David Leong
Archive for 2011
2011 in under 3 minutes
It should be a relatively difficult task to sum up a whole year’s events in only 172 seconds, but Google Zeitgeist manages to do a decent job. I’m not exactly sure whether that should amaze or alarm me. Regardless, another year has come and gone, and 2012 is now upon us. I hope the Mayans … Continue reading
So this is Christmas…
Merry Christmas, everyone. At the risk of being a bit of a grinch, I thought I’d share this video set to the Christmas classic, Happy Xmas (War is Over). I know I should probably just sit back and enjoy the time of relaxation and indulgence that typically characterizes this holiday, but something within me is … Continue reading
Advent Hip Hop Mashup
It may be irreverent to mix these metaphors, but let’s just call it taking some creative theological license for the moment. Advent is a season of waiting, a reflective time of expectation and hope. In anticipation of God’s arrival in the person of Jesus, the church must remember not only its own longing for deliverance, … Continue reading
Does academic theology matter?
Henry Suzzallo, after whom the famous UW library is named, said that universities should be “cathedrals of learning.” Anyone who has visited the graduate reading room (I studied–and napped–there on occasion as an undergrad) should note the silent sanctity of knowledge in that place. The cathedral-college metaphor also evokes the distinctly theological origins of most … Continue reading
Life Happens
It’s official: the blog is in a production slump. I’ve noticed a steady decline in the frequency of my posts for most of the calendar year, but particularly since July (which happens to be the month baby Micah was born–coincidence? Probably not.). Is having a second kid really that big of a change? In short, … Continue reading
Deaf Jam
“The preservation of a language is the preservation of a culture is the preservation of a people.” So proclaims an ASL advocate as the prevalence of cochlear implants threaten to eradicate deaf culture. Though I don’t spend a lot of time contemplating the cultural implications of this medical technology, I can say this: seeing deaf poets … Continue reading
The Cost of Inequality
If there’s anything that unites the Occupy Together movement, it’s the collective frustration with the extraordinary level of income inequality in the U.S., simply one indicator among many of the overall economic disparity that naturally accompanies the rich getting richer. Hopefully it’s not too much of a stretch for us to recognize that dramatically unequal societies … Continue reading
