(Delivered at Grace UMC on March 26, 2022— Mom passed away Nov 17th of last year, but because of the weather and the age of many of her friends and relatives we postponed the Memorial until then, but held the graveside service in November). First, I want to thank you all for coming and being here to honor our mother on this day. It is a measure of her influence and legacy that we have so many members of... Read more
Mardi Gras of course is a tradition associated with the celebration of the day before the Lenten season when fasting and prayer was supposed to be the focus of life for 40 days. In Mobile and New Orleans this led to parades in colorful costumes (as well as lots of eating and drinking), chiefly involving African Americans. This particular exhibit in the Cameron is of costumes used in an HBO special, modelled on genuine Mardi Gras costumes. Read more
As we said in the last post, the exploration of new or non-traditional media. How about using animated umbrellas to make a point? I only have still pictures of this, and of the ghostly images left on the ceiling. Diane Landry, a Canadian put this together and called it Flying School. This exhibit has periodically shown up at the Cameron Museum since 2005 and is one of the most popular ones. There is precious little religious or historical art in... Read more
The Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington N.C. began life in downtown Wilmington in a Masonic building, but then moved to its current location many years ago. The museum is bright and comfortable, and established a reputation for exhibiting modern art. It still does that but modern art need not mean abstract art. You don’t need to immediately think of Mondrian or Kandinsky. This particular exhibit has a variety of interesting things to see, as the next few posts will attest. ... Read more
You will not be surprised to hear that I am very pleased to see Faithlife try and revive the Christian magazine business with two offerings– Bible Study Magazine and for the more serious student and teacher of the Bible Didaktos. Interestingly, these are not purely or solely online magazines. They regularly show up in my seminary box as real printed paper copies. These magazines come out of the folks in Bellingham who have brought us LOGOS and other helpful tools... Read more
I am on record as not being a grunge fan. I find most of that music quite dark and depressing, or just overly-caffeinated when they try to do hard rock without much melody, harmony etc. However, this new album by Eddie Vedder which harks back to classic rock in various ways is just excellent, at least in 8 of its 12 songs. The first seven I play over and over again. It’s well done, inspiring, well played, the tunes are... Read more
Last night, and after they had already done some 30 cities on their way to 50, we got to see Toto open for Journey, though it could easily have gone the other way around, since both are headliner bands. The concert lasted a good 3 hours even with a quick equipment change after Toto finished. And Cinci was ready to rock for sure. The venue crew said they had set up for 12,000 and I believe it. The arena was... Read more
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