Last Time: What I’m Watching: Jacob Berman and Dr. Robert M. Price on the Parousia Now, the conclusion In some ways the parousia in the New Testament is not just a future eschaton but a current reality, such as “Christ in You” in Paul’s letters. Plato in the Phaedo uses the word parousia to describe … (2/2) What I’m Watching: Jacob Berman and Dr. Robert M. Price on the Parousia

I’ve been watching some videos in my free time and would like to share some thoughts occasioned by this one. Does Jesus say the kingdom is within, even in the hearts of the hard hearted pharisees? The Old Testament says the heart is corrupt beyond all things, but God will renew their hearts. Paul talks … What I’m Watching: Jacob Berman and Dr. Robert M. Price on the Parousia

Last Time: Celebrating New Teachers: Education and Metaphysics with Squaring and Circling Now the conclusion: I’m still on vacation here at the blog, but I wanted to do a part 2 for the last post.  While last time I talked about some ideas for new teachers, I thought I might conclude this two-part series with … (2/2) Celebrating New Teachers: The Interview

* (INTRODUCTION) Examples of Organizing Thinking with the Magic of 4s (Children Playing 4-Square at Recess) NEXT TIME: (2/2) Celebrating New Teachers: The Interview BUT FIRST: I’ve been on vacation from blogging until the Fall, but I encountered some very enthusiastic education students from the local university recently who had a table event at a … Celebrating New Teachers: Education and Metaphysics with Squaring and Circling

I think I finally got all the typos in my last blog post, lol! We were thinking about fourfold rubrics of criteria used to teach, assess/evaluate.  In the history of Metaphysics from Plato to Heidegger, you have the basic idea that the really real is not the “present” thing in front of you (me on … Have a Great and Reflective Summer!

The Fourfold Cord vs The Threefold Cord “And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. (Eccl 4:12) I talked a little the last few times about the threefold cord (I might have misspelled as “chord” a few times, but that’s okay I’m musical, lol), and … (Part 6) The Fourfold Cord vs The Threefold Cord: My thoughts on Derrida’s “Interpretations at War Kant, the Jew, the German”

I keep coming back to the example / exemplar of houseness and threefold appearing “as” (mansion as houseness incarnate, houseness being merely present in the average house, and deficient in the dilapidated shack).  Moreover, there is the twofold deconstructive reversal where the mansion may appear gawdy to the next person, or the shack quaint/rustic.  But … (Part 5) My thoughts on Derrida’s “Interpretations at War Kant, the Jew, the German”

We are trying to determine with Derrida what it means that Cohen was an exemplar of the Jewish-German spirit incarnated in the figure of Kant.  In order to think this let’s go back a little to the Apostle Paul. Debating the dates and authenticity of the Pauline letters is very difficult.  Seven are generally considered … (Part 4) My thoughts on Derrida’s “Interpretations at War Kant, the Jew, the German”

We’ve been thinking with Derrida about examples and exemplars, where traditionally the exemplar is the really real (e.g., true friend), while the example is deficient in relation to it (just a friend).  Thought holistically, the missing third term here is a “bad friend.” The error that Derrida notes is our tendency to see the exemplar/example … (Part 3) Threes and My thoughts on Derrida’s “Interpretations at War Kant, the Jew, the German”