Recipes and Essays

Internet and Molecular Nature

Internet and Molecular Nature

After my brief travel to the Netherlands for a conference that I can say was among the most personally moving, fun, enriching and spiritually awakening, I return to Houston to no electricity and therefore my Internet access will be limited. I’ll walk to a hospital 

Romance is Alive and Strong with Globalization

Romance is Alive and Strong with Globalization

In Amsterdam for a conference, the evening meal conversation turned to Slovekia and the rapidly changing society there. This change is due to globalization, making the pace more rapid and providing more options in life. At the meal we wondered if it will change romance 

hunkering down

hunkering down

Hurricane Ike is headed right to us in Galveston/Houston. We have decided to stay here because predictions are that we’ll be able to survive the flooding and 100+ winds. Parts of Houston were evacuated but where we live is not in a zone of mandatory 

Oh, no!!!

Oh, no!!!

Today as I drove from San Antonio to Houston on I-10 my body cringed as I saw the bumper-to-bumper trafffic headed out of Houston toward San Antonio. Three years ago I was in one of those cars, a disastrous evacuation. this year it’s a lot 

thoughts from conversation with crs Southwest

thoughts from conversation with crs Southwest

today the staff was talking about the ways that new technologies and espeically social media ” make more work? when they are approached as an addition to existsing daily tasks. The desired outcome is that new technologies enhance and enrich the existing daily task, making 

Automated Confession

Automated Confession

Hello to my friends at Catholic Relief Services Southwest, whose work I’m coming to learn about by browsing the videos on the CRS website. Check out this short video, Automated Confession, an example of how the Catholic church can use technology!

McCain’s McMansions

McCain’s McMansions

McCain’s number of houses has really taken off. Here’s the mansions video that edits and contrasts.

Practical advice and resources

Practical advice and resources

The sign outside the elevator door at my hotel here in Sao Paulo reads: “Before entering the elevator, make sure that it is on this floor.” I wonder how many have fallen down the elevator shaft. Mary Hess included this video in her well-received and 

steal this film

steal this film

You can find this on you tube and also download it from thepiratebay.org . It is a clear, complex statement of the “intellectual property” idea. “Steal This Film” is being translated into Spanish, sub-titles, and will be uploaded so that youc an download the spanish-language 

Doctoral Students Seminar in Brazil

Doctoral Students Seminar in Brazil

Dr. Lynn Schofield Clark is blogging during this exciting seminar about current research in “Media, Religion and Culture.” Here:http://lynn-s-clark.livejournal.com/ The doctoral students are making headway in: Video games and religion, poltical resistance and film in Serbia, land re-claiming in Colombia among indigenous communities AM