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  1. A great, detailed piece about Brother Blue, the Godfather of modern New England storytelling, who passed away Tuesday. http://ow.ly/zlGI
  2. RT @ShechemMins: "If safe is what you want, forget religion and find yourself a conservative investment counselor." -Caputo in "On Religion"
  3. Many mourn with the death of the storyteller and Holy Fool, Brother Blue. He passed away last night, and will be missed. http://ow.ly/z9lP
  4. Excited by the following book title just discovered: Hopeful Realism: Reclaiming the Poetry of Theology by Douglas Ottati. http://ow.ly/p2vH
  5. I have waited for him / under the tree of science, / and he has not come; - R.S. Thomas in "The Echoes Return Slow" http://ow.ly/p2pq
  6. "Poetry is the vision of ordinary things seen more deeply, etched, imaged, and "rhythmed" rather than argued and exegeted" http://ow.ly/p2fD
  7. Wikipedia entry for theological and arts points to "Theological Aesthetics." It is fairly sparse. Any eager contributers? http://ow.ly/p2c0
  8. Interesting Washington Theological Union sermon: What’s Good About Bad Art? Art Criticism, Theology and Christian Devotion http://ow.ly/p25k
  9. @Dwixi thanks for following! If you have questions about theopoetics stuff please feel free to ask or check out the site: http://ow.ly/p2aO
  10. Interested in Hans Urs von Balthasar and his approach to Art and Theology. Has anyone out there been exposed to his work? http://ow.ly/p24t
  11. "Living in Language" podcast episode featuring discussion on theopoetics. http://ow.ly/oYKU
  12. Jesus’ Theo-poetics: The Politics of Jesus Revisited. A look at John Caputo's book "What would Jesus Deconstruct?" http://ow.ly/oYGo
  13. “The work of the poet is to change the way we see the world, to change our imaginations.” --Eugene Peterson
  14. Getting ready to head out to Goddard College for the annual Transformative Language Arts Conference. Great stuff. http://bit.ly/Bfq0M
  15. Theopoets may be interested in this opportunity for submissions: http://bit.ly/3Iv1NI
  16. is struck again by the prophetic genius of Marshall McLuhan. If there's ever an opening to teach a McLuhan course, please alert me ASAP.
  17. Amazing piece of slam spoken word for inspiration: Andrea Gibson's "Say Yes" http://bit.ly/1tw0pN
  18. @MatterCon if you are interested in intersection of theology, language, and imagination, you might want to check out http://theopoetics.net.
  19. Matter ’09: A Creative Theology Event seeks to encourage conversation with folk interested in Faith/Art intersection . http://bit.ly/EuwPX
  20. Developing an audio-only podcast called "Living in Language," focusing the power of language to transform. Anyone want to be interviewed?