I’m not Johnny Contemplative…
Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 Posted in My Life, Spirituality | 2 Comments »Last weekend, I got an email from a good friend about starting contemplative practice. (If you're not familiar with the word contemplative, it's the word that Christian friars, abbots, monks, nuns, and hermits have used throughout the centuries for ...
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. .
Thursday, June 24th, 2004 Posted in Movies / TV / Stage, Spirituality | No Comments »Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. . . and Spring is the title of an enthralling movie I saw last night at the Naro. It's a beautiful Korean movie about an old monk and a young monk in a small Buddhist ...
I’m getting to like blogging.
Sunday, June 20th, 2004 Posted in My Life, Site log / Geek | No Comments »I'm getting to like blogging. I've decided to make the new version of the site blog-driven. It will give me a chance to post thoughts much more quickly and easily. For instance, I can share quick thoughts ...
Killer Rainbow
Sunday, June 20th, 2004 Posted in My Life, Spirituality | No Comments »Friday night, I was walking after it had just stopped raining in Norfolk. The air was fresh and clear, and the sun had nearly set. Suddenly a wonderful, full-arc rainbow appeared in the eastern sky. I stopped and stood on ...
The Skin of God
Thursday, June 17th, 2004 Posted in My Life, Spirituality | No Comments »On Monday night, I took a walk. Or, more accurately, I thought I was going to take a walk, but it was more like the walk took me. As soon as I stepped out of my apartment, I was ...
It looks like Blogger is
Thursday, June 17th, 2004 Posted in Site log / Geek | No Comments »It looks like Blogger is going to be my new blog solution. Their tags are easier for me to use and manipulate than Movable Type’s» were, and Blosxom» didn't even have a built-in bloggy interface to simplify FTP-ing. That's ...