conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

pope, hellboy, dmx

In so many of our societies, side by side with material prosperity, a spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair.
- Pope Benedict, cnn.com

There's a little religion in the news this morning. The Pope is trying to get at the core of what it seems many of us are talking about throughout the world. That he also spoke about the clergy sex abuse scandals in the same sermon is somewhat hopeful as well. "Evil acts" he called them. Good. We Baptists need to be speaking out as well. Our own house has troubles.

Anyway, back to the "spiritual desert"...Last night I saw Hellboy II> It is a fun film...nothing astounding, just goofy Hellboyishness. The film spoke of humanity as being created with a hole in its heart which brings about greed and evil because we try to fill it with whatever we can. I'd need to go back to the film, but I think that the Pope spoke to the same issues that the film mentioned. Who knew? The Pope is a Hellboy fan! Heh.

In other news, my other spiritual mentor, DMX, is in legal trouble. What is the world coming to?

I'm off to church. I am not preaching this morning, but I do get to play the mandolin in church. It's a great thing.

See you all soon.

Posted by tripp at July 20, 2008 08:18 AM