The basis of spiritual community is truth; the basis of emotional community is desire. The essence of spiritual community is light. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together “The red letters are the words of Jesus.” Told to me by my mother as a child When I was a young child, our church had a contest. The firstContinue reading “Red-Letter Christians and the Prophetic Imagination”
Author Archives: Harold W. Anderson, Ph.D.
Leading the Pais (Child): A Discourse on Pedagogy
Pedagogy comes from two Greek words meaning “child” (pais) and “leader” (agōgos) from the verb “to lead” (agein). Thinker: Pedagogy. Sophist: Say what? Thinker: Pedagogy. Sophist: I know, I know. I heard you the first time. What the hell is that? Thinker: Have you gone to school? Sophist: Well yea. Can’t say that I likedContinue reading “Leading the Pais (Child): A Discourse on Pedagogy”
Relational Reflexivity as the Key to Emotional Balance
The psychic fact receives from speech the power to be what it is. From Difficult Freedom by Emmanuel Levinas As one who has worked in caring services for most of his life, it is a privilege to hear the stories of those who are afraid, who are overly anxious and who are depressed. There appearsContinue reading “Relational Reflexivity as the Key to Emotional Balance”
Harold and the Art of Asking Questions: A Short Autobiography
But moments of truth are infinitely better than platitudes of lies, which seek to undermine our democracy and hinder the promise of freedom to which the liberal experiment of the American Republic has been so fervently dedicated. I remember a Sunday School class I was taking when I must have been around 9 or 10Continue reading “Harold and the Art of Asking Questions: A Short Autobiography”
Overview of This Blog
Philosophy, theology, justice. Has there ever been a time that these three topics have not been intertwined? From its very inception, western philosophy has been interested in the religious and mythological claims of human beings. From Thales to Heraclitus, from Plato to Aristotle and from Stoicism to Neo-Platonism, philosophers have entertained the notion of divinityContinue reading “Overview of This Blog”
The Common What?
This essay was precipitated by a friend who wanted me to respond to his question: What do you think will solve our country’s problems? Asking for solutions to our country’s problems is mind-boggling if for no other reason than it begs the question of what is wrong with our country. There are so many problemsContinue reading “The Common What?”