My next buy for electric: http://www.parkerguitars.com/code/models/models_fly_classic_intro.asp

I also like Musicman (the pricey ones, that is), Ibanez, ESP, and PRS.

Thanks as to the guitar comment. I do remember an exchange with Sudduth after my “conversion” to Gibson 175′s over Fender strats :)

Cheers,
Cynthia

Btw. Good strummin on the guitar! Did you know that both Michael Sudduth and I also played in bands (not together though), and Aaron Bradford does too? GC should just become a musician’s forum! :) j/k James A if you’re reading this.

I would highly recommend reading Smith’s book when you have time :)

Smith is not uncritical of Lyotard, however, I am focusing more on the positive contributions in this post.

Kind regards,
Cynthia

Thanks for posting this. I recently read Lyotard’s book, The Postmodern Condition, so it is interesting to hear what others are thinking about this topic. Folks like Wittgenstein and Lyotard continually draw me back to Barth’s assertion that all knowledge of God is premised upon GOd’s self-revelation. Therefore, there will always be an element of mystery present within the language game played by the Church — and this element cannot be communicated convincingly to other “islands of determinism” (Lyotard’s words), unless God chooses to reveal himself. Successful communication of Christian truth-claims is always a tricky blend of Word, deed, and miracle.

Given what you have said of Smith’s perspective, I fear I may be more critical of Lyotard than he is. I am suspicion of a form of knowledge that is legitimated solely by paralogy. Furthermore, I disagree with Lyotard when he argues that we can only produce knowledge of the unknown and not of the known. Finally, Lyotard’s focus on dissension rather than consent is useful for countering hegemonic states and oppressive institutions but I do not entirely discard stable systems because of my faith in a Creator God. Among other things, the cross of Christ teaches us that there are “systems of control” that are not “terrorist”. God’s system of control does not “remove other players from the game”, rather God himself, in Christ, is removed from the game, taking on the full consequences of terror in order to set us free.

Grace and peace.