Here is Chapter One: "THE CORELLIAN CONNECTION" CHAPTER ONE 18BBY - OUTSIDE ALDERA, ALDERAAN The mid-afternoon sun beamed from behind the large white clouds in the sky and into several windows of a sprawling, two-story villa situated near a wide lagoon. Beyond three of those windows, two dark-haired...
Surprised by Hope Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the ChurchN. T. Wright February 2008 Part 1 We begin a series today with N.T. Wright, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church. For more than a decade or so Bishop Tom Wright has...
Over the weekend, I read Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood and Abortion. It's a compilation of 22 essays by women from lots of different walks of life exploring the loaded issue of reproductive justice. As a feminist who's never had to live in an...
There is something about the comment, "Let's stop harvesting brains" that makes one put their bagel down at breakfast and focus their attention on the morning paper. But for someone with a minor case of hypochondria and a past as a medical school librarian, this sort of quote brings back unsettling...
It's a sunny day here in Himmelev, with an expected high temp of 50. A great day for a walk! I've been reading a little today about an idea called psychogeography. Will Self, British humorist and novelist, is an outspoken proponent of psychogeography, and this past Friday, had we still been in...
Lateline last night had some reporting on same sex marriage and civil unions last night as the ACT government once again presses ahead with its plan to introduce civil unions in that Territory. Jim Wallace from the Australian Christian Lobby was on, arguing that gay people did not deserve to be...
A very well-written and politically astute essay on Barack Obama is to be found in al-Ahram Weekly: The limit of Obama's imagination At a time when Obama's moral voice was most needed, the reach of his wings proved to be cautiously perforated on an AIPAC line, writes Hamid Dabashi*...
William F. Buckley died last night. I've gone back and watched several speeches and debates of his during his heyday in the 60's and 70's (his debates with Noam Chomsky are especially interesting), and while i certainly don't agree with most of what he believed, i appreciated his quick humor and--...
I'm leaning into an incredibly bittersweet time in my life of late. So much more sweet than bitter. I have a job that I really like, that I think I will grow into being really good at but that does not have to define my every moment. I work with cool, funny women and have an oppurtunity to learn a...
What would George F. Will make of Bill McKibben's Deep Economy? I often find Will's columns unreadable, due to his alternatively sneering and disapproving tone. But occasionally I read him, only to end up shaking my fist at my Newsweek magazine. One reason is, George F. Will hates people who...
It's been a while, since the last entry. But everything is still fine here in Kisiizi, Uganda. We are privileged to live in a interesting time. For me, Jurjen, the last weeks have not always been particularly easy (for Stefanie neither, for other reasons of course). I guess mainly because it was...
I know I may get a lot of flack for this, but I am going to let all my friends, Online and Offline, Liberal and Conservative, know about this article in the Accuracy In Media website... Obama's Communist Mentor http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obamas-communist-mentor/ Now, it is no secret that I don't...
BBC World set up a panel debate yesterday at TED which fielded the somewhat eclectic mix of Google's Sergey Brin, legendary journalist Carl Bernstein, Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda, (Pattern Recognition favorite) Professor Dan Gilbert and Queen Noor of Jordan. Moderated by the BBC's Matt Frei,...
Ask most Mainline church leaders "Is the church in trouble," and the response will most likely be "Yes!" According to George Barna, author of Growing True Disciples here are a few reasons why: 1. Few churches or Christians have a clear definition of "Spiritual Success." 2. We have defined...
I've for a while had some sort of view (worldview?) about images, violence, and people (populations). It originated as an inexplicable hatred for the Saw horror movies (of which there are now four), Hostel, Turista, etc. etc. and others which fall into this genre called "torture porn" by some. I...
I have to start my integration paper for my last class as a college student and possibly my last class ever, which feels pretty weird to say. I have no clue how to start, what to put in it; plus it must be twenty something pages long-which isn't enough actually- and I will be tested on what I put...
Panorama of protoplasm new-born but speeding up definitive and relentless eons, epochs, dna and Omega Point - if you'd like. Thus in all probability: Arrows up! Arrows up building surprises; alabama muse digs the entire joint, all over the world maker of mystery. Elephants uncover the different...
"What does it mean to open the heart? First of all, we understand that the idea of the heart is a metaphorical one. The heart is perceived in most cultures to be the wellspring of compassion, love, sympathy, righteousness, and intuition rather than merely the muscle responsible for circulating blood...
Chris: What do you do at a Young Republicans meeting? Alyssa: We help those who already have the means to help themselves. Also, we perpetuate the idea that Jesus chose America to destroy non-believers and brown people. Chris: I don't know why, but I feel safer already. -Family Guy I first saw...
To achieve great things form alphabet omega letters; write down what I said about worldview treasures and traumas, hauntings and other olio admissions. Come into the city have a sachet or several bags filled with letters! Tell me these are the same feelings, the same longings lingering in our...
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