Culture Creating

comedian “exegetes” genesis 1-3

British comedian Ricky Gervais takes a look at the creation account. I think this is worth viewing, it is unimaginable 50 years ago. View video here. peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen July 15, 2007October 22, 2020

job . . . goon bible

YouTube does Job. peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen July 10, 2007May 8, 2022

canada day

In tribute of my home and native land . . . happy birthday Canada. I invite you to view Conan. peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen July 1, 2007May 8, 2022

living with new media/technologies

I saw the “medieval tech support” video on YouTube the other day, and it reminded me of Marshall McLuhan’s work and the excellent recent book by Shane Hipps, The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel,

Dwight J. Friesen June 22, 2007May 12, 2022

medieval tech support

Video   After reading Shane Hipps’ book The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church, I revisited a few of Marshall McLuhan’s books. video Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen June 22, 2007May 8, 2022

gospel in a hyper-connective prosumer village

Media history – media future If the medium and the message are intrinsically linked what might the gospel look like in our connective world? peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen June 22, 2007May 8, 2022

Will You Let Me Be Your Servant

Over the weekend Lynette, Pascal and I visited a Mennonite church, and I was undone by a hymn we sang together. Here it is: Will You Let Me Be Your Servant Will you let me be your servant, let me

Dwight J. Friesen June 11, 2007June 10, 2022

Postmodernity

Postmodernity The course examines the interplay of philosophical, theological, sociological, historical, and cutting-edge theories of culture that affect what is commonly known as “postmodernist” thought and professional practice. Students will understand what culture is and why it must be “engaged”

Dwight J. Friesen May 31, 2007May 7, 2022

“Intervention”

Intervention by Arcade Fire The king’s taken back the throne The useless seed was sown When they say they’re cutting off the phone Then tell ’em you’re not home No place to hide You’ll find there’s a soldier on their

Dwight J. Friesen April 28, 2007June 9, 2022

“Patient Trust” . Teilhard de Chardin

Patient Trust Prayer of Teilhard de Chardin Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient

Dwight J. Friesen August 25, 2006January 25, 2024

“Certainty” by Tukaram

Certainty by Tukaram Certainty undermines one’s power, and turns happiness into a long shot. Certainty confines. Dears, there is nothing in your life that will not change – especially your ideas of God. Look what the insanity of righteous knowledge

Dwight J. Friesen July 7, 2006May 5, 2022

“So You, Too…”

I’ve been visiting and revisiting Denise Levertov and her inspired pen of truth since returning from Len & Liz Sweet’s Orcas Island home last week. While with the Sweets and other friends, I shared part of my desire to find

Dwight J. Friesen May 11, 2006August 31, 2022

Jesus Makes me Smile

My nephew, Glendon, sent me a link to a few videos by Vintage21. Too funny. Click on the images to stream the clips. peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen May 5, 2006January 15, 2021

fun with audio

My friend JPaul sent me a link to a really interesting animated short by J. J. Sedelmaier. It appeared on SNL. Click here to watch it. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen May 3, 2006December 13, 2020

Soul: Mystery, or a Load of Crap?

My friend, Don Hutton, has written a really beautiful and interesting piece. Take a few moments to listen for yourself within its narrative and questioning. peace, dwight soul: mystery, or a load of crap? by Don Hutton dan snowden and

Dwight J. Friesen April 26, 2006January 15, 2021

Hildegard of Bingen

Today is Earth Day, a global invitation to grow in awareness of our shared ecosystem which holds all life. I thought I’d share these beautiful words/images from medieval mystic, Benedictine abbess, artist, theologian, and poet, Hildegard von Bingen. Hildegard was

Dwight J. Friesen April 22, 2006September 21, 2022

“God’s Grandeur”

I’ve gone on prayers walks; I’ve gone on semiotic walks; I’ve gone on nature walks but until this morning I had never even heard of poetry walks. Paul Steinke guided a number of us into one of Gerard Manley Hopkins’

Dwight J. Friesen March 29, 2006August 31, 2022

metaphor of movement

The following quote is from Eugene Peterson’s, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology.  Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2005, 337-8. For some reason I feel compelled to share it… enjoy! Peace, dwight “Rick Bass,

Dwight J. Friesen March 28, 2006May 12, 2022

“Failing and Flying”

Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. It’s the same when love comes to an end, or the marriage fails and people say they knew it was a mistake, that everybody said it would never

Dwight J. Friesen February 10, 2006September 20, 2022

Beauty

Artist Ed Traub recently passed a great quote on to me from Mark Rothko’s book: Artist’s Reality: Philosophies of Art. “Like the old ideal of God, the abstraction itself in its nakedness is never directly apprehensible to us. As in

Dwight J. Friesen January 28, 2006May 12, 2022

“I Made a Lot of Mistakes”

Chicago by Sufjan Stevens I fell in love again All things go, all things go Drove to Chicago All things know, all things know We sold our clothes to the state I don’t mind, I don’t mind I made a

Dwight J. Friesen December 9, 2005November 9, 2022

Living & Loving the Questions

I wasn’t raised with the wirings and poetry of Rilke, but I am sure grateful to have been introduced to them. The following is arguably one of his best known quotes, yet I had to post it. It is just

Dwight J. Friesen December 4, 2005September 30, 2022

room for superman?

Superman is scheduled to make a comeback in 2006.  In the wake of the recent “back-story” Spiderman and Batman movies some critics are asking if there is room for an Übermensch “overman” (Superman).  It certainly will be interesting to see

Dwight J. Friesen October 15, 2005May 8, 2022

a poem for labor day

Things to Thinkby Robert Bly Think in ways you’ve never thought before. If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a message Larger than anything you’ve ever heard, Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats. Think that someone may

Dwight J. Friesen September 4, 2005October 1, 2022

Dance Me to the End of Love

Take a moment (six minutes) to view this short film, “Dance Me to the End of Love” by director Aaron Goffman. Featuring the music of Leonard Cohen and starring Quentin Tarantino, Sylvia Binsfeld. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen August 21, 2005October 3, 2022

shortcut

Scandinavian artists Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset titled this piece “Short Cut.”  What do you see? peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen July 19, 2005September 30, 2022

catching for all

Catch What You’ve Thrown Yourself by Rainer Maria Rilke As long as you catch what you’ve thrown yourself, it’s all just clever agility and venial gain; but when you suddenly come to catch a ball an eternal playmate has thrown

Dwight J. Friesen July 10, 2005October 12, 2022

Secret Postcards

If you haven’t already done so, I highly recommend you invest a few moments looking some of the thousands of postcards posted on this site. Part of the reason I love it so much is that it reminds me that

Dwight J. Friesen July 3, 2005May 7, 2022

canada day

Even after living in the United States of America for fifteen years, it still strikes me as odd when July 1st rolls around. You see north of the 49th parallel Canadians celebrate Canada Day while I simply go about my

Dwight J. Friesen July 1, 2005October 3, 2022

more on batman

I want to say a bit more regarding yesterday’s batman no more post. Bruce Wayne was certainly striving to be compassionate, in fact Batman’s compassion one of the key themes of the film. Liam Neesson’s character saw Bruce Wayne’s compassion

Dwight J. Friesen June 25, 2005May 8, 2022