Posts Tagged ‘ hope ’

Frederick Buechner

I happened randomly on this author today through a Jesuit blog. I saw a quote of his on the sidebar and had to investigate. I read through more of his quotes and I quite like them. I love it when someone sees the personal significance behind what we claim to believe, and when someone finds [ READ MORE ]

Bible In Five Statements Meme

I was tagged by Laura Summarize the Bible in five statements (fifteen words).  The first statement – one word long, the second two, the third three, the fourth four and the last five words long. Or possibly you could do this in descending order. Tag five people. Well, to be honest I feel a bit [ READ MORE ]

Love, Understanding, Strength, and Patience

Ben showed me this article today.  It is really very interesting.   To be honest, this is the kind of love I aspire to be able to show to people.  I just hope I am strong enough throughout my life to live up to these goals. Fighting Words (I copied the text for those who can’t [ READ MORE ]

Discussion

So, I’m having an interesting discussion with a friend on a message board.  He belongs to the Orthodox Church, believes that no one goes to Hell when they die, and thinks that Jesus’ message was primarily about *this* life and not the next.  So far I agree. Our discussion is centered around the events in [ READ MORE ]

Humans and their Hearts

From The Alchemist, a conversation between the boy and the alchemist: "My heart is a traitor…it doesn't want me to go on." "That makes sense… Naturally it's afraid that, in pursuing your dream, you might lose everything you've won." "Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?" "Because you will never again be able [ READ MORE ]

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day The Earth Stood Still – OFFICIAL TRAILER Warning: CONTAINS SPOILERS Last night Ben and I went and saw the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still.  I have never seen the original, so I didn't know what to expect, but it had Keanu Reeves in it (as an alien, which requires no [ READ MORE ]

Falling Apart

"Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. [ READ MORE ]

The Fall

Nope, I'm not talking Camus.  I'm talking Tarsem. Last night I went with a friend of mine to see The Fall, a movie done by Tarsem Singh, the maker of The Cell.  Now, I wasn't a huge fan of The Cell, beautiful movie but weird as hell, and I wasn't really all that good at [ READ MORE ]

Freke’s Talk in its Entirity

Finally, all my videos have been uploaded to youtube, so now you can go through the whole talk in order, so that everything makes sense. If the above widget doesn't work, just go here to view all the videos. Read and post comments | Send to a friend[ READ MORE ]

Three Days – Revisited

Consciousness Develops Through Separateness One thing I noticed while re-watching this particular clip was the similarity that this process has to the dialectic process of personal transformation, in particular for me: Annie Dillard's account of the three days. I think I can add yet one more row to the chart I made on her process [ READ MORE ]

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