a little of this, a little of that
Posted in Inspiration, video on Aug 14th, 2010
The video gives a good introduction to the Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany. I traveled there recently with a group of 11 others from our area to see the play and enjoy the Alps of Bavaria and Austria. The play itself was massive in scope, involving thousands of villagers in its production, and visually stunning. [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts, video on Jun 11th, 2010
Posted in video on Jun 2nd, 2010
A class act and a great musician, Louis Armstrong.
Posted in Inspiration, video on Apr 27th, 2010
As a pastor in a mainline progressive denomination, I sometimes long for deeper engagement in worship. We Protestants can be a pretty stiff and stodgy group, worshiping with the same order of worship this week as we had the week before and the week before that. We follow the order in a printed bulletin. The [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Scripture, video on Apr 22nd, 2010
The earth is the Lord’s and all that’s in it, the world, and those who live in it; for God has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers. –Psalm 24 It’s the 40th anniversary of Earth Day today. If you’ve been enjoying the “Life” series on cable as I have, you’ll [...]
Posted in Community, Inspiration, People, Random Thoughts, video on Mar 23rd, 2010
The internet can bring people together in very interesting ways. This virtual gathering of choir geeks is the result of auditions through webcams for music selected and conducted on video. Those selected recorded their parts following the direction of the video-conductor and a very minimalist piano part. There wasn’t much to work with at all, [...]
Posted in Inspiration, video on Feb 27th, 2010
Preparing for this weekend’s sermon about finding certainty in the midst of chaos– that’s what faith can help us with– I suddenly remembered the incident from a few years ago where a young woman (a single mother) was held hostage in her own home. Brian Nichols had escaped from the courthouse in Atlanta, killing several [...]
Posted in video on Feb 26th, 2010
I love these short films that are shot with tilt-shift focus. This one features New York City, filmed with a very narrow band of focus that fools the eye into seeing miniatures. The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo. Click the “four arrows” to watch it full-screen.
Posted in Inspiration, video on Jun 23rd, 2009
From Regina Spektor’s new album, Far No one laughs at god in a hospital.No one laughs at god in a war.No one’s laughing at god when they’re starving or freezing or so very poor. No one laughs at god when the doctor calls after some routine tests.No one’s laughing at god when it’s real late, [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts, video on Mar 23rd, 2009
Video on blog main page.
Posted in Inspiration, video on Feb 20th, 2009
A video produced by a 20-year old for AARP’s u@50 contest: If you read this blog via email or a blog-reader and the video isn’t present, click here to link to the blog page. [thanks, Gordon]
Posted in Random Thoughts, video on Jan 16th, 2009
In this season of “best of” and award shows, there are two television commercials that really stand out for me. To me, it’s advertising at its best. One, an ad for the Discovery Channel that celebrates life with a song I learned at church camp as a youngster. The other, a British ad for bread [...]
Posted in Inspiration, video on Dec 25th, 2008
If you read this blog via email, click here to view the above YouTube video on the main blog page. [thanks, lori]
Posted in Inspiration, video on Dec 11th, 2008
The web showcases some unique ways of celebrating the season around the world. If you’ve never seen homemade vegetable instruments before, enjoy the broccoli Christmas music: [If you read this blog via email, click here to see the main page and the attached video.]
Posted in Inspiration, Random Thoughts, video on Nov 26th, 2008
Best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving! In the video below, George Winston–one of my favorite musicians–shares his composition, “Thanksgiving”. The song was “inspired by friends and places of Miles City, Montana” and he included it as part of his 1982 album of solo piano music entitled “December”. To see the video on YouTube.com, click here.