Monthly Archives: October 2013

Why I Love Lou Reed

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Mark Kerstetter

It’s somehow fitting that Lou Reed has passed away a few days before Halloween. Halloween is when children are introduced to evil as well as age, decay and death. It is sugar-coated, of course, so that they can begin the … Continue reading →

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Nicelle Davis: Becoming Judas

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Mark Kerstetter

What if we thought about the gospel story of atonement in terms of a children’s game? — I don’t wanna play Judas. You play Judas. — I don’t wanna play Judas. You play Judas. But somebody’s got to play Judas, … Continue reading →

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Monday with Pessoa: I, I, I

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Mark Kerstetter

Countless Lives Inhabit Us by Fernando Pessoa, as Ricardo Reis And then there’s this stanza, from Pessoa’s I Don’t Know How Many Souls I Have: Attentive to what I am and see, I become them and stop being I. Each of … Continue reading →

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Monday with Pessoa: In a Nutshell

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Mark Kerstetter

One day last week I was searching for a passage from The Book of Disquiet. I combed each page, several times, paying particular attention to my marks. It had to be somewhere, just the right combination of words that summed … Continue reading →

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Mondays with Pessoa: Introduction

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Mark Kerstetter

The further I go into Fernando Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet the more apparent it becomes that this is a book to be absorbed deeply and contemplated over time. I find myself marking nearly every page and marginal notes can … Continue reading →

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