bifrost arts
Can you relate to this? You’ve just had a profound experience, and you’re attempting to explain it to someone. You fumble over the words, spending an inordinate amount of time plumbing the depths of your suddenly-creaking mind for the perfect…
Discussion questions for The Tree of Life
What lingers in your mind after your first viewing of The Tree of Life? If images, which ones? If events, which events? If words, which words? Early in TOL we hear Mrs. O’Brien in a voice-over say, “The nuns taught…
A Picture in Need of Words: a review of The Tree of Life
Remember the old saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words?” It’s not true. Take Terrence Malick’s latest film, The Tree of Life, for example.
The Jesus Storybook Bible
In last Sunday’s sermon, Tim made reference to “The Jesus Storybook Bible” by Sally Lloyd-Jones and the underlying theme of “every story whispers his name.” There is another recurring phrase that paints a beautiful picture of God’s redeeming work in…
(Show Up) A day of parenthetical blessings
No, this isn’t going to be a story about receiving meals when I was sick or had a baby (now that’s a scary thought!) All I had to do was show up and two special women from All Saints blessed…
Elgin Pesto
Central Market has nothing on Lauren Buescher. Rows of fresh vegetables in beautiful colors, unusual shapes, exotic varieties. We have a pretty big garden at home, and generally it performs well, thanks to Gene who does all the work. I…
Exodus Environmentalism
“It’s extraordinary, taking away the authority of the powers that be and demonstrating that to the whole nation, maybe most of all to the Hebrews, who themselves had been under Pharaoh’s power. Here is a huge wrecking ball: smash, smash,…