That's a remarkable and powerful story, William. Thanks for sharing it. Your tale of living outside the Machine and then feeling crushed by having to return to it mirrors how I felt when I spent some time in Indonesia in the nineties, and then had to come back to London. It was like a dead weight.
That's a remarkable and powerful story, William. Thanks for sharing it. Your tale of living outside the Machine and then feeling crushed by having to return to it mirrors how I felt when I spent some time in Indonesia in the nineties, and then had to come back to London. It was like a dead weight.
What you say about the Eucharist is remarkable too. If you can recommend a Borgmann book which tackles all this I'd love to look into it.
Yes, there are some kindred spirits out there with a story that is jarring, spooky even, in its similarities. We all seem to travel the same path. As a pastor, I meet fellow travelers frequently, lost men in their thirties and forties who have finally found the way home. My job, as I understand it, is to go out and get as many as I can into the fold, as if my life depended on it.
Well, I'd go to Borgmann's "Power Failure" first. Its for the popular Christian audience and not as philosophically technical as his academic work. Most regard his "Technology and the Culture of Contemporary Life" as his great work. He left a lot to do and never quite put it altogether theologically like I was doing in the shorthand up above. That's actually what I'm up to in my own academic and sermon work under his (and others') guidance.
The really cool thing about Albert is that, even at 84, he's willing to take emails and phone calls. He is fit and trim, still chopping his own wood at his mountain home in Missoula. You can get a hold of him through the University of Montana-Missoula at albert.borgmann@umt.edu (this is his publicly available email). He is well worth a conversation. A gentle man, he settles the soul. Tell him Bill Novak recommended it and say hi for me if you do!
That's a remarkable and powerful story, William. Thanks for sharing it. Your tale of living outside the Machine and then feeling crushed by having to return to it mirrors how I felt when I spent some time in Indonesia in the nineties, and then had to come back to London. It was like a dead weight.
What you say about the Eucharist is remarkable too. If you can recommend a Borgmann book which tackles all this I'd love to look into it.
All the best,
Paul
Yes, there are some kindred spirits out there with a story that is jarring, spooky even, in its similarities. We all seem to travel the same path. As a pastor, I meet fellow travelers frequently, lost men in their thirties and forties who have finally found the way home. My job, as I understand it, is to go out and get as many as I can into the fold, as if my life depended on it.
Well, I'd go to Borgmann's "Power Failure" first. Its for the popular Christian audience and not as philosophically technical as his academic work. Most regard his "Technology and the Culture of Contemporary Life" as his great work. He left a lot to do and never quite put it altogether theologically like I was doing in the shorthand up above. That's actually what I'm up to in my own academic and sermon work under his (and others') guidance.
The really cool thing about Albert is that, even at 84, he's willing to take emails and phone calls. He is fit and trim, still chopping his own wood at his mountain home in Missoula. You can get a hold of him through the University of Montana-Missoula at albert.borgmann@umt.edu (this is his publicly available email). He is well worth a conversation. A gentle man, he settles the soul. Tell him Bill Novak recommended it and say hi for me if you do!