Here’s the question… Why do the nations rage? Why do people scheme and plot? Why do people expend all their energy attempting to manage and manipulate? It’s vanity. It begets, at best, a fleeting and flimsy ILLUSION of control, and an ephemeral imitation of joy. People scheme and strategize. People scroll and take mooncalf counsel. […]

Soren: I don’t think you should be dismissive. Wilder: Hmmmm… Soren: Let me ask you this, WHY are you disposed toward dismissiveness? Wilder: Honestly? Soren: Honestly. Wilder: Because I feel defensive. Soren: Instead of being defensive and dismissive, perhaps you should simply notice these inclinations, and name them, and then decide on a better course […]

Last time we observed that Jude was talking about duplicitous and perfidious people who are “hidden reefs at your love feasts, and they feast with you without fear (shepherds feeding themselves); waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of […]

Now Jude wants to remind people of something they once fully knew. Like telephone numbers. Or directions. Or cursive. Or waiting. Or spelling. And here’s the thing that people once fully knew – – – > that Jesus of Nazareth saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not […]

Picking up in verse three… Jude LOVES the people that he’s writing to. And he’s not just using the word “love.” It’s easy to say the word. But Jude really does LOVE these people! As I mentioned in the previous post – – – > Jude wants certain things to be MULTIPLIED to these people. […]

First of all, who is Jude? He’s a servant of Jesus of Nazareth. Perhaps like Emilo serves Mr. Deeds? Or perhaps he’s a servant like Mr. Carson or Mr. Bates? Or perhaps like Ali serves the Count of Monte Cristo? Or perhaps like Kylie Sven Opossum serves Mr. Fox. And Jude is also “a brother […]

Is there anything commendable in the following story?… “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you […]

Saw Gerrera would be right at home in the book of Judges! “That itch, that burn… You feel how badly she wants to explode? Remember this. Remember this moment! This perfect night. You think I’m crazy? Yes, I am. Revolution is not for the sane. Look at us: unloved, hunted, cannon fodder. We’ll all be […]

To obtain maximum appreciation of this analogy you will need to partake of Wes Anderson’s 2018 film Isle of Dogs. If you haven’t already seen this film, it is heartily suggested that you (a) postpone your reading of this correspondence, cancel your plans for the next 1h 41m, watch the film, and then resume reading; […]

“It’s no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature. Even the structure of tennis, the way the pieces fit inside one another like Russian nesting dolls, mimics the structure […]