Recipes and Essays

Terrorism: Five Stations of the Cross

Terrorism: Five Stations of the Cross

For Post 9/11 — Consider this dated, but relevant work of United Methodist Women. They prepared these five stations of the cross which work as personal reflection but could also be used in groups. I am listing all five stations here. Station one, Gethsemane Station 

The Mediated Spirit

The Mediated Spirit

A resource mentioned during the MACC Seminar yesterday on media and church ministry is the CD-ROM by Peter Horsfield. (scroll down the page ’til you get to his name)The Mediated Spirit. This is such an excellent basic framework from which to reflect on media and 

Resources used in MACC Seminar

Resources used in MACC Seminar

Hola to the MACC mini pastoral participants with whom I shared reflections this morning about media, culture and ministry. As promised, these are the handouts in case you want to either read them online or download them: Mary Hess, Ph.D. writes about the religious imagination 

9/11 Peace

9/11 Peace

Last night on Larry King Live Walter Cronkite explained clearly and equanimously why he did not support the US invasion of Iraq and why today we are in such a quagmire. His remarks about the so-called patriot act went something like this: “If we destroy 

Poetry in the Fields

Poetry in the Fields

Look at this absolutely wonderful painting by Jos� Luis Ortiz, anonymous text, in the 2002 Social Justice Calendar. Alberto Pigola told me about the site. The art is uplifting and another invitation to join the struggle of migrant farmworkers. You can donate to the Catholic 

CD-ROM for pastoral training

CD-ROM for pastoral training

During the meeting in Santiago, (Creadores de Im�genes Cristianas), Arturo Reynoso, sj, presented two CD-ROMs that he has made for trainning. They are very nice and are in Spanish. One is an introduction to the bible and the other one is an introduction to Christology. 

Children and TV

Children and TV

I�m attending the annual seminar, �Creadores de Im�genes Cristianas� in Santiago, Chile. The director of research for the national television council (equivalent of the FCC in the US), Mar�a Dolores de Souza, presented some of the research on children and TV in Chile. It is 

Micro Cinema and Community

Micro Cinema and Community

The Aurora Picture Show in Houston is an example of meaning-making with art that is counter-cultural. I think churches would find it exciting to explore how to link programmatically with places like this one. Ad�n

Linux

Linux

This may be duplication for some but I want to mark this article submitted by Rodd Clarkson on the media.faith listserve. It is one view of the future of Linux. Ad�n

chicano clowning w/religion

chicano clowning w/religion

I found this strange collage by David Rosales, “The History of Religion in Latin America.” Something is turned upside down here with irreverence next to solemnity. I am interested in finding other provocative images like this one, so share some links if you know of