Archive for April, 2009
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
perelandra the opera
For those of you who might be in Oxford this summer, you might want to check out an opera that is based on the work of C.S. Lewis
PERELANDRA the Opera
Music : Donald Swann
Libretto : David Marsh
Based on the book by C.S. Lewis
The opera was written in collaboration with C.S. Lewis between 1960 and
1964. The sale [...]
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
whose god, which fundamentalism?
The BBC just aired a series called ‘Did Darwin Kill God?’ which examines how atheistic and christian fundamentalism miss the point on the very texts they read:
– Part 1
For the other parts of the programme go here:
Part 2Part 3
Part 4Part 5
Part 6
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
williams on easter
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“Christianity takes it for granted that whether you succeed or fail,
you’re valuable. God’s view of you doesn’t depend on how you do – it’s
always the same love, always giving you a second chance. And you can
face failure without fear and rage.
You’ll still try your
best but you’re also free to see that if you can’t get [...]
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Death is Embittered
The day of Resurrection; let us be radiant
for the festival, and let us embrace one another. Let us say, brethren,
even to those that hate us, ‘Let us forgive all things on the
Resurrection’, and so let us cry, ‘Christ has risen from the dead: by
death he has trampled on death, and to those in the graves [...]
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
the impractical church
“What if a church deliberately decides not to rent a bigger
space? What if they refuse to go into debt? What if they wait to raise
up leadership from within? What if they intentionally do the
counterintuitive, impractical thing every step of the way?”
A recent post called The Counterintuitive Church puts into words what we here in Ancona [...]
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
the metamorphosis of philip glass
In a recent interview, Philip Glass
talks about the kind of dispossession he has come to grips with over the years that
is required of the composer to make good, definitive music.
“After a ten or fifteen year period, I
would kind of forget that I had written [certain pieces]. I began functioning
in a different way. I began functioning [...]
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Friday, April 03, 2009
Go check out the following:
book review of God Does Not… – consider this book for your easter reading
interview with Hauerwas and Jean Vanier by Sojourner’s magazine
what is a missionary? – an article worth looking into if you think you play some part in missions…
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
vindication
I have three articles for you to check out today:
1) Nicholas Wolterstorff’s review of The Craftsman by Richard Sennett.
2) Thomas J. Bridges critiques Mark C. Taylor’s Death of God theology
3) Charles Guignon displays the “hatchet job” of S.J. McGrath’s (very) critical introduction to Heidegger [H/T: Anthony Paul Smith]
Back story on the 3rd article. I published [...]
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
some random things worth looking into…
I know that things have been pretty quiet around these parts. Truth be told, I have a lot of my plate. Well not really.
Anyway, here are somethings worth looking at:
A Visual Aid to the Credit Crisis [H/T: Byron]
If you are for banning gay marriage, you’re a porn addict and voted for McCain. At least that’s [...]
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Evangelical = Terrorist
The word Evangelical has accrued the implied synonym of Terrorist.
Now, I know that wasn’t Billy Graham’s use of the word when he started using it. But it has been interesting to me to watch those both within the church and those outside of it trying to understand this word that has become an ideology. A [...]