I included reference to Carthusians in a sermon. In 1984, Philip Gröning sought to make a documentary in Le Grande Chartreuse. The monks replied that they were not ready for such a venture. Sixteen years later they wrote that they were ready. The documentary Die Große Stille – Into Great Silence was the result. I
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I do not think we have really been deeply inculturating Christian spirituality into the Southern Hemisphere. Today is the beginning of Matariki. Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades. In the winter sky just prior to dawn this star cluster marks the Māori New Year. Different tribes celebrated Matariki at different times. For some
I cannot recommend highly enough both the book and the DVD of Life of Pi. The book, by Yann Martel, tells a tale that anyone interested in religion or spirituality can appreciate. It has some slow bits – stay with it. I did not think it would translate to film. But it did. I especially
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The Guidebook: The NRSV Student Bible If you are looking for a study-type Bible for teenagers this may be the one to buy. There is no perfect translation of the Bible into English. But, all things considered, the NRSV is the best. This edition of the Bible assumes intelligent contemporary scholarship. It also assumes that
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First Initiation into Carthusian Life If you have been a regular here for a while, or poked around this site a bit, you will know of my love for Carthusians. We have started discussion on this site about the issue of sourcing Christian spirituality from the monastic more than the domestic. I think that is
I am absolutely delighted to launch the first edition of my Book of Prayers in Common. If you are a regular at this Liturgy website you will have seen this being developed step by step. If you are one of the people who has helped with that preparation of this book – thank you. You
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I said recently that film might be one of the last places where real enchantment is still experienced. And mainstream cinema, to reinforce my point, has been giving us a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, into our lap. The Hobbit, Life of Pi, and now Les Misérables. The movie is the first
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And she said unto them, “One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the
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