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Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." (Is.30:21)
Browsing All Posts published on »May, 2008«
Visuwords.com – Visual Dictionary/Thesaurus
Thanks to Marko for posting this. An incredible visual dictionary tool for creative development. Below is what happened when I typed in the word “power.” The linguistic connections happen in bubbles, visually. You can then double-click on those words to continue the bubbling. Check it out. www.visuwords.com For all the techies, you can even download […]
Lars and the Real Girl – Are We All Delusional?
May 30, 2008
When this movie showed up in Netflix, my wife was curious what I had rented. Sure. Just read a portion of the synopsis: Ryan Gosling plays the title character in this oddball comedy about a delusional young man who buys a life-size sex doll over the Internet — and then falls in love with her. […]
TED Talks Worth Talking About | Mark Bittman – What’s Wrong With What We Eat
May 30, 2008
WHAT’S WRONG WITH WHAT WE EAT? In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what’s wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it’s putting the entire planet at risk. Here are […]
Oakland Preacherman – Are We All Crazy?
May 26, 2008
This article in SFGate.com is a story of Vincent Pannizzo, a graduate of Rutger’s University and former Ph.D. student at Cal who left it all, including family, to become a street preacher in Oakland. You can read about his reputation, and hear a sample of the “church” service that was recently held under an overpass. […]
Louie, Laminin, and a Leap – Religious Devotion and Accurate Facts
May 23, 2008
This talk by Louie Giglio has been circulating in my inbox lately from several sources. Giglio, talking about how Christ “holds all things together” alludes to Laminin, a protein in the shape of a cross as the capstone image for the kind of reality the Bible describes. For those of the Christian persuasion, it’s a […]
Dr. Paul Farmer in Haiti
May 17, 2008
Watch this: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4069409n The work of Dr. Farmer and his team must be applauded. As FindingRhythm mentioned, His story is incredible, inspiring, humbling. Playing in a rock band never seemed so lame. While I can’t comment on playing in a rock band, this poses for me a couple observations. 1. OF ALL THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND […]
N.T. Wright Interviews with Trevin Wax
May 14, 2008
Trevin Wax has posted several entries on N.T. Wright, audio and transcript. Thanks Trevin, for your contribution to the theosphere. Posted is the transcript of the interview with N.T. Wright on Surprised By Hope. Here are the questions Trevin asks: You have described Surprised by Hope as the sequel to Simply Christian. Both of these […]
Encounter Point – What To Do With The Pain
May 14, 2008
Encounter Point is an 85-minute feature documentary film that follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the conflict. Their journeys lead them to the unlikeliest places to confront hatred within their […]
Challenging Tradition, Young Jews Worship on Their Terms – NYTimes.com
May 13, 2008
This post is just a reminder, for those who may be unaware, that all faiths are dealing with the challenges of changing times. This article in the NYTimes.com, back in November, reports on the various intricacies of the “minyanim,” (מנינים) the Jewish equivalent to the Christian “emergent” congregation. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/28minyan.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Here are some parallels that I […]
Pangea Day – The Tower of Babel and The Healing Of The Nations
May 13, 2008
On May 10, 2008, an international media event called “Pangea Day” was seen on over “one million screens,” (according to the website). Their purpose? To bring the world together through film. Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film. Why? In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, […]
MINI Insider – How My First Born Will Be Named “Cooper”
May 10, 2008
As the vehicular life cycle comes to a close for one of our cars, the need to research other options that are sensible, economically wise, environmentally friendly, and still practically functional has birthed itself into my calendar. So, while researching the BMW MINI’s, I became an “Insider” which, with the rest of the legalese, included […]
The Soul of Christianity – Huston Smith
May 6, 2008
Smith, Huston. The Soul of Christianity: Restoring the Great Tradition. HarperSanFrancisco, 2005. (176 pages) I found writing this book exhilarating, for it enabled me to see more clearly than before the intellectual and spiritual gold of Christianity, its intellectual expanse, the vastness of its atmosphere, and its genius for cutting through to the quick of […]
Manga Messiah – Japanese Anime Jesus
May 6, 2008
Tyndale House publishers has created a series that tells Bible stories in the manga style. Manga Bible’s website here, and Tyndale’s website here. Manga Life’s review here. NEXT is excited over this opportunity to present today’s young people with the biggest selling book in the history of the world, containing the greatest story ever told, […]
The Namesake – Racial and Cultural Lessons for a Better Humanity
May 2, 2008
The Namesake movie (website here, trailer here) was produced in 2006 and is based upon the book by Jhumpa Lahiri. I found a very eloquent review of the book here, and a blog dedicated to the movie here. The review linked above is going to be difficult to outdo (well done). So, for the purposes […]
EXPELLED: An Unintelligently Designed and Devolving Debate
May 1, 2008
After reading through several posts, philosophically pondering, and having several conversations with friends and students, here are my contentions about the debate, why “Expelled” is an example of good faith, and good science gone bad — on both fronts, and what ought we now do about the matter. CONTENTION 1: Faith and Science are separate […]
May 30, 2008
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