Morning Prayer - 17th Monday after Pentecost - Orthodox Study Bible
0:00 - The Trisagion Prayers 1:46 - Morning Prayer to the Holy Trinity 2:35 - The Nicene Creed 3:52 - Psalm 89 5:44 - Ephesians 1 v22 - 2 v3 6:28 - Mark 10 v 46-52 7:35 - Intercessory Prayers 10:36 - Prayer for the Beginning of the Day 11:26 - Benediction 12:08 - Fr. Stephen de Young's commentary on Ephesians 1 v22 - 2 v3
This hour long interview with French theologian/sociologist Jacques Ellul was produced by "Rerun Productions" (rerunproducties.nl) in Amsterdam. While the interview is available elsewhere on the internet, this is a far higher quality version.
In the interview Ellul discusses how the technological society differs from previous societies, how it leads to a breakdown in ethics and worldviews and the hope we may have in changing.
Aired twice on IKON television (Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland), in the Netherlands.
0:00 - The Trisagion Prayers
1:43 - Prayer of Thanksgiving
2:40 - Prayer for Forgiveness
3:09 - The Nicene Creed
4:25 - Psalm 129
5:12 - Prayer for the End of the Day
6:01 - Benediction
0:00 - The Trisagion Prayers
1:46 - Morning Prayer to the Holy Trinity
2:35 - The Nicene Creed
3:52 - Psalm 100
4:58 - Ephesians 2 v19 to 3 v7
6:16 - Mark 11, verses 11-23
8:02 - Intercessory Prayers
11:03 - Prayer for the Beginning of the Day
11:52 - Benediction
12:35 - Fr. Stephen de Young's commentary on Ephesians 2 v19 to 3 v7
0:00 - The Trisagion Prayers
1:46 - Morning Prayer to the Holy Trinity
2:35 - The Nicene Creed
3:53 - Psalm 5
5:16 - 1 Corinthians 14, verses 20-25
6:28 - Matthew 25, verses 1-13
7:47 - Intercessory Prayers
10:50 - Prayer for the Beginning of the Day
11:39 - Benediction
12:22 - Fr. Stephen de Young's commentary on 1 Corinthians 14, verses 20-25
In 1989, Ivan Illich made an extraordinary presentation to a convocation of American Lutherans. He began it by pronouncing a solemn curse on the contemporary conception of "life." He was thinking of the life that is imagined when one says, "Get a life!" or the life that so many current discourses seek to to conserve and manage. David Cayley was intrigued by Illich's argument that life had become a dangerous contemporary idol and sought an opportunity to talk with him about this theme, which had been entirely missing from their first conversation recorded in 1988.
The opportunity came in the winter of 1992 in Bremen, and the results were broadcast as a single program later that year. A transcript of that conversation also comprised the final chapter of the book "Ivan Illich in Conversation" (https://www.amazon.com/Ivan-Illich-Conversation-David-Cayley/dp/088784524X). The broadcast remains probably the least commented and least listened to program Cayley ever put on the air. It was almost as if neither of the men had even spoken. This was especially striking, with Illich's claim so bold, so pertinent, and so illuminating: he was doing nothing less than identifying the very shape of contemporary religiosity.
In the hope that it will get a better hearing in a post-pandemic world, when claims to manage and save "life" have justified unprecedented interventions, here it is...
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For more of Cayley's insights related to Ivan Illich and the idolatry of "life" - especially in the context of the recent pandemic - there are three tremendous essays (which we aspire to record and post on this channel, in the future):
** 4/8/20: Questions About the Current Pandemic From the Point of View of Ivan Illich (http://archive.is/4lOZN)
** 12/4/20: Pandemic Revelations (http://archive.is/TCtOv)
** 4/1/21: Gaia and the Path of the Earth: Lovelock, Illich, & Latour (http://archive.is/ic9da)
And while not written by Cayley or directly addressing Illich's thought, Charles Eisenstein's essay "The Coronation" from March of 2020 has deep resonance with these ideas, as well (http://archive.is/181EJ)
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For those who would prefer to read rather than listen, David Cayley has graciously hosted the transcript of this episode, here:
http://www.davidcayley.com/s/Life-as-Idol.pdf
Is the city a toaster (an object) or a cat (a living organism)? Hope in Source's Henry and Nadia are joined by Dr. Timothy Patitsis to talk about how physical and digital spaces, like liturgy, can be understood as "the work of the people". They discuss science as organized complexity, the meaning of knowledge, recursive societies, fractal hierarchies, and implications for governance.
Dr. Timothy Patitsas has been Assistant Professor of Orthodox Christian Ethics at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Boston, Massachusetts since 2005. His dissertation, The King Returns to His City: An Interpretation of the Great Week and Bright Week Cycle of the Orthodox Church, combined interests in complexity theory, liturgy, urbanism, and the economic and political writings of Jane Jacobs.
For original audio and show notes: http://hopeinsource.com/city/