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Friday, August 16, 2013

A new film from Werner Herzog "From One Second To The Next"

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The German filmmaker Werner Herzog has fashioned some of the most fascinatingly bizarre movies in history. From a documentary about a man wh...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Terrence Malick's Beatific Vision cont'd

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Last night I finally had a chance to watch Malick's latest movie To the Wonder  (2012). If you're not a fan of Malick's frag...
Friday, August 9, 2013

A further note on prayer (Gregory of Nyssa)

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Gregory of Nyssa was one of the 4th century Cappadocian Fathers -- so called because they came from the region of Asia Minor called Cappad...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Culture and Agriculture. . .100-proof Berry

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It's been a while since I posted anything from Mr. Wendell Berry, who had his 79th birthday on Monday of this week. I just began readi...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The End of Growth (our luck is running out)

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My response to this TED talk by economist Robert Gordon? Precisely. via Rod Dreher
Monday, July 29, 2013

The Church Fathers on prayer

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What reason is there to go to prayer with hands indeed washed, but the spirit foul? -  Tertullian A while back I wrote about  Worshipi...
Saturday, July 27, 2013

Dealing with spousal and child abuse in the church

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I found this weeks episode of the Mortification of Spin podcast helpful and thought-provoking. It gave me some suggestions that I'll be...
Sunday, July 14, 2013

They always get away

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Rather than offering my two cents on the George Zimmerman trial and verdict (which I didn't follow closely) here are some worthwhile wo...
Friday, July 12, 2013

A pro-life story

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The other day Rod Dreher wrote: "Argument has its place, but story is what truly moves the hearts and minds of men." An example ....
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Embracing "radical ordinariness"

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This piece by Tish Harrison Warren resonated with me. Perhaps it will with you. Here's an excerpt:  A prominent New Monasticism com...
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