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IASP will be taking a bit of a break this week.

Girl Guides – Icon of Individualism #3

It appears the Girl Guides in England have given up on God.

The Wedding Ceremony – Icon of Individualism #2

Hannah Seligson at the Daily Beast offers a fascinating meditation on the contemporary practice of the marriage rite. The whole article is worth reading at:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/06/19/bridezillas-and-the-rise-of-the-me-me-me-weddings.html

Edward Snowden – Icon of Individualism #1

In case you do not keep up to date on all the latest media frenzies, 29-year-old Edward Snowden is young many who was the source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the history of the National Security Agency in the US where he has worked for the last four years as an employee of various outside contractors.

How The Photo Could Have Been (see June 17)

In a recent post “Life Unworthy of Life” I ended with a class photo in which a boy in a wheel chair sits conspicuously off to one side. See: https://inaspaciousplace.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/life-unworthy-of-life/

The Pope’s Gospel of Life

June 16, in Roman Catholic tradition this year was “Evangelium Vitae Sunday,” the Gospel of Life Sunday. In Rome Pope Francis delivered a Homily at Sunday’s Mass in which he pointed to God as the God of life and faith in Christ as the way to life.

An Improv Life (not a typo) #2

Here are 5 more “guidelines for improv” with my reflections on how these guidelines might change the way we live:

An Improv Life (not a typo) #1

It is odd that, if you type “Improv” into google, you almost immediately come up with a variety of lists of “rules” that govern “improv”. It would seem that rules are the antipathy of improv.

C.S. Lewis On Pain

http://contemplativejournal.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=entry&id=137&Itemid=579

“Life Unworthy of Life”

In October 1939 the chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler, signed an order that brought into existence Action T-4.