Roy Anker speaks about “The Tree of Life”

Binx Bolling put a link in the comments section of my post “The Tree of Life’ #2 – A Religion Too Small for Terrence Malick”. The link is from PBS where Roy Anker, Calvin College Professor of English, speaks with considerable insight about Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life.” It is worth watching:

http://video.pbs.org/video/2045614200/

 

Guilty Boomers

In case you missed it a massive tidal wave of change has recently been acknowledged by the Federal Government of Canada.

The Two Wolves

Some of the response to yesterday’s post brought to  mind an ancient Cherokee story.

The Energy of Life or Death

All people carry an energy transmission of life or death.

Six Reasons Not To Read the Old Testament #5 (see March 22)

Dr. William Morrow – St. Philip Anglican Church Lenten Series Session 5:  ”Contradicts Itself: The Logic of Cult-Centralization” (Deuteronomy 12; 14:22-19:13; 26)

Clergy Poison Pen Letters

They say confession is good for the soul. And we are still in the season of Lent. So, what better time to engage in a little self-flagellation.

Church Abuse in the ’60’s

It was written over 40 years ago by a church leader to his congregation. The author is long dead. The community to which this letter was addressed is no longer recognizable as the church it once was.

Anglican Covenant

We have been talking about it for eight years; it was intended to be an instrument of unity among Anglicans.

Understanding

It probably happens four times on a good day, a dozen on a bad day. I find myself saying to someone, “I just don’t understand…”

Church – Reasons To Stay

Paul Wallace is a forty-something science and religion teacher and writer. He is bucking the dominant cultural trend of the past fifty years and sticking it out with his church.