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God, Is That The Word
Joe Croker sends me this song about Thomas, and I'm reproducing the text here, as well as his Biblical references. God, Is That The Word? By Joe Croker Peaches and plums -- ripe them up distant sun, burning empty ey… -
Russian Dolls
The fun of russian dolls seems to be endlessly fascinating, and one way of looking at it is perhaps, that none of them are actually "it." They all point to each other, and the multiple reciprocal references are the expla… -
Lemme 'splain
Today I was in a social situation, where my book came up, as part of introductions, and I got to practice (again) just how to explain simply where it fits. I had to be exact, for there was an evangelical theologian in th… -
Imitatio Christi from Thomas to Mark, and the Course
Here is one clear example of how things come full circle, and therefore it underscores the reasons why the title of my book is Closing the Circle. As Stevan Davies shows in his article Mark's Use of the Gospel of Thomas… -
Do We Want the Problem or the Solution?
Duh, you think, of course I want the solution. Not so fast. Our ego system is a lot craftier than that, and as kids instinctively know, but frustrated parents often ignore, it pays to observe what we do do, and not obfus… -
Making a Christian out of Jesus, Stevan Davies
I would like to weave together some thoughts on the process that turned Jesus into a Christian, posthumously. I think it is always a good, refreshing conversation starter to make it clear that Jesus was not a Christian, … -
Navigating by Past Life Recall
As I have argued in the prior post, "reincarnation" may be a useful way of looking at certain aspects of our experience, even if in the abstract it may not be any more "true" than the more common Western linear view of t… -
The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity
It seems this book is sold out in the moment, but one of the things I'm trying to do on this site is to offer mini reviews of the books I've consulted in writing Closing the Circle. The most recent printing of this one w… -
Gnosticism for the Rest of Us
It seems to be unavoidable. After writing that gnosticism was such a difficult category that it is almost pointless, and that both the detractors and the fans of the Thomas gospel have applied this label to it at times, … -
Multiple Thomases and other Curiosa
I posted a pulse yesterday about the multiple Thomases in my life, and it's really funny. I can't think of this having been as prominent before. In fact I can't remember any Thomases before the last few years, and now th…
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