August 2010
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Lend Us an Ear
by Chris Heagle, producer
Time...
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Valuing Intellectual Depth and Its Relationship to...
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WatchWalking. Without Words.
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
For this Friday afternoon, a throwback video snack from 1968. Artistic renderings of being through ambulatory expression. The film as described by the National Film Board of Canada’s website:
Animator Ryan Larkin uses an artist’s sensibility to illustrate the way people walk. He employs a variety of techniques—line...
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The Happy Paradox of Photography and Meditation
by Monica Biswas, guest contributor
I raced to get to the pond in Arlington, hoping there would still be some light left when I got there. Luckily, there was about five minutes of great sunlight left, and it left lovely colors on the edge of the clouds, and glowing through to the still surface of the water.
Creating a photograph is like meditation, full of paradoxes that coexist happily. The...
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TV Industry Publication Writes about Our Name... →
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
You’ve gotta love this new age of media we’re living in! Chuck Ross, the managing editor of TVWeek, writes a thoughtful article about changing the name of a radio program — yes, our program Speaking of Faith and soon-to-be Being. Although he’s skeptical of the benefits of a name change, we appreciate that he actually listens to our program and...
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WatchA Pictorial Corridor
by Nancy Rosenbaum, associate producer
Conservation biologist Alan Rabinowitz has devoted his career to protecting “big cats” all over the globe — lions, tigers, panthers, jaguars, and more. His chosen vocation as a “voice for the animals” has brought him to places many of us only dream of visiting: the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas, the jungles...
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Tai Chi Informs an Understanding of Religion...
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
“L’art du combat avec son ombre” (photo: Frank Taillandier/Flickr)
Over at The Walrus Blog, David Rusack writes a smart and creative reflection on how his training in a specific martial art form of tai chi (Chen-style chuan) has provided a structure that allows him to see with better-informed eyes the parallels with religious traditions and that...
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A Church Divided, Together: The ELCA One Year...
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Science, Religion, and Splitting Infinity
by Eric Nelson, guest contributor
Robbie and Leigh in Jamie Pachino’s Splitting Infinity at San Jose Rep. (photo: Robert Shomler)
Serving as a spokesperson for Christian Science, much of my time is spent correcting inaccuracies and misconceptions about my faith that appear in the daily press and, rarely but occasionally, the entertainment media. In one particular instance, however, I was...
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Prayer to Shiva
by Shubha Bala, associate...
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"Rabbi's Beard Doesn't Make Cut" →
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
If the U.S. military will bend the rules and allow a Sikh man to graduate as an officer and serve without cutting his hair or beard, then this Chabad Lubavitch rabbi will be permitted to serve in the U.S. Army Reserve Chaplaincy in due time. Non?
“It’s very frustrating. I’m not asking them to bend any rules, but, rather, do what’s been...
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“If you were the one who had metastatic cancer—or, for that matter, a similarly...”
– -Atul Gawande in “Letting Go”, New Yorker
Ever since I joined Speaking of Faith, there has been editorial talk about wanting wise voices on death, or more specifically, end-of-life. Recently we came across this insightful article in the New Yorker, and a follow-up interview on Fresh...
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A Silent Burial for My Family Who "Disappeared"
by Maria del Sol Crocker, guest contributor
The author’s brother, first on the left with leather jacket, at wedding with Peronist Youth shortly before he disappeared. (courtesy of Maria del Sol Crocker)
I was born in Argentina, and came here after my marriage. Crocker is my married name; my original surname is Curia. My sister, Gloria Constanza Curia, and my brother Fernando Ramiro Curia,...
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Spiritual Sound Bytes in Haiku
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
Serendipity graces us with poetry this week. And, it is a rugged stretch of weeks to come mixing production schedules, vacations, the changing name of this program, and a rigorous upcoming travel schedule. Oy.
Krista’s interview with John Paul Lederach yielded some profound moments. The final portion of the show primarily focuses on his use of an enduring...
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"Ground Zeros" →
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
Hendrik Hertzberg ends his latest, masterful commentary on the mosque near Ground Zero with a passage culled from the correspondence of a Founding Father of the United States:
“In a famous letter—the one that holds that the United States ‘gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its...
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Religious Head Covering — Not an Either/Or →
by Kate Moos, managing producer
As Ramadan begins, Krista recommends this nicely written article in The New York Times that offers a rare glimpse into women’s personal decision-making about the veil. It’s not always just a hard and fast decision.
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History Tends to Surprise Us
by Krista Tippett,...
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Revealing Ramadan: 30 Days, 30 Stories
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
Image by aamran
Yes, tomorrow is the first day of Ramadan in North America. For the next 30 days Muslims will be fasting, praying, meeting with friends, and celebrating. But, Ramadan is as much an inner journey as a set of rituals. It’s a chance for a Muslim to explore the deepest recesses of oneself and one’s relationship with God.
So, we wanted to...
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"Haibuns and Untold Stories" →
by Nancy Rosenbaum, associate producer
“In peacebuilding sometimes it takes twenty years to notice a seed has sprouted.” —John Paul Lederach
This quote is part of an haibun, a style of composition combining haiku and prose, and is included in Lederach’s essay, “Haibuns and Untold Stories.” A personal reflection on his peacebuilding work in Colombia these last...
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“I have no grave site to visit, no place to bring my mother her favorite yellow...”
– —Neda Bolourchi, from her powerful commentary in The Washington Post’s opinion pages.
Earlier this week, we posted video of Mayor Bloomberg’s moving speech in which he advocates building a mosque near Ground Zero, and we asked, “How do we go forward and be sensitive to all parties... 