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I love movies… movies that make me laugh, that make me cry, that make me think, and feel, and care, and understand. I’ve blogged once about specific scenes that speak to me, but now I want to talk about whole movies (there will be some overlap).
To narrow it down a little bit, and also to [...]
Lately I’ve been trying to stop right when I walk out the front door in the mornings, just to take a minute and acknowledge the fact that I’m outside in Nature - to actually listen to the owls and frogs, the crickets and the birds, to feel the uncanned air. (more…)
Kavitha Kalyan at the Indian Temples blog gives us all a blessing in the form of a truly wonder-full evocation of the experience of spiritual awe. (Thanks to Mahud for the link!)
Go outside. Now. Touch the Earth. Feel the grass alive under your bare feet, the rough bark and smooth leaves of your favorite tree. Dig your fingers into the soil and smell the flesh of the Mother; splash in living waters. Smash your earphones and listen to the original music of life - wind and [...]
And so we come, at last, to theology. (more…)
Let’s return for a moment to the question of the river (I have deliberately chosen a difficult example, on the assumption that if the theory holds water now, then it might be worth pursuing further). (more…)
Process philosophy, as formulated primarily by Alfred North Whitehead, is (at the simplest level) a method of understanding the universe as a collection of processes (more…)
This is my name for a metaphysical theory (yes, I said the “T-word” ) (more…)
Rachel at Velveteen Rabbi has posted an amazing poem on the subject of sacrifice - go and read.
In the commentary, she says (more…)
This is kind of a warm-up post for something I’m planning for next week… more to come then. In the meantime, here are some of my favorite devotional moments in cinema - I’d love to hear about yours! (more…)