Years ago, I listened to a musical on cassette tape that I just thought was very cool. I never saw that musical live until last night. Never saw the Broadway production, or the touring company, although I have seen the filmed version of the Broadway show. So last night, as I walked with friends down [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 30, 2009
Shining Forth
A few thoughts from the morning meditation. “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory…” Hebrews 1:3 Reminds me of the Christ’s encouragement to let our lights shine, from Matthew 5. I’m into verbs these days–the tension between being and doing notwithstanding–so I’m thinking, “to radiate.” Merriam Webster online has it like this: “to send [...]
May 28, 2009
Body and Spirit
After watching The Diving Bell and The Butterfly a couple of weeks ago with my Wednesday film group, some questions came up that produced surprisingly vigorous discussion. If you don’t know the film, it’s the story of a major European magazine editor who has a cataclysmic brain event that leaves him paralyzed but for eye [...]
May 27, 2009
Focusing on…?
Focus isn’t easy. Brain science is telling us that effective multi-tasking is a bit of a myth. Not that we can’t get multiple things done at the same time, but we’re beginning to learn that it decreases effectiveness across the board. But we live in a world with a thousand sparkling possibilities, and to say [...]
May 22, 2009
Basic Update
Here we are a month later, and it’s time to get back to work. I wrote a long email yesterday to a student friend, and the words tumbling out called to me, and I found myself enjoying something I’d been missing. So here I am again, scone in tummy and coffee aromas near, decidedly chasing [...]
