This is a picture of someone actually playing an instrument and singing. This is what I call non-artificial music. Let me be clear that though I was raised in classical music and played that sort of music on violin with orchestras and quartets right through the beginnings of my college education, I am not a classical snob. I love folk, folk rock, classic rock, soul (r and b) jazz, Gospel, some country, bluegrass, some contemporary Christian as my big ole... Read more
The Sergius Paulus inscription at Yalvac aka Pisidian Antioch museum Read more
Mysterium Tremendum Death is a mystery We cannot understand Even as transition For every woman and man Did life stop Or where did it go Must we follow Or can we say no? Why so seeming final A coda that has to end Or is it just our viewpoint That will not let us in Into the wonder Into the gate Into the Presence Before it’s too late Perhaps just a glimpse of glory Perhaps... Read more
O.K. so War and Peace is longer— at 1352 pages, but I’ve never ever read a detective story that ran 945 pages. And I did not see this coming. I read the first three volumes in this series, and missed out 4 through 6, and none of them were near this long. But I had asked for this for Christmas, and my wife got it for me…. so I needed to read this until my eyeballs fell out, or almost... Read more
I’ve watched Trevor Noah a fair bit on TV and on You Tube. He is indeed a funny guy, but while his life story has some hilarious moments in it, it was far more often tragic– full of racism, poverty, brutality, and the saving grace was a mother who was a very devout, church every Sunday Christian. More on that in a bit. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father, and a black South African mother, and was born... Read more
It is rare these days to have a movie that focuses on the intellect, and significant intellectual debate, about the existence of God, the human psyche and related matters. This movie lasts only 2 hours 2 minutes, and frankly we could have used more. Apart from flashbacks to Vienna, and to Lewis’s struggles in WWI, the movie is almost entirely set in London where the Freuds had moved to avoid the Nazis, and in fact set in Freud’s study. The... Read more
Here is the companion volume to Encounters with Jesus which I think you will enjoy and is a perfect little Valentine’s gift. Here’s the description on Amazon…. “As a New Testament character of note, the Apostle Paul is second only to Jesus. In this companion volume to Encounters with Jesus, Ben and Ann Witherington draw on the biblical text and deep knowledge of historical context to bring alive the reactions of several contemporaries to the famous apostle and his words... Read more
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