June 2008
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And I liked the wrong one. Movie #1: Into Great Silence, German Die Grosse Stille, which, if I remember my high school German correctly, is simply The Great Silence, which I like better. I’m going to have to be the first Catholic I know to be unenthusiastic about this lengthy (almost three hours) visit to…
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Enormous SUV coming up fast, must be doing over 80 because you're doing 70. Agitated-looking woman at the wheel with left hand holding phone to ear and right hand waving freely for emphasis and punctuation. Does she have a knee or an elbow on the steering wheel? Who knows?—hit the gas. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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Perhaps you thought all the Brideshead Revisited posting was over. Not quite; I have one or two more passages that I want to mention and/or discuss (which in this case seems unnecessary). This is Charles and Cordelia; she has just finished telling him what’s become of Sebastian. Charles: “Have you told Julia this about Sebastian?”…
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Standing in Line at the Sinners’ Hospital I think one of the biggest barriers between Christianity and non-believers is the perception of the latter that Christianity is for people who are virtuous, or believe that they are virtuous. The opposite is true, of course. Yes, there are Christians who are self-righteous and who regard their…
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Like most people who grew up when what is now called “classic rock” was new, I’ve grown accustomed to hearing some very incongruous music in public places. I think it was back in the ‘70s when I first heard an easy-listening instrumental version of a Dylan song in the background music of a dentist’s office…
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You need to see this movie. Not the American one made in 2005—which may be good, I don’t know—but the Russian one made in 2006. I’m not going to take the time to describe or explain it; I’ll just say that it’s Christianity with no damn bullshit whatsoever, and you should see it. Pardon my…
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The diamond as a symbol of the soul has been on my mind lately; I know I’ve referred to it in some comments here and in conversation with a friend. It always makes me think of this Hopkins poem, “That Nature Is A Heraclitean Fire” (which I recall having the subtitle “And of the comfort…
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Recently someone my wife knows bought a new camera and gave my wife her old one, a very decent little Nikon. (I don’t know why she didn’t sell it.) And since my wife has a better one, she is graciously allowing me to use this one when she isn’t carrying it around with her because…
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Well, since Will hasn't shown up again to direct us to the remarkable video of which he asserted the existence a few days ago, I went looking for it. And here it is—and on the off chance that you've never heard the Numa-Numa song, be aware that it is highly infectious (4 minutes 21 seconds):…
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Kinda sad. I read this while taking my last few sips of coffee. Really, I did. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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