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Max sent me this link to the commercial that aired during the superbowl because it reminded him of the documentary that I mentioned here a week ago, Rafael Salaberry’s piece about bilingual, two-way education here in Houston. The angry voices that punished me for speaking …
“Who Makes The News” is a site that documents the structural media gender bias that is so often talked about. This information can be useful in raising awareness and shedding more light on gender bias. Full of resources and contacts, the site explains the global …
“We Are Sent: Eucharist And Our Living Amen” is a 17 minute video that features testimonials of a Catholic community in Minneapolis, tellling how important the Mass is for them. These Catholics are articulate. The simply produced video is just the right way to show …
The mood of our country, Christian hate, fuels this type of atrocity. No outcries from Catholic hierarchy who instead are ferreting out gays from their seminaries. Shame. am
This link was mentioned during last weekend meeting on the Open Source Religous Resources Site, ChurchMedia.Net is intended to be a forum for exchanging ideas and resources. Although the site map shows the options for “about us” and “mission statement,” there are no such pages …
The bilingual education debate is the subject of “The Choosers” which will screen at Rice Cinema this Saturday, February 4, 2006 at 2 pm. It is made by Rafael Salaberry, a linguistics professor at Rice University. Grassroots productions like this one are becoming more “normal” …
Bleary-eyed this morning because I was up until 2 AM with a murder mystery I just could not put down. I could not stop reading until I got to the end and found out the “whodunit” answer. “The Burning Plain” is taut, polished writing that …
Just attended a remarkable meeting in St. Paul. The first meeting to plan an open source site for those who create religious resources. The discussions were energizing and hopeful. Mary Hess organized the meeting that included participants with varied and rich experience. Legal, theological, ecclesial …
I’m off to Minneapolis to participate in a meeting at Luther Seminary to help plan and implement an open source site for religious materials. This is an idea whose time has come because the ferment at the grassroots, engaged as it already is to a …
Yesterday Bolivia saw the installation of Evo Morales, at the ancient native ceremonial site, the Akapana Pyramid. The last time this happened was 500 years ago, with the last of the indigenous leaders, Atawallpa. Morales was dressed in the special ceremonial tunic of past Tiwanakota …