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Before I get to talking about this book, this is a disclaimer: everything is kicking off with the next phase of my treatment tomorrow (Sept 17), and I have no idea how it’s going to go. This simply means that you might not hear from me for a couple weeks, or perhaps a month. I…

Thanks to my pal Phil for the title of this post. As an aesthetic theologian (that sounds wrong, but what do you call someone who works in theological aesthetics? Surely the hairdressers and nail techs of the world don’t own that adjective?), I trust his sense of my demeanour. This week is the wash-out from…

And some thoughts on continued existence This past week I spent calculated amounts of time strapped into this giant Kitchen Aid mixer. At least, that’s how it feels when I lay on my custom-padded table and the various arms of this radiation zapper start to rotate and whir around me to target my tumour. It…

not the one used in the attempted assassination of Louis Philippe I I don’t have much to say about myself in this post, except that since I last updated you all on the treatment plan, the plan changed again. The latest PET scan revealed that the second chemo regimen was almost entirely ineffective—in that it…

Some of the art that tickles my brain If you know me, you know that I have Too Much Art for the living and working spaces I take up. I cannot help that, and it’s not my fault. It may be because there’s a psychological problem that stems from the fact that I used to…

I had a conversation with an archbishop yesterday, which makes my life sound more important than it is. In reality, we’re blessed to have a retired archbishop serving as an “assistant” to our active bishop who is able to expand the pastoral reach of the upper echelons of churchly hierarchy. Which is a complicated way…

Or is it? Howdy everyone. This is the peak of ridiculousness, but I’m writing a post to say that I won’t have a post this week. Recovery from this second round of chemo has been much more difficult than from the first round. I think in the future I’ll utilize the Notes section of the…

You keep using that word, Nazarenes; I do not think it means what you think it means First, a disclaimer. You’ll have perhaps noticed that these posts are coming later and later. No one told me I had deadlines or a schedule to follow. I’m not a brand (despite the URL for this journal being…

If it’s what my brain can do, it’s what my brain can do I’ll always feel the tug toward needing to turn into Captain Capitalism when it comes to writing outputs. Especially when I’m spending time writing something here that everyone can read for free on the internet, instead of the articles and book I’m…

I promise not every post will be morose The other day I was grateful to make coffee for my friend John and sit in my slightly overgrown back yard with him, chatting for a couple hours while flies and ants attempted to join the party. At some point, we got to talking about topics we’re…