Tag: theology
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Telling the truth about our lives #Bach #Zagajewski
My latest column in the Christian Courier. ______________________ Some years ago, I was introduced to a remarkable piece of music composed by JS Bach—the fifth movement of his Partita in D minor for solo violin (called the Chaconne). As with so many of Bach’s works, the Chaconne easily captures your heart; it has a way…
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Bodies in a Digital World
My latest in the Christian Courier, also found here. ————— Who would have predicted that the vinyl LP would make such a comeback? But here we are. In 2018 you can get the latest musical release in 12-inch vinyl format, whether Ed Sheeran’s Divide or Kari Jobe’s The Garden. In our digital world, where a…
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Put in your place!
My latest column for the Christian Courier. ___________________ It is difficult to be indifferent when someone is “put in their place!” On the one hand, we are likely to experience real satisfaction, or a sense of justice, when another person is brought down a peg or two. “He was getting too big for his britches…
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The God of Silence – reflections on Endo’s novel, Scorsese’s film
My latest column for the Christian Courier, can be found here, or below. How is it possible for the ocean to be silent? Can the sea lose its voice? On the face of it this seems impossible. The waves come rolling in with rhythmic constancy – breaking and pounding against the shoreline. Even on those…
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Kierkegaard – Love – Prayer
It had been too long since I had spent any concentrated time with the writings of Søren Kierkegaard – but this summer saw something of a revival in my love and attention toward his works. This revival was partly inspired by a family vacation to Denmark and Copenhagen, which included a visit (for me, at…
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habit-defying labour — thinking with the art of daisy tsai
Daisy Tsai describes her work, presently on display at Luz Gallery, Montreal, with these words: Painting is habit-defying labour… As our world dazzles, rushes, and burns, i peek-a-boo through forms and colours to contend for an alternative coherence, stillness verging on celebration and distress. The notion of habit is a powerful one, speaking as it…
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Reaching for an identity (Urban Art 002) #OurLadyOfGrace
I was at a recent meeting of the Borough Council for my neighbourhood of Côte-des-neiges/Notre-dame-de-Grâce, at which the council approved a new mural for a building up in the northern wastelands of Snowdon (at least I think that’s where it is). The counsellor for that district, Marvin Rotrand, made a point of saying that he…
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infanticide versus abortion #PriceOfConsistency
I was reading in the health section of London’s Daily Telegraph, and noticed something interesting. Among the top 5 “most viewed for today,” was an article from February 2012. The other 4 articles were all from March of 2013. This happens from time to time when some article draws the particular interest or ire of readers…
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theology, hospitality, Irigaray (article in L’Esprit Créateur)
Click the link for my article, published in the French Studies journal L’Esprit Créateur.
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gospel and the gazette: postsecret
I suspect that many or most of us here this morning have never heard of PostSecret. PostSecret had its beginning in 2005 and was created by a man by the name of Frank Warren. Back in January of 2005, Frank Warren created this project by sending 3,000 self-addressed stamped postcards to people – and he…
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