tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859942738506247433.post9157056152764845513..comments2023-06-13T10:36:03.712-05:00Comments on Bilgrimage: Thanne Longen Folk to Go on PilgrimagesWilliam D. Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07246026074693891965noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859942738506247433.post-19583585387531208152008-02-09T11:28:00.000-06:002008-02-09T11:28:00.000-06:00"It's important to convince us that our lives have..."It's important to convince us that our lives have no meaning except that imposed by the makers and keepers of the dominant narrative. If we are to have stories at all, we must accept them as given to us, imposed on us. And those narratives will naturally distort the significance of our real stories and subject them to normative social meaning"<BR/><BR/><BR/>This is quite an opening sentence for me Bill. Lately I've been kind of wondering what my own bizarre pilgrimage is about. It might just be about taking on the "makers and keepers of the dominant narrative." I can't believe for one second had Jesus been in control of His dominant narrative that gay bashing and marginalization would have been part of his narrative. Nor would an imperial papacy.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.com