dharma Initiative”. You zone out while they ruse on about time travel theories and who Benjamin Linus really is. Still, you have reason to fear. We will get you too.
What is it that causes to salmon find their way back from the vast expanse of the sea to the single stream from which they had once emerged? What causes them to engage in the relentless fight against the current, battling danger after danger, expending every last ounce of energy they possess ...
Annie Dillard sees shadows. As she muses along Tinker Creek in Virginia, surveying all the familiar places, she is pulled towards the shadows. She lurks along, gazing out at anything and everything, looking for those shadows. She searches vigilantly because she knows that the shadows do not cast themselves.
Ask. Discover. Live. That's our motto here at the fishbowl. Humans, by nature, are bent on discovery, on learning, and on interaction. We invite you to sign up for a username and be a part of our community here.
