Church of Friend

A Dream Deferred

Reverend Jon — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:40:42 +0000

Stop in the name of love.

I’m still not back to sermonizing. But in the meantime, you can check me out over on Parishioner Marla’s blog.

Mission Trip

Reverend Jon — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:00:37 +0000

Unicorn Style

Reverend Jon will be on hiatus for the next couple of weeks. I am performing my first Church of Friend Wedding! For real! In the interim, you can read my pop-culture related guest posts on Parishioner Marla’s blog Danny Isn’t Here.

Rail Rage

Reverend Jon — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:26:22 +0000

Rail Rage, Sermon for Sunday, September 20th, 2009.

In this sermon I explore the anger that is the result of riding public transportation and offer solutions to cope with it.

Songs:

Seven by Fever Ray, CSS remix

See no evil by Television

Boys of summer by Don Henley

You can go to Towleroad.com and download a free mp3 of the CSS remix of the Fever Ray track.

Reverend Jon’s guest appearance

Reverend Jon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:07:55 +0000

Howdy Parishioners! I’m in disguise as a normal blogger over at Danny Isn’t Here, Parishioner Marla’s blog. Check it out!

Moviespeak

Reverend Jon — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:14 +0000

Moviespeak Sermon for Sunday, September 13th, 2009.

In this sermon, I discuss the way that movie and TV dialogue has infected the way we speak to one another. Specifically the way we conduct our relationships and the way we view honesty.

Playlist:

She’s so fly (I’m so high) by Grindmode

Ticket to the moon by Electric Light Orchestra

Walking on a dream by Empire of the Sun

Snobbery

Reverend Jon — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:00:56 +0000

Snobbery Sermon for Sunday, September 6th, 2009.

In this sermon I explore my issues with my own snobbery, the snobbery of others, and the intersection of being a snob and making fun of people. I also ask the question: Is making fun of someone a victimless crime?

Playlist:

Take me to your heart by Eurythmics

Girlfriend is better by Talking Heads

Judgment Hour by The Tear Garden

Naïveté

Reverend Jon — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:00:41 +0000

Naïveté

Sermon for Sunday August 30th, 2009.

In this sermon, I discuss the infamous Pepsi Harrier jet commercial and how it leads to the idea of protecting the naive from information that can be misinterpreted. Is there any value in naivete?

Playlist:

Many shades of black by Adele

Treason by The Teardrop Explodes

This must be the place (Naive melody) by Talking Heads

**Correction, I got the name of the plaintiff wrong in the Harrier jet case, his name is John Leonard, not Leonardo. Oops!**

Wikipedia article on the case.

Video of the commercial in question.

Info on vaccines and autism.

Crisis

Reverend Jon — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:42:06 +0000

Crisis
Sermon for Sunday, August 23rd, 2009.

In this sermon I discuss the role that crisis plays in our lives, the constancy of crisis, and the connection to the human need for narrative.

Playlist:

Lay my love by Brian Eno and John Cale

Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone by Blondie

Shelter from the storm by Bob Dylan

Bridges

Reverend Jon — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:54:16 +0000

Bridges Sermon for Sunday, August 16, 2009
In this sermon, I start with a discussion of bridges and their symbolic value as both man’s conquering of natural impediments and his ability to work with his environment. From there I spin off into vibrations, torsion, and the Celestine Prophecy.

Playlist:

Orgy by The Glove

Sunshine by Fax Yourself

Feel it! by Coco, Steel and Lovebomb

Wikipedia article on Bridges. (Awesome .gifs of moveable bridges here.)
Video of Tacoma Narrows bridge twisting.
And you can go here and read the (now 11) insights of the Celestine Prophecy and get an idea of what I must have been like in 7th grade to have chosen this book for my book report.

Work

Reverend Jon — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:15:00 +0000

Work

Sermon for Sunday, August 8, 2009

In this sermon I discuss the ubiquity of hating one’s job, and try to make it better by explaining how the pain of work is necessary to make the pleasure of vacation more acute.

Playlist:

Diamanadia by Souley Kante

Medo Wiase by J.A. Adofo and City Boys International

Working for the Weekend by Loverboy