“This is the lie that is at the heart of our society, the lie that encourages every form of destructive self-indulgence to flourish: for while we ascribe our conduct to pressures from without, we obey the whims that well up from within, thereby awarding ourselves carte blanche to behave as we choose. Thus we…
“Dover Beach”, Matthew Arnold’s lyric poem, describes the shore at the narrowest part of the English Channel. Dover, on the southeast coast of England in the county of Kent, is famous for its white cliffs and its popular ferry port. The ferry crosses the Strait of Dover to Calais, France. Dover Beach is where Arnold…
“As you get older, ideas go and come. Questions, answers, loss of the answer again and more questions, and this is what really interests me. Yes, the cinema and the people in my life and my family are most important, but ultimately as you get older, there’s got to be more. Much, much more.…
Another day and the same dream: I am driving a compact car and I’m trying to park in a space meant for compact cars. On each side of the parking space is a monster vehicle – a Sierra Massive Madre and a Himalayan Mountain All Terrain I-Drive-a Ram-cuz-I’m-a-Man-In-Your-Face Pick-up. I finally park my car…
“God has committed himself, ever since creation, to working through his creatures–in particular, through his image-bearing human beings–but they have all let Him down.” ― N.T. Wright, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense ~~~ The waitress who brought me my order of eggs and bacon this morning at the Sweetened Sacks of Flour caught…
2016 Proverbs (Observations, generally speaking.): Astronomers search the universe for cosmic origins. Physicists seek to understand the behavior of systems at atomic length scales and smaller using quantum mechanics. Geneticists, in search of disease prevention and cures, scan the genetic code for the secret of life. Archeologists search fossil and radiometric dating records for what…
Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman and “82,000” has been on my mind lately. Here is a brief intro video. No comment will be necessary. The video following has Linda Loman saying “Attention must be paid” to 63-year-old Willy Loman [2:50] “We were almost free and clear.” I suggest watching the entire play.
That Terry thought he was a vampire didn’t seem to faze Teresa. It did faze his parents and friends. … A mother tugged a small boy through the outside door. A teenage girl came out the inner door, crossed the room and left behind the mother and son. A therapist stuck his head out…
