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Nick Cave’s Wild God challenges a too comfortable culture
By Belle Tindall In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, there lived an anonymous mystic who we’ve since come to know as Julian of Norwich. After coming chillingly close to death at the age of thirty, she spent the subsequent decades … Continue reading
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The Wild God we can’t coerce
Nick Cave recording Wild God. nickcave.com By Belle Tindall Christianity is a wild thing. I say this, even while only half-understanding what I’m saying. It’s something that I’m learning. Or perhaps it’s more appropriate to say that it’s something that … Continue reading
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Happy Valentine’s Day 2
Ok, one last note on Valentine’s Day. Nearly 20 years ago, I was at the movie junket for “The Notebook.” There is always a dual boo-hooray factor to Nicholas Sparks’ books and films. I get it. Nevertheless, give me a … Continue reading
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Happy Valentine’s Day 1
Happy Valentine’s Day to all my friends in love, who’ve lost love, and those in search of love. Big hugs, a box of chocolate, a round of golf, and a juicy sirloin. I am envious of the poets who contemplate … Continue reading
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Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day
Friendly reminder that tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. If you have – God forbid — forgotten to get a sweet treat for your sweet treat, you still have time. Don’t get caught on thin ice. Scurry off and get snacks or … Continue reading
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Remembering her birthday: Joann Beard, RIP
February 9 is my mom’s birthday. It’s kinda been a rough morning. Still mourning, I guess. My family misses her. My mom’s death certificate states August 30, 2023. It’s wrong. I was there. Actually, death came seven minutes before midnight, … Continue reading
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Happy St. Brigid Day!
By Steve Beard In Ireland, the first day of February is St. Brigid’s Day, as well as the ancient Celtic festival of Imbolc, marking new birth and the threshold of spring. Not long ago, it was christened as an Irish … Continue reading
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Rick Rubin on taking communion with Johnny Cash and not rushing creativity
NPR, December 10, 2023 EXCERPT Rachel Martin: Your book, The Creative Act, reads as sort of a spiritual text. Do you have a spiritual architecture to your own life? Rick Rubin: I will say I’m a seeker. So I read across the board, … Continue reading
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Shane MacGowan RIP
The funeral of Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, was held December 8 at the Saint Mary of the Rosary Church in the small town of Nenagh in County Tipperary – 100 miles west from Dublin. The beloved singer died … Continue reading
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20th Anniversary: Elf rekindles the Christmas spirit
By Steve Beard 2003 National Review One of this season’s most enjoyable films is the new Christmas comedy Elf starring Will Ferrell, Ed Asner, Bob Newhart, Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel, James Caan, and directed by the talented John Favreau. In … Continue reading
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