The love of the telling?
There are many concepts addressed in C. S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce that are extremely insightful, if not equally controversial. (Read the flannelgraph review here).
I admit to being only an amateur musician, focusing mostly on writing songs for use in congregational worship, but I find Lewis’ insight into the motivations of the ‘Christian’ artist deeply challenging.
“It was all a [...]
Hidden tunnels under Albert Park
I have always been fascinated by World War 2 history and especially old gun emplacements, tunnels and stuff. A dream I have is to visit France and explore the Axis fortifications along the coast (including the sub-pens). In future posts I will be writing about some of New Zealand’s historic WW2 sites, but first I want to write about the [...]
I am a singing at the party…
The latest movie to grace my best-movies-of-all-time list is a film that exudes intelligence, high drama, phenomenal acting and a deeply spiritual message…
Nacho Libre.
Some movies have the magical ability to get better with each viewing and Nacho Libre is definitely one of these. Especially when the whole family watches it multiple times. Then a well-placed Nacho quote, impression, song, or [...]
The sounds of hell in Siberia
A comment on yesterday’s post reminded me of an old urban legend about another hell hole in Russia, but one which is rather more disturbing. The story goes like this…
Geologists working somewhere in remote Siberia had drilled a hole some 14.4 kilometers deep when the drill bit suddenly began to rotate wildly. The project’s manager was quoted as saying [...]
The Doorway to Hell
Do I believe hell exists? Absolutely. Do I believe it is a physical place somewhere close to the Earth’s core? No… But if it was, no place could better be described as Hell’s doorway than the man-made phenomenon near the town of Darvaza, Uzbekistan.
Several slight variations exist, but in essence the story begins during Soviet times in 1971. [...]
