December 2010
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By all indications, Stephen Hill of Music from the Hearts of Space is a secular/New-Age-y/all-religions-are-equally-valid kind of guy. But he certainly speaks very respectfully and often empathetically of Christianity. Read the notes for this week's program, which is devoted to Mary, and you'll see what I mean: …the spirit of Mary floats over Christian history like…
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A comment on Christmas which I read a few minutes ago recommended that we thank God for "his gift of salivation and the forgiveness of our sins."
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In a letter to her sister: "I have had a most shameful and distressing interview with poor dear Tom Eliot," wrote Woolf, "who may be called dead to us all from this day forward. He has become an Anglo-Catholic, believes in God and immortality, and goes to church. I was really shocked. A corpse would…
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Weekend Music Ok, if you want to say the timeless purity of this hymn is not especially well served by Enya's lush treatment, I won't argue with you. I'll grant the case in the abstract. But I think it's beautiful, and besides I've already revealed my weakness for Enya by posting "Orinoco Flow" last weekend.…
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Last night I saw something very beautiful which I'd never seen before and may never see again. I had been out around 9 and seen that the sky was very clear, so the three-quarters moon was very bright. Later, around 11, I walked the dogs down to the bay as usual. A light fog had…
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Sunday Night Journal — December 13, 2010 The flight from Christianity has been a prominent feature of Western intellectual life since the 18th century, and it can be said that the anti-culture has existed since then. Mockery has always been an important part of its response to the faith it rejects. Mockery is a good…
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Once again an unexpected work emergency (this one partly my fault, alas) has gotten in the way of the SNJ. Tuesday afternoon or night, I hope.
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Has anybody seen Voyage of the Dawn Treader yet? And if so what did you think? We watched The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe last night. This was the third time I'd seen it, and my reaction overall is more or less the same as when it first came out: flawed but pretty good. I wish…
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Weekend Music No particular reason for posting this. Something reminded me of it, and I wanted to hear it. I expect it's unfashionable to like Enya. So sue me.
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I haven't been watching many movies for a while now. Last night I finally saw the second half of this, having watched the first half last weekend (it's over three hours long). It's not going to be my favorite Bergman, although like almost all Bergman it's worth seeing, and better than most films. This is…
Light On Dark Water 