Steve @rantingsteve@interfaith.masto.host
- pronouns
- he/him
Admin of this humble instance.
M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary NYC, Congregationalist Christian (United Church of Christ) and Nichiren Buddhist (Soka Gakkai). Queer, ex-Catholic, and heterodox af.
南無妙法蓮華経
Tarot, Rider-Waite-Smith
I took a couple of pictures for one of my websites, and I was so happy with how they came out I threw them up on unsplash.com.
I think this is going to be one of those years that the Yule trees stay up until Imbolc.
Tarot, career change
The number of times the Tower has come up with this career change decision may be unnerving for some (including me), but it's also very apropos for a career transition. I can't become a new person unless I'm willing to overcome (destroy) past limitations and beliefs of who I thought I was and what I was capable of.
Or perhaps I'm stubbornly clinging to the path I believe I'm supposed to be on and heading straight to ruin.
Nah!
vaccine side effects, tarot
What's my card of the day?
I bet it's the 4 of Swords.
*checks app*
Called it!
Tarot
Today's card is the 10 of Wands. Usually my response is "oh no! Burden! Burnout! Aaaa!" But today I'm optimistic that this is a positive message that I'll slowly and patiently bear my burdens through the day and not be crushed by them, that the workday will not ruin me today. The last couple of days of teaching have been exhausting and overwhelming. Today will be better.
I want to preach on Isaiah 43:19 and I want to title the sermon "And Now for Something Completely Different..."
Rearranged some things in my house. I now have a prayer room again.
Maundy Thursday, in the quiet of my room, alone, yet not alone, as many have observed this night throughout the centuries, and as many are observing it tonight.
Time for an at-home Soka Spirit Toso. Praying for healing, an end to this pandemic, and that humankind finds resilience, peace, and happiness through it all. 🙏
Union Theological Seminary
THE CONTINUING RELEVANCE OF
KARL BARTH'S CRITIQUE OF LIBERAL THEOLOGY
A Report
Presented in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Master of Divinity
at Union Theological Seminary
Dr. James Cone and Dr. Gary Dorrien
by
Stephen Joseph Sarma-Weierman
April 10, 2015
Whenever I need to remind myself I have something of value to contribute, I come back to what the late James Cone wrote about my M.Div. thesis. A bit humblebrag, but I'm feeling down today and I felt like sharing.
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