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Posted on September 22, 2018September 22, 2018

Donovan’s “Atlantis”, Goodfellas, Chappaquidick and the dark side of the 1960s

Recited passages used to be common in popular music. For instance, Elvis’ musings in the bridge of Are You Lonesome Tonight?: I wonder if you’re lonesome tonight You know someone…

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Posted on September 21, 2018

Do we have the right to help others who don’t want our help? with Barnacles and Harry R Truman – Blogging the Octonauts, Season 4 Episode 9, “The Convict Fish”

It’s a while since I posted a Blogging the Octonauts post (here is another one). To recap, the Octonauts is a children’s TV show based on the rather more whimsical…

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Posted on September 21, 2018

You Are Not A Product: Johnny Ryan, Brave, GDPR and Ted Nelson’s dream

Readers may have recently seen news that the Brave browser has jointly filed complaints against Google relating to their sharing of personal data. Recently I posted a link to NIthin…

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Posted on September 8, 2018

“The Blind Leading The Blind”, Sebastiaen Vrancx

The Blind Leading The Blind Sebastiaen Vrancx c. 1620, Private Collection

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Posted on September 7, 2018September 7, 2018

Heschyia – “where peace goes beyond peace” – from Paul Evdokimov’s The Art of the Icon

Continuing posts on heschyia (or heschuia) here is a passage from “The Art of the Icon: A Theology of Beauty” by Paul Evdokimov “It is very important to understand that…

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Posted on September 6, 2018

Hesychia – “the rest which flows from unceasing prayer”

I previously posted an extract from Alasdair McIntyre’s After Virtue on “hesuchia” – the rest that follows striving. I came across this from Henri Nouwen’s The Way of the Heart…

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Posted on September 4, 2018

“silence of the heart is much more important than silence of the mouth”

From Henri Nouwen’s The Way of The Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers These examples of silence in preaching, counseling, and organizing are meant to illustrate how…

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Posted on September 3, 2018September 3, 2018

“Compassion can never coexist with judgment because judgment creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.” – Henri Nouwen on solitude and compassion

From Nouwen’s The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers Here we reach the point where ministry and spirituality touch each other. It is compassion.…

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