Tag Archives: Most Original Sin
Cellphone Quiet Time
I think it’s time for us to call for official cellphone quiet times each day: 2 hours each morning and 2 hours each afternoon. We need undistracted time for a good portion of each day—or we are deluding ourselves about getting anything done well. Continue reading
Jesus Camp
This is a strong documentary about the indoctrination of a group of Midwestern kids into hardcore, right-wing, Pentecostal Christian fundamentalism. You see them go to a summer camp, where they get encouraged to become pretty militant about their beliefs…. Continue reading
Mark Rothko and Spirituality
To me, the most spiritual thing about Mark Rothko is the development of his later art, the paintings he is most famous for—the rectangles of translucent colors floating over a background of a single color or two. Every time I look at them, I get a sense of meditation. I get the impression he thought of them somewhat that way, even as spiritual expression. Continue reading
The Three Faces of Eve
This is a story of a woman who found that she had three different persons in her, a bit like God in three persons. Continue reading