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Judy Garland Singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

And with heartbreaking power:

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A Different Kind of Parousia

From Wikipedia: The original Greek version of the New Testament (Novum Testamentum Graece) uses the term parousia (παρουσία from the Greek literal meaning of parousia: divine presence, derived from “para“: beside, beyond, and “ousia“: substance) the “appearance and subsequent presence … Continue reading

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Mental Health Break

Karen Carpenter on the BBC, September 21, 1971:

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The View from Adam’s Window

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Dialing for Love: She Wanted Miracle, Mystery, and Authority

This today in Spiegel: A German woman looking for love dialled the emergency police line 13 times saying she wanted to meet a policeman. And her wish came true — two officers arrived to disable her phone.

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Barbara

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St. Catherine of Sienna Went Wireless

But she didn’t need a cell phone to hear a WHO, or respond to her call:   According to the Catholic Encyclopedia: During the summer of 1370 she received a series of special manifestations of Divine mysteries, which culminated in a … Continue reading

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Longing and Broken Connection in a Van Gogh Painting

Beneath a big and spasmodic sky, and before rolling countryside divided by high fences, Van Gogh foregrounds a chasm with two (or three?) people separated from one other person:

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Shiloh and the Origin of Religion: Neil Diamond Sings to His Imaginary Friend

IS prayer and worship the expression of longing and inner dialogue (directed to a projected self)? And when religion turns fundamentalist, is it because this metaphorical self is LITERALIZED? In short, does fundamentalism mistake the metaphor for something REAL (like a bee trying … Continue reading

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The Heart

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“With a Little Help from My Friends”: Joe Cocker in Translation

Question: What is poetry, really? Answer: Joe Cocker in translation.

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“I Sought the Light”: A Poem by Santi Tafarella

  My heart, she said,   it goes out to you   like a pinched wick.

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