On Food & Culture
Was reminded about the Louisville Kentucky World Conference on Media, Religion and Culture when I read Jason’s description of the paper he is submitting (Nov 12th entry). His blog led me to Jesus of the Week that features sightings and artifacts. Ad�n
Funny how God reveals. Listening to my favorite station, KPFT community radio, while on my way to tennis last week, I heard an interview with Linda Montgomery who talked about her life path change. She was a nature photographer and became blind. There was something …
Yesterday I had occasion to recall that testing for HIV among Latinos and Latinas is poor, even though HIV infection in our community is highly disproportionate to our number. Although we make up about 14% of the U.S. population, we account for nearly 20% of …
It is 15 minutes past midnight. I’m deeply troubled by a documentary I saw last night on HBO2, “Child Soldiers.” Terrible images and interviews with children who have been through the hell of soldiering in Uganda, Sudan, Burma, Colombia and Sierra Leone. This documentary, produced …
Technical notes: a relatively inexpensive way to capture digital video and format it for DVD is the Sonic Foundry Vegas and DVD Architect combination. Part of Sony Digital pictures, this software, Vegas, is making incursions into the Adobe Premiere market. Sonic Foundry is offering appealing …
Yesterday I talked and linked about Guadalupe and identity. Here’s a blog about identity that made me laugh. Adelante, Marcos. Ad�n
Last night on “24” when Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) is about to inject himself with heroine, his arm reveals a HUGE tatoo of The Virgin of Guadalupe. He apparently got this (tattoo and heroine) from infiltrating the group of Latino drug dealers. Guadalupe is still …
Healing one another, accompanying each other, trusting. These are evocative words from the video production I have just completed. They are also the words of true leaders in this debate about Bishop Robinson in the Anglican Church. Note this dated but relevant letter from Bishop …
This visual explanation of the size of 87 billion is yet another wake up call. Got the link from Mary’s blog. Ad�n