Laurie Lee in "Cider with Rosie" Master of the Revelatory DetailThe kitchen, worn by our boots and lives, was scruffy, warm and low, whose fuss of furniture never seemed the same, but was shuffled around each day. A black grate crackled with … [Continue reading]
Mel Gibson, "The Passion was directed by the Holy Spirit."
"Gibson has said that his script for “The Passion” was the New Testament, and that the film was directed by the Holy Ghost. " Peter J. Boyer, Sept 15th, 2003, The New Yorker.Hey, let's take his word for it.I myself have no doubt that the Holy Spirit … [Continue reading]
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas MertonTime to wander backwards among books I have loved. The Seven Storey Mountain. We listened to it on a long car trip from Virginia to Minnesota, and an underlying impression of sadness and nostalgia … [Continue reading]
"Let Nothing be Wasted"
"Let Nothing be Wasted"--what Jesus said after he multiplied 5 loaves to feed 5 thousand, and landed up with 12 baskets of left-overs. (Divine economics in action!) It feels good to know that that is God's desire--that nothing be wasted, our … [Continue reading]
New Wine Charismatic Festivals and Spirituality for Introverts and Extroverts
I am someone who curls into a foetal position when I pray intensely. I kneel, or crouch over the seat in front of me if I am seated, shut out the world and its noise. Or I lie flat on the floor if I am alone, or in a free setting. I would look … [Continue reading]
Jeanette Winterson, Reading provides roots for a writer
Jeanette Winterson, Who do you like to read?I'm an old-fashioned girl. That is, I'm on the side of Harold Bloom. Everybody should read the Canon of Western Literature, even if you don't accept it as canonical. For a reader, it's riches. For a … [Continue reading]
Tobias Wolff, on how writing for an audience can wear you out!!
TOBIAS WOLFFThe Art of Fiction No. 183Interviewed by Jack Livings Paris ReviewINTERVIEWERWhen you’re writing, how conscious of audience are you?WOLFFNot much. I write to please myself, which is not to … [Continue reading]
An Undivided Heart makes Dreams Come True
An Undivided Heart Makes Dreams Come True. 19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. 20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to … [Continue reading]
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