Adventures in Surgery: Taking a Knife to my Neighbor
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2008
Mind if I sound off?
There’s apparently a new TV show about spirituality: a man has a vision of George Michaels singing in his living room. It pisses me off that our culture thinks it’s discovered spirit ex nihilo. A doctor investigates prayer. He begins by going into his office and shaking prayer gourds. Wonder what would happen if I investigated medicine by taking a knife to my neighbor?
It’s as if Lao Tzu, the Buddha, Brother Lawrence, John Woolman, St. Francis, Evelyn Underhill, William James, Gustavo Gutierrez, Malcomb X, Mother Teresa never existed.
So here are some TV pilots I recommend to the networks and studios:
- adventures in tithing
- neighbors study the Bible together
- politician tells truth
- young person enters religious vocation
- Muslim, Christian and Jew seek peace teachings in their scriptures
- tobacco company quits, gives assets to cancer research
- corporation refuses military contract
- gringos learn Spanish to worship with undocumented workers
Wonder what shows you’d recommend?