#Marcus Borg

[fierysword]

I am confident that the one who has buoyed us up in life will also buoy us up through death. We die into God.

Marcus Borg

#afterlife #death #Marcus borg

[lowcountry-gothic]

Two processions entered Jerusalem on a spring day in the year 30….One was a peasant procession, the other an imperial procession. From the east, Jesus rode a donkey down the Mouth of Olives, cheered by his followers… On the opposite side of the city, from the west, Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Idumea, Judea, and Samaria, entered Jerusalem at the head of a column of imperial calvary and soldiers. Jesus’s procession proclaimed the kingdom of God; Pilate’s proclaimed the power of empire.

Marcus Borg & John Dominic Crossan, The Last Week

#quotes #marcus borg #john dominic crossan #easter #jesus #imperialism #liberation theology

[femmecrucifix]

“The anger I felt toward John when I first learned it was not an accurate portrayal of the historical Jesus had been replaced by a deep appreciation. To use the great “I am” statements that run throughout John to illustrate this point, why would the early Christian community out of which John’s gospel comes portray Jesus as saying about himself, “I am the light of the world,” “I am the bread of life,” “I am the way, the truth, and the life,” if Jesus did not speak that way about himself? I now see the answer: this is how they experienced the post-Easter Jesus. For them, the post-Easter Jesus was the light that led them out of darkness, the spiritual food that nourished them in the midst of their journey, the way that lead them from death to life.”

Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Marcus J. Borg

#this was nice to read #i understand relationships with god to be subjective/experiential #but i never extended it to texts #which is obvious in retrospect #but idk what im doing anyways so... #christianity #marcus borg

[minnesotafollower]

Prayer and Meditation for Walter Mondale by Rev. Dr. Timothy Hart-Andersen

Prayer and Meditation for Walter Mondale by Rev. Dr. Timothy Hart-Andersen

At the May 1, 2022 memorial service for Walter Mondale, Rev. Dr. Timothy Hart-Andersen, the Senior Pastor at Mondale’s Minneapolis church, Westminster Presbyterian, delivered the following prayer and Meditation. Prayer “Let us pray:”  “Gracious God, we gather in this Easter season to give you thanks and   praise for the life and witness of Walter F. Mondale. In remembering him and his legacy of…

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#Afghans #Archbishop Desmond Tutu #Barbara Brown Taylor #Bryan Stevenson #Cameroon #Claribel Mondale #Cornel West #Cuba #David Brooks #David McCullough #Downtown Interfaith Senior Clergy of Minneapolis #Eleanor Mondale #Elie Wiesel #George Floyd #Gwen Ifill #Jesus Christ #Joan Mondale #Kathleen Hall Jamieson #Macalester College #Marcus Borg #Marian Wright Edelman #Minnesota Council of Churches #Palestine #Presbyterian Church (USA) #President Jimmy Carter #Psalm 15 #Rev. Timothy Hart-Andersen #Salman Rushdie #Sigurd Olson #Theodore Mondale

[sargeantgp]

unleashing the dragon (2023) dir. erik stenborg

#filmblr meants indyblr #don’t worry i’m half joking #sten-borg heh #indycar #marcus ericsson #james hinchcliffe #*

[zemaribeiro]

Chorinhos e Chorões passa a ser veiculado em cadeia pelas rádios Universidade e Timbira a partir deste domingo (30)

Da esquerda para a direita: Tiago Fernandes, Wendell de la Salles, Rui Mário e Marquinhos Carcará, o Quarteto Crivador. Foto: divulgação O cantor e compositor Claudio Lima. Foto: Zeqroz Neto/ Divulgação No palco ou na plateia, o poeta Celso Borges participou de diversas edições de RicoChoro ComVida na Praça e será homenageado no Chorinhos e Chorões deste domingo (30). Foto: Zeqroz Neto/…

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#Alvorada #balaio cultural #celso borges #chico maranhão #chorinhos e chorões #choro #cláudio lima #Frank Matos #gisa franco #igreja do desterro #lances de agora #letycia oliveira #marcus pereira #marquinhos carcará #quarteto crivador #Radiola Timbira #rádio #rádio timbira #Rádio Universidade #ricarte almeida santos #ricochoro comvida na praça #roda de choro #rui mário #tiago fernandes #Timbira Espetacular #universidade fm #vanessa serra #wendell de la salles

[friendsamongstars]

@ssatxr​ | Marcus

Upon seeing Marcus, Brian backed away a few steps immediately. “I am so sorry to bother you, I’ll be on my way.” He was ready to run as usual, clearly scared to approach or deal with yet another possible leader that would just send them to another prison or holding cell. 

“D-do you by chance know how I can just get out of here....and NOT sleep in a place that isn’t my comfortable bed?” 

#transmission sent #brainiac borg #ssatxr #marcus

[quasi-normalcy]

#star trek #the motion picture #the wrath of khan #the search for spock #the final frontier #the undiscovered country #generations #first contact #insurrection #nemesis #star trek (2009) #into darkness #beyond #(none for 'the voyage home' because it had no villains)

[star-trek-fandom-confessions]

#250

"At the risk of being accused of being a racist white man or female misogynist, I fail to understand how the existence of La'an Noonien-Singh on the Enterprise fits into the rest of Trek canon or is even necessary. SNW's expansion on Uhura, Chapel, and Number One's characters I can understand since Uhura is the main girl of TOS and Una and Christine are TOS characters too. Even Erica being Sulu's predecessor doesn't really mess with TOS canon too much. Same with Pelia being Scotty's, or even the expansion of T'Pring's character since she is the fiance of a main TOS character Spock.

Like, don't get me wrong, she's not the first Trek character to have a "famous" relative, but if being Khan's descendant and called "augment" is so bad, why didn't she or her parents change their last name? To me, that is the biggest facepalm moment since Magnus and Erin Hansen deciding to bring little Annika on their Borg studies mission. Heck, I'd argue that Una's augment prejudice storyline is better-written and less ham-fisted since her being Illyrian doesn't fuck TOS canon too much, plus her super strength and perfect immune system make her a bigger "threat" to Starfleet than La'an's last name and ability to be a better drunk than everyone else. I also feel like La'an's character hinges on her last name and retconning of the Gorn. Idk how to explain it, but what else is there to fall back on compared to other characters? Even the crush on Kirk is strange because she retroactively never existed during the events of "Space Seed" and The Wrath of Khan, and Kirk never mentions her during those events. One could argue how TOS Chapel is a "passive" or "shallow" character compared to La'an, but TOS Chapel's personality can still be explained by her grief and regret over past relationships with Spock and Roger Korby.

Like don't get it wrong, this rant isn't a hate-boner on La'an herself, I'm just very critical of her character's existence and how it will fit into the future of SNW and TOS' canon events. Does she die of Gorn parasite eggs laid inside her? Is her super-duper special Khan DNA the reason TOS era Gorns look more human? Do she and Dr. Marcus become friends, or love rivals over Kirk? (I personally hope it's the former because I hate prolonged love triangles and toxic Kirk/La'an shippers.) If she even dies in SNW, is it to contrast with Khan being awoken from cryosleep in some kind of narrative irony? Or does Temporal Investigations mess up and screw her out of existence? I don't think I would say her character is boring but my God, does it's existence confuse me sometimes."

#confession 250 #two parts confession #star trek #star-trek-fandom-confessions #strange new worlds #la'an noonien singh

[apenitentialprayer]

Left: detail of an icon of Jesus's Palm Sunday Procession. Right: detail of a 1791 replication of a bas relief of the Triumph of Titus

[T]his demonstration harbored a dangerous message that would lead to Jesus's public execution by the end of the week. The way Jesus entered Jerusalem at the beginning of Passover week was a strategically organized demonstration. Jesus's entire ministry was headed toward Jerusalem. Every time he had to leave a large crowd of sick people begging to be healed, it was because his journey was aimed toward Jerusalem. Word of Jesus's message had already spread to Jews in Jerusalem, and they were prepared to participate in these planned demonstrations. Mark 11 tells us that when Jesus and his disciples were approaching Jerusalem, he told two of his disciples, "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' just say this, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.'" We don't know who was assigned to tie up the colt at the entrance, but taking the colt communicated to the crowds waiting in Jerusalem that Jesus was about to arrive. From the Mount of Olives, Jesus entered through the east entrance of Jerusalem on the colt while a crowd surrounded him, preparing the road for Jesus by spreading their cloaks and "leafy branches that they had cut in the fields" on the ground. And they shouted, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!" This deliberate sequence of actions was a symbolic reenactment of the prophecy of Zechariah. Zechariah 9:9 says, "Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey." Matthew even directly quotes the verse in his account. This was a purposefully timed demonstration that would also remind people of the next verse in Zechariah 9: "He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war-horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth." Although the gospel accounts do not report this detail, we know that the Roman governor Pontius Pilate arrived in Jerusalem at the beginning of the Passover Week as well. First-century Jewish historian Josephus wrote that during every Passover, Pontius Pilate and a legion of Roman soldiers spent the week in Jerusalem because of an increased chance of an uprising as Jews celebrated the event of the Exodus. The Romans wanted to make sure nobody got any dangerous ideas as they recounted God's attack on Egypt and the liberation of the Israelites. So as Jesus humbly entered Jerusalem from the east on a donkey, surrounded by a crowd of peasants and leafy branches, Pontius Pilate was likely entering Jerusalem from the west on a chariot led by a war horse, surrounded by a legion of Roman soldiers with armor and deadly weaponry. In their book on Jesus's last week in Jerusalem, John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg point out, "What we often call Jesus's triumphal entry was actually an anti-imperial, anti-triumphal one, a deliberate lampoon of the conquering emperor entering a city on horseback through gates open in abject submission. The symbolism is packed with meaning for the lives of those in the crowd surrounding Jesus. This demonstration exposed two warring kingdoms: the kingdom of Rome, with the power and weapons on their side, and the kingdom of God with the people on their side, desperate for liberation.

Damon Garcia (The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus, pages 146-148). Bolded emphases added.

#Christianity #Jesus Christ #Kingdom of God #The World #Palm Sunday #peace #war #imperialism #Pontius Pilate #symbolism #Gospel of Mark #Book of Zechariah

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

I love AOS Star Trek and therefore I hate AOS Star Trek. The destruction of a whole ass planet as a plot device is my least favorite trope. Thank you for giving us good dad Sarek and some respect for Spock's Vulcan identity, now can we see more of that please? The loss of Vulcan wasn't enough rage fuel for Spock, we had to fridge Amanda too? Why didn't all the surviving Vulcans immediately collapse from the psychic damage? Feeling a few hundred Vulcans die from far away was enough to have Spock in pain in TOS, how are they even functional? Benedict wasn't a bad villain but why oh why is he Khan. The tie-in comics make it worse don't @ me. Can we see the CATASTROPHIC repercussions the destruction of Vulcan obviously has had on the Federation? They were founding members! You're telling me it didn't spark a gigantic war against Romulus? Can we stop equating Starfleet with the Federation? Why is Admiral Marcus trying to have a war against the Klingons like they're the threat when by all accounts EVERYBODY should still be crapping their pants about the Romulans? What is Spock Prime doing about that, considering he's the one who was building bridges with them in his own reality? Why is it implied that there's only those 10 000 Vulcan survivors left around when by all account there should be millions of them (everybody who was off planet at the time + the Vulcans who didn't live on the planet). Could we see New Vulcan? Spock Prime's vow of not altering things is the biggest plot contrivance bs ever - he already gave them transwarp beaming and the timeline was already irreparably fricked up before he showed up. Why not warn them about say, Sybok, the Borg, all the weird galactic threats, or needing to go get some whales from the past? That might come up! Khan's blood can RESURRECT PEOPLE. Spock/Uhura is objectively delightful, now can we stop with the snogging and have some proper Vulcan finger kisses? Hey, how about we see like one Andorian and one Tellarite instead of random alien designs thrown into a blender and splaterred on background characters? Why do Klingons and Qo'noS look like That. There are approximately 194 different methods of time travel in Star Trek with wildly inconsistent consequences - sometimes it creates a new timeline, and sometimes it's a loop and sometimes it rewrites your own reality. Are you telling me trying ANY ONE OF THEM to save Vulcan wasn't an option? The slingshot one lets you rewind your own timeline without branching out! DO THAT! ANYTHING! OVER SIX BILLION PEOPLE DIED!

Anyway it's so sweet that Spock gave Nyota his mom's necklace and also can you believe how cool his fight with Khan is? Spock Prime is awesome, I love him so much. Still can't believe a third of Beyond was a whump fanfic/buddy comedy with Spock and McCoy!

#star trek #star trek aos #star trek kelvin timeline #spock #nyota uhura #jim kirk #nero #spock prime #sarek #amanda #vulcan #vulcans #romulans #klingons #khan noonien singh

[isagrimorie]

Finally watching The Wrath of Khan, I can see why it’s such a good stiry because it’s such a personal story for Kirk.

Huh. I can see how this movie is a core influence for Terry Matalas. Matalas is very much into parent and child relationships, and children lost to time and the parents meeting their children as adults.

In 12 Monkeys this is such a big thing that it’s happened 3– no, 4 times. (Each reveal I was surprised and loved, because Time Travel). In Picard season 3, TWoK is really an inspiration.

I am glad though that I watched Space Seed last year because this movie wouldn’t have resonated so much because this is a direct sequel to Wrath of Khan.

Khan’s made his vendetta towards Kirk, and Kirk hasn’t even thought of him in 15 years.

I kind of want Janeway to have this kind of villain, but other than the Borg Queen I can’t think of anyone who would pursue Janeway with this passion.

No, that is a lie. I can actually think of a few:

- Seska (Surprise! She’s alive and made it to the Alpha Quadrant!)

- Annorak from Year of Hell

Honestly though most of Janeway’s enemies are dead.

Kirk’s mistake was he didn’t check back on Khan when he left them marooned on a planet.

Also, I really like Kirk and Carol Marcus’s talking with each other.

If Star Trek Legacy goes to series, I have a feeling Matalas will also want to explore parent-child relationships.

Raffi has hers built in. Her son has to be more interesting though.

Seven has several parents to choose from: The Borg Queen/s, her (maybe not dead) parents.

And kids who she fostered, Mezoti especially.

Janeway is her own special place.

#film: star trek wrath of khan #liveblogging wrath of khan

[kalibabysworld]

Tennis Players as THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: The Anthology Track List

(Based purely on the title and not the content)

1. The Black Dog

- Elise Mertens: She fosters dogs and I'm 99% sure I've seen a picture of her with a black dog

2. imgonnagetyouback

- Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner rivalry: They keep trading off who wins. They're never more than one match ahead of each other. Do they have a deal or something???

3. The Albatross

- Daniil Medvedev: He looks lanky and awkward on clay courts. Albatrosses look lanky and awkward on land

4. Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

- Stefanos Tsitsipas: My mom can never remember his name no matter how many times I tell her

5. How Did It End?

- Roger Federer's career: Although that's more a why than a how

6. So High School

- Tommy Paul: He gives me either high school popular kid or college frat boy vibes

7. I Hate It Here

- Nick Kyrgios: He seems to hate it every time he's on a tennis court

8. thanK you aIMee

- Williams sisters: Fuck the haters and the racists

9. I Look in People's Windows

- Aryna Sabalenka: this AO 2021 quarantine video

10. The Prophecy

- Serena Williams: Richard Williams "Wait for Serena. Serena is really The One."

11. Cassandra

- the commentators: They hype up so many young players I rarely believe them anymore

12. Peter

- Peter Fleming: ngl he's the first Peter I thought of. John McEnroe's doubles partner

13. The Bolter

- Carlos Alcaraz: He's fast. At running and getting to the top of the sport

14. Robin

- Robin Söderling: First person to beat Rafa at the French Open

15. The Manuscript

- John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg: Fire and ice. Made the manuscript for legendary rivalries

#tennis #elise mertens #stefanos tsitsipas #carlos alcaraz #jannik sinner #daniil medvedev #tommy paul #nick kyrgios #serena williams #venus williams #peter fleming #john mcenroe #bjorn borg #roger federer #taylor swift

[stra-tek]

Starfleet: Office of Public Affairs

"Today, a gigantic black Starship-shaped weather balloon levelled half of San Francisco. Rumours that it was a secret prototype warship designed by a 300 year old war criminal and was captained by the head of Starfleet are entirely false. In other news, the head of Starfleet died suddenly today of natural causes."

"Please continue as normal and ignore that massive cube-shaped object closing on Earth and leaving a trail of broken starships behind it..."

"Anyone experiencing strange dreams of being a Borg drone can be assured that these are NOT lingering memories of an alternate timeline."

"What do you mean there was no famous starship Enterprise before Kirk's? It's in all these new history textbooks we're printing. Please recycle all your old incorrect history texts."

"Try not to notice the gigantic machine entity which has just surrounded Earth with glowing balls of death and keeps broadcasting a radio signal about it's creator. Our finest crew are on the case and we expect this situation to be resolved shortly."

"People are making a big deal that a third-year cadet has been promoted to Captain of the new Federation Flagship USS Enterprise.  And yes, on the surface it seems completely outrageous but I can assure you all that it’s not."

"Romulus has been destroyed but the galaxy saved from a supernova, we sent one geriatric Vulcan."

"USS Enterprise, the flagship of the United Federation of Planets, has been hijacked by a group of hippies."

"Yet another Starship Captain has gone crazy, joining the ranks of Balthazar Edison, Kelvar Garth, Ron Tracey, Thomas Blair, Matthew Decker, Lucius Sejanus, Ben Maxwell and Rudolf Ransom.  Add to that the crazy Admirals Alex Marcus and Matthew Dougherty We still don’t know the cause of such a high rate of insanity among high-ranking officers, but many experts believe it’s the result of long-term transporter use or extended exposure to warp fields."

#star trek #star trek aos #star trek the original series #star trek kelvin timeline #star trek discovery #the next generation #ds9 #voyager #enterprise

[thevoiceofdesertbluffs]

counting characters only really featured in multi-parters and nowhere else because i can 😁

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtdb #welcome to desert bluffs #kasper rhodes #kasper rhodes wtnv #intern vanessa #marcus vanston #inspired by a post about ryan nichols #also. Charles is not on here because he is a major character to me bte #I also urm. Had difficulties coming up w most of the options because i have horrid memory </3 #ANYWAYS! i hope you all enjoy... AND SORRY IF I DIDN'T ADD YOUR FAV HERE </3 #also if you saw me post this last night no you didn't #(i made 2 spelling errors and i couldn't edit it and it was KILLING me) #AUGH #also kaspersweep!! teeheehee;

[barbaramoorersm]

April 2, 2023

April 2, 2023

Palm Sunday

Isaiah 50: 4-7

The prophet shares one of the “Suffering Servant Songs.”

 Psalm 22

Part of this Psalm is stated by Jesus in Mark’s Gospel as he dies on the Cross.

Philippians 2: 6-11

Paul speaks about the suffering of Jesus.

Matthew 21: 1-11  

This text describes Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem. On this Sunday, Matthew’s passion is also read.

 Because a Passion text is proclaimed on Good Friday, I have chosen to skip Matthew’s and focus this reflection on the event that has been called Jesus’ “Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem,” Palm Sunday.  All four Gospels relate parts of this story.  And his procession today is followed by the “cleansing of the Temple.” The significance of the story may be lost, when we read the passion so close to the event itself.  

John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg in their book, “The Last Week,” offer us important information about this event we have come to call Psalm Sunday.  The context of this event is critical because the City of Jerusalem and the Temple were very crowded due to the upcoming Passover celebration.  Those who could financially or by status make the trip to the Holy city, tried their best to do so.  It was a hard and costly task for the poor in the community.

The above authors share a detail about this event that makes great sense. Because the city is crowded with pilgrims, agitators were probably present, and thus Rome makes every effort to prevent trouble or rebellion within the crowds. They were used to such opposition from the people.

 Thus, the authors believe we have two processions into Jerusalem. To forestall any difficulties, Pilate makes sure that his troops are alerted, and their entrance through one city gate is a show of force and color.  Their procession is set in sharp contrast to the rag tag group entering the gate on the other side of the city. Cloaks and branches pave the way for Jesus in contrast to the sounds and color of a powerful military.  To quote the authors, “Pilate’s procession displayed not only imperial power, but also Roman imperial theology.”   That theology called the emperor, “The Son of God.”  

How do the theologies of the Emperor and Jesus differ? Both figures are called, “The Son of God.”  That reality sets up the possibility of a conflict and division. Matthew tells us the procession of Jesus into the city caused it to be “shaken.” Imagine the fear that Pilate’s procession caused. The sounds of the trumpets and the drums of Pilate’s army now face the shouts of the people.  “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.  Hosanna in the Highest.”

This short reading confirms the fact that Matthew’s community saw in Jesus’ request for a transportation on “colt and an ass” a fulfillment of a prophecy by Zechariah. “Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout, O daughter Jerusalem!  Lo your King comes to you triumphant and victorious is he, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” (9.9)  

The people seeing Jesus’ procession ask, “Who is this?”  That question about Rome is already answered by Pilate’s show of force. Cloaks and branches are nothing compared to cavalry, armor, helmets, gold, and metal toppings on weapons.  The city of Jerusalem represented the power of both the Roman occupiers and the religious elite.

What do these two processions have to say to us today?  Are Christian churches and political leaders speaking forcibly enough regarding decisions made by the Federal and State governments that threaten those least able to resist?  Are we speaking and acting in a way that condemns racism, brutality, violence, and antisemitism?

Political leaders and some religious leaders were wary of Jesus’ appeal to the least in society.  To make matters even more difficult for Jesus, this triumphal entry is followed by his “cleansing” of the Temple.  His desire to reaffirm that the Temple “was house of prayer” and many of its financial practices during the holy season took advantage of the lest affluent.

As we receive our blessed palms this Sunday, may the actions of Jesus remind us of the virtues we Christians value and thus make us deeply aware of those actions of his that turned many in power against him.  Palm Sunday moves quickly to Good Friday. In fact, last week’s story about Lazarus contains a quote that follows the Gospel.  One religious leader is so troubled by Jesus’ actions that he stated, “…is it not better, to have one man die for the people than for the nation to die?”