I hate this photo. At first glance it looks like I am standing, and I am. I am participating in a study that requires me to stand on a tilt bed for half an hour every day, held by straps…
I hate this photo. At first glance it looks like I am standing, and I am. I am participating in a study that requires me to stand on a tilt bed for half an hour every day, held by straps…
My wife and I have just finished watching the surfing documentary, Lost Prophets: Search for the Collective. It is the story of a group of surfers trying to escape the commercialism and competitivism of modern surfing (represented by corporate brands…
Reading a newspaper yesterday when I came across an article about Jarryd Hayne and his Christian faith. Apparently he was saved at Hillsong church (my church), and he notes the following about the power of his faith after he was…
For those interested in the debate between Tom Wright and John Piper on justification, here is a fascinating (and comic) discussion of the topic by Vanhoozer: http://www.wheaton.edu/media/BITH/100417Vanhoozer.html
The following video is from the national geographic documentary series. What would you do and why? http://natgeotv.com.au/Programmes/moraldilemmas/forum.aspx?forum=5 For those who have not followed the link, the issue is whether a church charity should take money from a brothel to support…
Context is everything. Listen to this impromptu version of “Fly Away” – then go take a look at the original version and accompanying video. One might be slicker, but the other says far more! The official version cannot be embedded,…
Context is everything. Listen to this impromptu version of “Fly Away” – then go take a look at the original version and accompanying video. One might be slicker, but the other says far more! The official version cannot be embedded,…
One of the interesting things to contemplate in the study of film is the creative contributions of the various participants. Who exactly is the author of a film? The screenwriter? The Director? The Actor? The Editor? Inception, however, contains the…
Seeing Knight and Day was a consequence of our preferred movie, Toy Story 3, proving to be too expensive for a family (i have decided i hate 3D). If the trailor was any indication, we had reasonable expectation that Knight…