The clear, concrete familiarity of that first line comes on this troubled morning like a gift: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. For a moment, it burns away the thick underbrush of want, pain, and need. It casts the soil under my feet into sunlight. It brings one near to believing that [...]
Archive for January, 2009
no want: Psalm 23
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Psalms, textures on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
the kids: Matthew 18
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Matthew, textures on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Children are both central and essential. They are central to the drama of human life. Jesus ‘puts a child among them’ in more ways than the mere physical positioning of the child whose nature he employs in the teaching that follows as the image of how his Father wishes all of us to be. They [...]
family disease: Genesis 50
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Genesis, textures on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A brief codicil to the story of Jacob/Israel’s death and burial displays how deeply suspicion and fear had intruded itself into the cells and sinews of Israel’s earliest generations: Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all [...]
mixed grill: Genesis 48-49
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Genesis, textures on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the face of the mixed tones, hues, and points of view that show themselves in the ‘five books of Moses’, students of this material have often had recourse to complex theories of composition. Surely, the logic goes, such divergent perspectives require us to conjecture a broad mix of oral and literary traditions that by [...]
undocumented: The Bourne Identity (Widescreen Extended Edition)
Posted in reseña, tagged film, Franka Potente, Jason Bourne, Matt Damon, reseña on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The chemistry between Franka Potente’s ‘Marie’ and Matt Damon’s ‘Jason Bourne’ sizzles on top the European scenery where it’s left to rest in this film adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s novel. The result is a splendid kickoff to a strong trilogy treating a CIA black op gone bad and, to boot, amnesiac. My son got me [...]
the autumns of the patriarch: The Godfather DVD Collection (The Godfather/ The Godfather – Part II/ The Godfather – Part III)
Posted in reseña, tagged film, Francis Ford Coppola, Marlin Brando, reseña on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This breathtaking classic of American film-making frames Francis Ford Coppola as one of the all-time great cinematic craftsmen. Having inexplicablyl missed out on this piece of Americana at the time of its popularity, this reviewer bought the three-film set in time to finish it just after his fiftieth birthday. It was worth the wait. This [...]
a temporary vendetta: Genesis 41-42
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Genesis, textures on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Positions of large responsibility rarely allow one to follow his feelings. Like Michael Corleone in the Godfathermovies—though hopefully with more redemptive outcomes—stewardship over the lives and fate of others requires us to become reasonable men or reasonable women. Elevated to improbably sovereignty over the famine-time life of Egypt, the biblical Joseph is in many ways [...]
more for the one who already has: Matthew 13
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Matthew, textures on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jesus’ parable of the sower stands out from similar stories transmitted to us in the four gospels. It is unusually allegorical. Elements of the story point to real-world referents in an almost one-for-one fashion that is extraordinary when compared to the body of Jesus’ signature teaching style. There is tragedy in this tale of seeds, [...]
legendary indeed: Jazz Legends (Sunday Times Music Collection)
Posted in reseña, tagged Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Erroll Garner, jazz, music, reseña, Sonny Rollins, Sunday Times Music Collection, Thelonius Monk on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The compilers of the mid-1980′s Sunday Times Music Collection had the good sense to corral representative works of jazz legends Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins on to this short-length CD. All eight tracks shine, but the preternaturally talented Gillespie and the cool-plodding Monk take honors. It is amazing to [...]
por no saber decir ‘te necesito’: Joaquín Sabina, Nos Sobran Los Motivos
Posted in reseña, tagged Joaquín Sabina, music, reseña, trova on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joaquín Sabina, his band, and his audience shine on this 2001 double-CD live performance. The first disk is labeled acústico, the second eléctrico. Both display Sabina’s captivating stage presence and his knack for telling the story of regular people caught up by irregular forces like that of love itself. This balladesque touch puts one in [...]
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