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Ways of Seeing
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Don’t judge a church by its sanctuary
Aiden attempts to back away from judging people by the size and shape of their sanctuary.
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Sinner’s Corner: I think I may be becoming monarchist.
Does “mildly enamoured” mean, “Though I’m not prepared to bend a knee to these people, possibly they are not Satan’s evil minions as I once suspected they might be”?
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God and the great indoors (or) Putting the sun back in Sunday
The current issue of Geez is about the psycho-geography of sacred space. I think my little rant about stained glass might fit that category.
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The architectural ‘least of these’
My article in the current issue of Geez looks at the architectural mark left on Latin America by the Roman Catholic church – from grandiose monuments to the little bamboo prayer chapel at Taize in Brazil.
This post features photos of the churches mentioned in the article.
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Famine as photo op
With hunger plaguing the Horn of Africa, the distended belly is back in the news. It’s a shocking site – a motionless, blank-eyed Somali child with a swollen abdomen. Or maybe it isn’t shocking.
Have we become numb to images of human deprivation? How should misery be communicated?
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Just trying to help
Our family had a brutal track record when it came to delivering Christmas hampers. These awkward experiences illustrate the complexities of helping and are part of a recent article I wrote on that topic for Canadian Mennonite magazine.
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Calling for pitches: Geez 23 and 24
A double-whammy of pitch calls for the upcoming issues. Geez 23 will be on the psychogeography of sacred spaces and Geez 24 will be on the problem with privilege.
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Editorial
Light easily navigates the darkness
The more I practice, or as Thomas Keating says, the more I “consent to”, the presence of Love and Light, the more inclined I am to navigate the corners of my life and despair in the world.
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Ritual: Lunch Break
Surprisingly, a year of lunch breaks has taught my soul one of its best lessons: I have little power and that’s okay.
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Aw shucks Geez
We’re all flabbergasted over here in the Geez office. It seems that we’ve just raked in some awards.
