Inappropriate Conversations

"I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."  Ezekiel of Jerusalem Ezekiel 36:25-28 (a new heart and a new spirit as a baptism of sorts) #IC 189: Apocalyptic Visions (9/20/16) #IC 21: Permanent Things I Believe (7/27/10) Walk The Earth 7  (12/26/13)  

"I wasn't voted most likely to succeed. Instead, it was most likely to be found on a mountaintop in Guadalajara writing the world's most profound three-word sentence."  The Author Mark 9:2-13 (when they looked around, they saw no one else with them anymore) #IC 79: A Farewell Address from the Mountaintop (1/29/12)  #IC 90: Moments of Epiphany (5/23/12) #IC 80: Revelation Weekend (2/5/12)  

"As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence."  Benjamin Franklin Luke 12:8-12 (the Spirit will tell you what to say) #IC 21: Permanent Things I Believe (7/27/10) #90 Moments of Epiphany (5/23/12) Benjamin Franklin  

"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in."  Leonard Cohen Romans 5:1-11 (we were sinful when Christ stepped in) #IC 201: The Sound of Sustainability (6/14/17)  Leonard Cohen - The Future  

"We do not need to be rescued from God. God is the one who rescues us from death, sin, and destruction. God is the rescuer."  Rob Bell Luke 15:1-7 (this fellow Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them, they said) #IC 131: Christianity 301 (10/22/13) Rob Bell - Love Wins  

“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.”  Carl G. Jung 2 Corinthians 13:5 (test yourself to see if you are living in the faith) #IC 44: Sacred Friendship (1/27/11) #IC 227: Some Assembly Required, Chapter 5 (7/6/20) C. G. Jung - Psychology and Alchemy  

"Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and respect."  Peter of Bethsaida 1 Peter 3:13-17 (how to account for the hope that is in you) #IC 136: Converse or Convert (1/1/14) #IC 131: Christianity 301 (10/22/13)  

“Love and the self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both.”  Leo Buscaglia 1 John 4:7-21 (everyone who loves is born of God and knows God) #IC 120: Making Contact (5/15/13) Leo Buscaglia - Love (special edition)

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." Henry David Thoreau Mark 9:38-41 (we saw someone casting out demons in your name) #IC 2: The Author and Different Drummer (3/14/10) Henry David Thoreau - Walden  

"Men cannot see their reflections in running water, but only in still water." Zhuang Zhou Psalm 46:10 (be still, and know that I am God) #IC 44: Sacred Friendship (1/27/11) Zhuang Zhou - Zhuangzi

"There's a saviour born every day in the valley of your soul." Sophie B. Hawkins John 3: 13-17 (God so loved the world that Jesus didn’t come to condemn it) #IC 81: Singing a Song for Lovers (2/11/12) Sophie B. Hawkins - Tongues and Tails  

"Could I really be this thirsty if there weren't something more?" Chris Rice John 2: 1-11 (water into wine) #IC 118: Where Would I Be Without God? (4/8/13) Chris Rice - Past the Edges Inappropriate Conversations website

Lost in Translation, The Return (Vozvrashchenie), Memories of Murder, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Dogville, among others.

The apparently upcoming demise of a former employer has led me to thoughts about topics I've sidestepped in the past on Inappropriate Conversations, keeping work and personal life separate. Perhaps it makes no sense to protect an organization that no longer exists, and I don't think the stories I could tell are really that embarrassing. I consider them to be more revealing about the gap between what a group says it values compared to the culture it actually creates.  If that's an Inappropriate Conversations show update, then the update for Walk The Earth is about a plan for daily "devotional" podcasts during Lent, starting on "Fat Tuesday" and ending on the Monday after Easter. Lent Roll. The inspiration for such short 2- or 3-minute shows came from the Different Drummer this week, someone I don't even know by name. Different Drummer: (j)ula of soundwavesoffwax

Battleship Potemkin,  The Gold Rush,  The Big Parade,  The Lost World,  among others.  

The Incredibles, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Downfall, Brothers, among others.

Sherlock Jr. Greed The Enchanted Cottage The Thief of Bagdad among others

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Serenity Brokeback Mountain Capote among others

Whether words of Truth become false based solely on who is speaking?

Our Hospitality Safety Last! The Grub-Stake A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate The Street among others