I’ve never been to Disneyland or Disney World but as a kid the Wonderful World of Disney was a Sunday staple in our household. We would all sit in from of the TV eating roast beef sandwiches (leftovers from lunch) and enjoy the program week after week. So when I read this post at Soul [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
Do It Like Disney? Lessons the Church Could Learn.
Posted: September 22, 2011 in Art, ReligionTags: Religion
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Seen and Not Heard – Act 2
Posted: September 8, 2010 in Current Events, SpiritualityTags: Christianity, Religion, Seen and Not Heard
Back in January I suggested that ‘Some of God’s Children should be Seen and Not Heard‘ in response to some outrageous suggestions made by Pat Robertson. Well unfortunately, I find the old Petra song running through my head once again. Here’s the part I keep thinking about… Too many black sheep in the family Too [...]
Parallel Dimensions in the 19th Century
Posted: August 23, 2010 in SpiritualityTags: Religion, Science Fiction
In 1884 Edwin Abbott Abbott (no – that’s not a typo; his middle name was the same as his surname) was headmaster of the City of London School (basically a boys school for poor children) and one of a number of Hulsean Lecturers at Cambridge University. Like most theologian/lecturers of his day he had some [...]
Les Voyages Extraordinaires
Posted: August 5, 2010 in Books, SpiritualityTags: Religion, Science Fiction
If Mary Shelley gave birth to the science fiction genre, then Jules Verne is the father that took it on Sunday outings to the country… and to Africa, to the centre of the earth, to the moon, and to a host of other remarkable places. He was also a scientific author and visionary who predicted, [...]
Back to Where it All Began.
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Books, SpiritualityTags: Religion, Science Fiction
Over much of Europe 1816 was known as “The Year Without Summer.” Thanks to the ash cloud that hung over the continent due to the eruption of Mount Tambora the year before, the weather was far too cold and dreary for anyone to justify using the season’s traditional designation. At the villa of Lord Byron [...]
The author of Myriad Shades of Gray. 
