The following post was published in a column in the first issue of “The Garden” – a new monthly news magazine distributed to +20,000 homes in the Mt Eden area of Auckland…. Brené Brown, research professor at the University of Houston, in one of her acclaimed TED talks, makes the point that we live in [...]
Archive for the ‘Redemption’ Category
Holocene: The Significance of Insignificance
Posted: April 30, 2012 in Music, Redemption, Transformation, UncategorizedTags: Bon Iver, Brene Brown, Holocene, Redemption, Significance, Vulnerability
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Clint Eastwood as Jesus
Posted: October 31, 2009 in Christus Victor, Movies, Redemption, Sin, The CrossTags: Christus Victor, Clint Eastwood, Jesus Christ, Redemption, The Cross, the last castle
Just finished watching Gran Torino – moving and thoughtful and funny as well. I know… I’m a bit behind on my movie watching (as well as my blogging). If you haven’t seen it, Clint Eastwood directs, produces and also plays “Walt”, a recent widower living in a Michigan suburb now populated by poor Asian immigrants [...]
Francis Ford Coppola – Culture Cannot Save You
Posted: August 15, 2009 in Culture, Movies, RedemptionIn today’s Globe and Mail there was a review article of Francis Ford Coppola, winner of 5 Oscars and Director of classic movies such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. In referred to Copploa’s new movie “Tetro” Michael Posner says the following… (Coppola is) also interested in the gap that separates artistic and intellectual achievement from [...]
