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Spiritual and Religious? (Final thoughts on My Favorite Murder)

“Spirituality,” when not religious, tends to remain more individualistic. Transformation of the community is a hallmark of religion.

November 25, 2018 in My Favorite Murder.

Redemption: Fucking Hooray (Spirituality of My Favorite Murder, Theme 4)

Eventually, finding something to celebrate or be thankful for became an intentional part of each MFM episode. A name for the segment was needed, and like a nick name that just fit, “fucking hooray” it became.

October 28, 2018 in Eucharist, My Favorite Murder.

Sin: Bearing Witness (Spirituality of My Favorite Murder, Theme 2)

It’s a broken world, and the hosts of My Favorite Murder are here to talk about it. What could be more Judeo-Christian than telling stories, violent stories, about the selfishness of humankind one to another?

September 3, 2018 in My Favorite Murder.

Creation: Gathering (Spirituality of My Favorite Murder, Theme 1)

…the fact of it, when truly experienced, is surprising and life-giving. Here we find a community formed, through work, yes, but understood as born out of passion, a passion with death at its core.

August 30, 2018 in My Favorite Murder.
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Death & Community: The Body Gathered (To Hold Death’s Hand continued)

…you might be thinking that while these ideas are somewhat logical, you personally could never stomach dealing with the bodies of the dead.

March 19, 2017 in Death, manifesto, The body.

To Hold Death’s Hand: On How the Dead Matter for Communion

Communion, even simply as an act of profound togetherness, has been literally life saving for me in my own journey. Yet one must not be satisfied merely with the milk of human kindness; the meat of this rite is in the connection with the dead.

February 23, 2017 in Communion, Death, manifesto, The body.

Communion: Christ’s Body Broken and Poured Out (To Hold Death’s Hand Cont.)

Jesus told his disciples, “do this in remembrance of me.” What was the “this” of which Jesus spoke? Was it simply eating together or something more?

February 20, 2017 in Communion, Death, Eucharist, manifesto.

To Hold Death’s Hand: Baptismal Identity, Dying and Rising

The baptismal font is not merely a bath, where we are washed clean of sin, but a moment of potential drowning.

February 12, 2017 in Death, manifesto.

To Hold Death’s Hand: A Christian Manifesto on Care of the Body at the Time of Physical Death

…death will continue to grip our souls insofar as baptism is disconnected with death and the baptized do not hold death’s hand.

February 4, 2017 in Death, manifesto, The body.

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