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Saturday, May 28th, 2005 Posted in Movies / TV / Stage | Comments OffI finally got to see Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. First off, it's impressive, and not just in effects, although it's safe to say there's never been a film more spectacularly effects-driven than this. But the really good ...
Glory, Danger, Death, Hope
Monday, May 23rd, 2005 Posted in Mind, Spirituality | Comments OffJoel Dueck has an interesting entry on his site. It's very utilitarian in its approach, but it's an interesting map for how things work in samsara regarding goals and acheivement. How to move beyond samsara, though? That, as they say, is ...
End of Two Eras
Wednesday, May 18th, 2005 Posted in Movies / TV / Stage | Comments OffTonight, at 12:01 am, an era ends: the last Star Warsmovie will be released. I'm looking forward to seeing Revenge of the Sith. I haven't re-posted any of my earlier pages on Star Wars movies because I've been ...
Talking about God
Sunday, May 15th, 2005 Posted in Spirituality | Comments OffReading a post by Coleman Fannin is like viewing a lunar eclipse. They don't happen all that often, but when they do, they're beautiful. And as moonlight is reflected sunlight, Coleman's posts are often reprints of posts by other ...
Wow! and the Tetragrammaton
Monday, May 9th, 2005 Posted in Spirituality | Comments OffIt occurred to me this morning that the link between all who love God, in all religions, whether theistic, non-theistic, pantheistic or panentheistic, is the sense of Wow! Encountering the holy Presence, no matter how That is understood or named, ...
Anicca (Impermanence)
Thursday, May 5th, 2005 Posted in My Life, Spirituality | Comments OffYesterday, I learned I'm losing my job, along with all 500 of my co-workers. Yet people have noticed that I'm happy, much to their surprise, and it even surprises me. This morning, I reflected on the Buddhist idea that "conditioned existence" ...
The Apostle’s Creed
Wednesday, May 4th, 2005 Posted in Jesus / Christianity, Spirituality | Comments OffIn The Church that Forgot Christ, Jimmy Breslin muses on the phrase "descended into hell," and accuses the Catholic Church of taking it out of the Nicene Creed when he wasn't looking. Of course, nothing of the sort occurred; he's ...
The Center of the Hurricane
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005 Posted in Peace and Justice, Quick Thoughts, Spirituality | Comments OffQuick thoughts: The center of the hurricane is pure stillness. The yin-yang illustrates the cycles of action swirling within an immovable circle, and around a still center. Jesus said, the sign of the Father within you is action and stillness. (Thomas 50) Everyone struggles ...
Peter Pan Review now posted
Sunday, May 1st, 2005 Posted in Movies / TV / Stage | Comments OffAfter many delays, my review of P. J. Hogan's film version of Peter Pan is now up.