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Tom Eckblad in Narrowridge

Oct 2, 2007

Tuesday has no feel

Kramer: What’s today?
Newman: It’s Thursday.
Kramer: Really? Feels like Tuesday.
Newman: Tuesday has no feel. Monday has…

Tom Eckblad in Narrowridge

Oct 8, 2007

Little Jesus by Francis Thompson

(Click on the poem to read it.)

As I mentioned in a previous post, one of the few poets who speaks to…

Tom Eckblad in Narrowridge

Jan 29, 2008

Pollyanna syndrome

Today has been a bad day.

The reality of raising a son with an intellectual disability seeps in, like floodwaters that rise and eventually flood the basement. For some people, these waters continue to rise, overtaking the house until even the roof disappears into the watery murkiness.

For me…

Tom Eckblad in Narrowridge

Dec 4, 2007

Beware the Baubles

Has anyone else heard of Micheline Mason? I just discovered her (the post below came from this article that she wrote) while doing some research. She lives in London and works toward creating inclusive education.

“Being a disabled child is very different from being a non- disabled child. The…

Tom Eckblad in Narrowridge

Feb 22, 2005

Dialogical theology

Moltmann believes that truth is to be found in dialogue rather than in assertive dogmatics and theological systems. I would add that for genuine dialogue to occur, trust must be present. Do we trust the other enough to discover truth? Are we trustworthy enough to reflect truth?

Tom Eckblad in Narrowridge

Jun 22, 2005

The passion of Nietzche

I received a gift certificate to a bookstore for Father’s Day and spent a few hours trying to find a good book on the life of Jesus. There was no shortage of books, from Just give me Jesus by Anne Graham Lotz (Billy Graham’s daughter) to This Hebrew Lord by liberal John Shelby Spong. As…

Tom Eckblad in Narrowridge

Jul 11, 2006

Celtic Christianity

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Tom Eckblad in Narrowridge

Oct 9, 2007

Crazy for God

I’ve never been political interested in American politics. In fact, I usually detest anything that even hints of politics popular political propoganda. I can’t stand all the labels that are used to define the undefinable — the human person. “Conservative, liberal, pro-lifer, pro-choice, moderate, free…

Tom Eckblad in Narrowridge

Nov 21, 2007

Sleep on it

I got out of bed around 11pm last night because I was in a rage. I turned on my laptop with the intent of writing the most spectacular of rants on my blog, but decided against it at the last minute.

It had to do with people’s comments about Ian again. I know that it’s quite natural to be so sensitive to…

Tom Eckblad in Narrowridge

Nov 5, 2007

Trust, and a little OCD

I probably shouldn’t be blogging today: The first snowflakes are drifting down, the Vikings won yesterday and Britney…

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