C.S. Lewis explains.
C.S. LEWIS:
What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects — with their Christianity latent.
An Artist in Crisis
I had no idea that the filmmaker Jafar Panahi had been arrested and imprisoned.
But this report says that things are worse than that.
Taherah Saeedi, the wife of film director Jafar Panahi,who was arrested on 2 March 2010, has published a report about her husband’s condition in solitary confinement that has rendered him immobile and under emotional stress. She stated that in the past, her husband has twice experienced severe spasms in his chest for which he was taken to the emergency room. The attending physician diagnosed his condition to be psychological and said that if it continued he could suffer a heart attack.
Today's Facebook Question: Opening Notes
It never fails.
When I have my iTunes set to shuffle — hopping, skipping, and jumping through the 13,000 tracks I've assembled there — and the opening notes of a Radiohead song come on, I am immediately in a good mood. Read more
Didn't Think I Could Stand Another Version of "Stand By Me." I Was Wrong.
The Muppets were made for the viral video age. Here's more proof...Read more
The role of Bilbo Baggins has been cast...
Striving to contradict the rumors that production of The Hobbit is in trouble, Guillermo Del Toro went ahead and made the big announcement today. Read more
"A Long Obedience in the Same Direction."
It's a Nietzsche quote.
The essential thing 'in heaven and earth' is . . . that there should be long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.
It's the title of a Eugene Peterson book on "the Psalms of Ascents".
And if Bono gets his way...Read more
"Empire State of Mind" - The Star Wars Way
By now, you'd think that there wouldn't be any laughs left to wring from Star Wars on the internet. I've seen so many unimaginative spoofs and parodies that I usually ignore links to Star Wars-related humor.
When it comes to pure genius, I don't think anybody's topped the James Earl Jones re-dubbing marathon called "The Vader Sessions", which appeared a few years ago and is still funny today.
Well, today, there's a new one worth seeing...Read more
Why Can't Mrs. Frisby Catch a Break?
Poor Mrs. Frisby. Looks like Bedrock Studios is the latest studio to disrespect her name.Read more
Introducing Beauty and the Feast...
What's this? As busy as I am, I'm now blogging on yet another site?Read more