On Food & Culture
I’ve just read the best review of Gibson’s film about the torture of Jesus in “Mensaje”. It is in Spanish, and very complex. It takes Gibson seriously as a firlm director and rips him to shreds. It takes his theology seriously and elegantly underscores its …
In January the UCLA issued the first findings about Internet use in 14 countries. It is called the UCLA World Internet Project and confirms that there is a gender gap. Aspects concerning religion and politics are discussed. Ad�n
The way that Mary is expressing her joining in on the grace that is being lived by the lesbian/gay community in Boston, Mass and beyond, is wonderful and inspiring. I’m in Europe and all the papers are running the pictures of married couples showing love …
Spiritual Cinema Circle is a site sells videos that do not see wide distribution and are categorized as “spiritual.” Good idea I hope flies, as religious ed directors, church study groups and others start using film and video in their classes. adan
I’ve been a non blogger this week because I’m attending a weeklong meeting at the Ukrainian Catholic University in lviv about “Icons, Liturgy, and Church Renewal in South Eastern Europe”. Myroslav Marynovych made a profound presentation about the current conditions in Ukraine. Later he said …
A Day Without A Mexican” is causing a stir that perplexes me and is enlightening. How could it be a surprise to anyone that the economy of California depends on Mexican laborers, documented and undocumented? CBS news ran a story about this feature length movie. …
Mary points to the petition of moveon.org to push for a full, open investigation of the US tortures in Iraq. Do it now. Zero in Dublin expresses what so many are feeling. He points to the Washington Post article today by Philip Kennicott. I do …
Saturday I went to a photo exhibit here in Houston. If you get a chance to see the touring photography exhibit, “Ricas y Famosas,” (Rich and Famous) I think you will flip out. By Daniela Rossell, the pictures are an ethnographic review of the Mexico’s …
Jim McDonnel from London writes that the next meeting of the European Christian Internet Conference will be held in Bethlen Kata Diaconical Centre, hosted by the Transylvania Reformed Church. Date is May 22 – 28 in Cluj, Romania. More info is available by contacting the …
Having previously seen only 20 minutes of the Gibson film and become bored with it, I finally, saw the entire, 2-DVD,Gibson film about the Christ. It is remarkably like Latin American telenovelas in its use of melodrama and exagerrated character types. I think the deft …