The following eleven-minute TED Talk by Andrew Alexander combines two of my great interests: 1) story-telling and 2) changes in information technology. In particular, Alexander, a writer, founder of the Twitter Fiction Festival, and member of the News and Journalism Parternship team at...
Luke 13:10-17
posted by DJL
Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free...
Oprah, Atheists, and Ambiguity
posted by DJL
You may have heard that television personality and media mogul Oprah Winfrey caused a stir recently when she seemed to dismiss Diana Nyad’s claim that she was an atheist. Nyad, who had recently completed a 53-hour solo swim from Cuba to Florida, appeared on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday program. At point during the interview she said, “I can stand at the beach’s edge with the most devout Christian, Jew, Buddhist, go on down the line, and weep with the beauty of this universe and be moved by all of humanity. All the billions of people who have lived before us, who have loved and hurt and suffered. So to me, my definition of God is...
Luke 13:1-9
posted by DJL
At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you...
Monday Mental Health Break – SPL Book Chain
posted by DJL
I love libraries. I love books. And I love complex staged wonders like the world-record setting domino book chain planned and executed by the Seattle Public Library. And so on a crazy, over-scheduled Monday, this seemed like an ideal post. Think of it as a Monday mental health break. ☺ Note: If you are receiving this post by email, you may need to click here to watch the video.