My friend Peter sent me a link yesterday to a “Dateline” interview with John Shelby Spong, the liberal theologian and former Episcopal bishop of Newark. It’s Spong’s belief that Hell is a religious fiction created by the church. It’s a control device, he says, plain and simple. He’s a controversial guy. Synchronistically, I was approached […]
The September issue of fête is out, which concludes that brief chapter of my life titled “Bratwurst.” (See August 22 posting.) Curiously, after so much sturm and not a little bit of drang, the payoff seems piddling. Definitely anticlimactic. My reaction to the piece this morning after not having seen it for a couple of […]
Think of a person you’ve known all your life. Somebody you like. Or love. The kind of person you can be with and say nothing for hours on end or say whatever comes to mind. Now imagine that you’re having a conversation with this person and a nice enough, obviously well meaning relationship expert interrupts […]
