Delightful entry from James Tan (our very own Rock Intellectual Mystic) …. (here’s the whole post) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Eyes that are wide open can find beauty in anything, anywhere. Behold the traditional hand wash of the Chinese restaurants. Made of Chinese tea and a slice of lime. You simply…
Month: February 2004
10 Rules of Writing
Time to sharpen my writing after reading this … WRITERS ON WRITING; Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle Here’s my scissored version (for lazy people): ______________________________ 1. Never open a book with weather. 2. Avoid prologues. 3. Never use a verb other than ”said” to carry dialogue. 4. Never use an adverb…
Wounds & Scars
This blog The Wound Has Healed, but the Scar Still Hurts drew me back to important realities I can not and must not ignore.
On “The Art of Leadership”
“The art of leadership is keeping the tension between too little and too much stress.” –Richard Leider , Founding Partner, Inventure Group via First Impression
On “Intellect” & “Personality”
‘We should take care not to make the intellect our god; – it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.’ ~ Albert Einstein via Joi Ito
Open Office
I like the open source philosophy. So I guess, I’ll downloading Open Office to try it out. I know my friend Wolfgang uses it and so far so good.
Whale Rider
When I found out that the Midvalley cineplex was going to show Whale Rider I was determined to watch it. We did and we came home tonight “nourished”. May Chin & I found it to be not only a movie that touches that whcih relates to our humanity, it is also rich with layers of…
Reforming Theology
If the Reformed tradition is going the direction John Franke charts in this excellent article Reforming Theology, I think there’s much we can talk about and multiple possibilities to move forward together rather than just on our own! Looking forward to read another article by Franke on God hidden & Wholly Revealed: Karl Barth, postmodernity,…
mBlog
Thanks to mBlog … a number of BLC bloggers have emerged from their slumber and plunged in to swim with the rest of us! The pool is big enough and the water is pretty cool (or warm depending on your preferences), join us if you’re still enjoying your cocktail under the umbrella somewhere!
DJ with Brian McLaren
Here is An Interview with Brian McLaren facilitated by DJ Chuang