Posted in two hippos make an island, tagged Africa, travel on August 30, 2007| Leave a Comment »
In the superb math of the African bush, two hippos make an island.
This much became clear as my wife and I headed with our South African guide to the Krüger National Park landing strip on which a small plane would soon land and whisk us back to Johannesburg and points beyond. (more…)
Posted in two hippos make an island, tagged Asia, China, travel on August 30, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Shanghai is not what one expects.
Miles upon miles of gleaming office towers and hotels overwhelm the visitor who has not been paying adequate attention. In fact, they serve as a metaphor for a China that is hurtling itself into the modern world at something like the 440 kilometer-per-hour pace of its famous magnetic levitation train (Maglev). (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged periodicals, reseña, wine on August 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »
The Wine Spectator is one of those magazines designed to reassure you that you’re rich or that you soon could be, all in the context of a shared love for the fruit of the vine. (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged film, Oliver Stone, reseña on August 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »
This movie should join Spielberg’s Schindler’s List and Munich—as well as Hotel Rwanda, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, and perhaps El Norte —as required ID for the historically literate American. No drinks without a card. No driver’s license, no graduation party, no nuthin’. (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged film, Paul Giamatti, reseña on August 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Be sure you’re wide awake when you go to see this film, because you’ll need to stay alert and attentive to get your money’s worth. (more…)
Posted in clarity, reseña, rrythmia, tagged Christianity, periodicals, reseña on August 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »
In some circles, to arrive at the office without having read the Wall Street Journal is like turning up in your boxer shorts and a sneaker. In other circles, the same can be said of CT, as it is known to regular readers, who include virtually everyone of influence in the evangelical movement in America. (more…)
Posted in clarity, reseña, tagged not-for-profit sector, periodicals, reseña on August 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »
The task of managing an institution in the nonprofit sector is by definition challenging. In fact, it often leads to career extinction and personal burnout. (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged Asia, Korea, reseña on August 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »
W.E.B. Griffin’s novelistic account of the Korean Conflict in 1950 teaches even as it entertains. Douglas Macarthur—who is still revered as the hero his president wouldn’t listen to by many South Koreans—is primed for glory, but has to deny the massive Chinese presence that awaits his troops if he’s going to get there. (more…)
Posted in clarity, reseña, tagged periodicals, reseña on August 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »
The story is told of the Christian Reformer Martin Luther that he habitually gathered his large family and a collection of personal disciples together around his table for nourishing food and pious conversation. So was born the tradition of ‘table talk’, a form of Christian teaching that is anchored to the daily rhythms of family and community life. (more…)
Posted in denkschrift, missio dei, reseña, tagged Christianity, mission, periodicals, reseña on August 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Christian faith has always been centrifugal, rarely containable, and viscerally cross-cultural. The mission of the Christian Church is therefore expansive, intentionally persuasive, and usually outward-looking. (more…)
Canter Bridge 