Pascale Soleil: faithfulHereticmatters of the spiritA difference that makes a difference- June 28, 2002 I am convinced that we are more like our primate cousins, and indeed the rest of the kingdom of life, than we usually care to admit. But if asked what I think the essential difference is between human beings and, say, chimpanzees I'll say that it is only we human beings who pray. Of course I could be wrong about that. Would we recognize the prayers of chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas In the past we've often had a hard enough time hearing the prayers and seeing the humanity in others of..http://radio.weblogs.com/0100595/categories/faithfulheretic/2002/06/28.html#a135 One of My Kind- June 18, 2002 First thing this morning I learned that Rodney O. Lain took his own life over the weekend. He shot himself. The wound was not instantly fatal, and it took a day for him to die. He is survived by his wife. I was stunned. I didn't know Rodney, but I knew Rodney. Through his writing online I had the kind of distant intimacy that we achieve with people whose minds, hearts, and wits we admire from afar, and whose way with words leads us to believe that we know something real about them. He was...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100595/categories/faithfulheretic/2002/06/17.html#a119 Life and Death- June 9, 2002 Saturday was a completely different kind of rollercoaster ride. At 11 am I attended the funeral service for a priest at my church. She had previously been a seminarian with us, and had returned only a few months ago to be on the clergy staff. She was diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer at Easter, and died more quickly than I think anyone expected. I had not intended to go. Although I knew and liked her, I didn't feel a particularly strong personal connection. Then, on Friday, I received a...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100595/categories/faithfulheretic/2002/06/09.html#a111 |