Canticler

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Terrell Stanley Seaton, PhD, MDiv

In ascending (or descending) order, a Retired leadership studies university professor with an AOS in organizational ethics and change management, clergy, pastoral theologian, former US Air Force Chaplain, heldentenor singing canticles, oratorios, and Bel Canto literature, father to brilliant daughters, husband to patient spouse, and as such am a wealthy man.

Life History
CanticlerApr 3, 2023
#🟦Stand up to Jewish hate. Available in iOS emojis as “blue square.”
CanticlerApr 1, 2023
Show threadCharismatic BatmanMar 9, 2023

@multilingualchurch @royal

Yes, there's no really good replacement for a physical book.

eBooks during the era of #Skeumorphism got close, but now they're more abstract than ever. Not the same feel, by a long shot.

Show threadCanticlerMar 29, 2023
@jovial_cynic Thank you for catching my error Josh. I meant to use the word “perquisite” and not prerequisite. Embarrassing, but it’s in keeping with my ADHD. Perquisite goes to “seek after” and “acquire.” A benefit, not a chore. You’re right: these rites I listed are practices in keeping with living an abundant life, not good works to pay a premium on salvation insurance. I do these things for what they do for me, not as obligation. As Plato said, “the unexamined life is not worth living.”
CanticlerMar 10, 2023
Show threadJoshMar 10, 2023
@canticler those behaviors (love, self-examination, etc) are certainly things you'd expect from someone who believes that God loves them and has brought them into the redemption story... but the scriptures seem to make it clear that they are not prerequisites, at least not in the ritualized or "good-works" sense. The thief on the cross next to Jesus simply arrives without having "proven himself" or any such thing. Paul finds himself suddenly transformed, despite living quite contrary to Christ.
CanticlerMar 10, 2023
Show threadChristophe Rigon / Soto²Mar 10, 2023

@canticler @analyticus @philosophy

No special references, it's a all corpus. But I would advise to begin by searching with "Bernard Stiegler" and "Technics" in your favorite non-tracking search engine. You can also ask ChatGPT for a raw synthesis. ;)

CanticlerMar 10, 2023
#theology When can we call ourselves Christian? I was raised in a tradition where a certain praxis is required: loving my neighbor; self-examination, confession, prayer, communion, and pursuit of virtue; in short, to follow the Way of the Cross. How then can I claim to be Christian like so many and then behave in hateful ways? Nowadays, I no longer claim to be Christian; I simply say one day I would like to be one.
Show threadCanticlerMar 10, 2023
@multilingualchurch @canticler With an AOC in communications, I certainly resonate with your thoughts here. I guess it depends on our target audience; however, in the digital streams, how do we know who is reading us? Yet some of our technical words have centuries of meaning behind them, so how do we write with clarity without overwhelming the casual reader with background information? I guess all I’m saying is, I hear you, brother. I struggle with it too.
CanticlerMar 10, 2023
Dr Jonathan DownieMar 8, 2023

Is there a reason why theologians write like that? They even do it when they're writing for ordinary people.

If you don't know what I mean, grab a theology book and see how often you read:
- dense nounification of verbs like "the becoming", "being", "othering", "being the Church", etc,
- adjectives that sound like the product of Greek classes like "salvific", "pneumatological",
- Older English terms in the middle of sentences like "the mire", "despond", "thou".

I'm used to academic waffle but theology, which talks about God who deliberately went out of the way to be understood and to talk in words everyone, even the uneducated could understand, should maybe set the example for clarity and concreteness.

#theology #theologidon

CanticlerMar 10, 2023
@goodenough @flexghost @LindaVT I agree, Wes, and I’m not trying to school anyone, least of all them. The OPs made a true point, and I meant to support their argument. I’m trying to target the fascists they named (who attempt to appropriate the faith) in the same manner as Barth et. al. spoke out in the Barmen Declaration. If you and I and others like us who are theologically trained do not speak out, who can?
Show threadCanticlerMar 9, 2023
@flexghost @LindaVT Please go easy on calling these people Christian. Just because they claim the identity doesn’t make them one. FI, have they confessed, repented, and made recompense for their sins? Have they committed to following the Way? Baptism? There are prerequisites here that go beyond attaching a bumper sticker.