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In each of us there is a place where we go in the middle of chaos to escape from the fray. It is that "home" place, that hiding place, that soft place where no memories of it come with ragged edges and no thought of it is tinged with fear. It's an empty beach, perhaps. Or a hidden place on the bluff above town where we remember being able to see everything while no one could see us.
It is the place of our dreams and the hope of our hopes.
"A Place Called Home" by Joan Chittister from Ideas in Passing. Read the entire piece at her website: Benetvision
Of Recent Interest:
THE ARTIST - From the Washington Post online: It's certainly easy to see why Academy members — let alone all those critics — may relate to a film that taps into their own anxieties as they encounter seismic economic and technological transformations. "If that's the future, you can have it!" George says at one point in "The Artist." He could be speaking for an entire generation of viewers who feel as if they're in mortal danger of being left behind, forced into early retirement they can't afford — literally or psychologically. Read more: Essay: 'The Artist', an old-fashioned movie utterly of its time
Read our movie review: The Artist
National Geographic Magazine highlights the King James Bible in their current issue. Read about it here: King James Bible
Photographer Jim Richardson captures amazing images to accompany the article. Visit his website to see more images and purchase his work: Jim Richardson Photography
Caren Goldman is a longtime writer and associate editor for BibleWorkbench, and is an award-winning author of several books. Read a review of her most recent book, Restoring Life's Missing Pieces the December issue of Catholic Library World.
Sonia Meyer, New York Photo League Member generously allows The Educational Center to use her historic photography on our website. Read about her and the Jewish Museum's new exhibit "The Radical Camera" at The New York Times LENS blog by David Gonzalez: 15 Years That Changed Photography and visit The Jewish Museum's exhibit online: The Radical Camera
On the Death of Muammar Gaddafi: Gleanings from the Book of Amos by The Reverend Terry Dowdy: Read it here
Photographer Andrew Zuckerman has created a brilliant book and documentary film, Wisdom: The Greatest Gift One Generation Can Give to Another. He interviewed and filmed a wide variety of notable figures - 50 of our time's greatest thinkers and doers — writers, artists, philosophers, politicians, designers, activists, musicians, religious and business leaders — all over 65 years of age.Watch some wisdom of the ages at: The Wisdom Book
Steve Jobs: The Secular Prophet ~ Steve Jobs turned Eve's apple, the symbol of fallen humankind, into a religious icon for true believers in technology. But can salvation be downloaded?
Andy Crouch, an Editor- at-Large of Christianity Today writes about in the Wall Street Journal's : Life & Culture
Violence Vanquished ~We believe our world is riddled with terror and war, but we may be living in the most peaceable era in human existence. Why brutality is declining and empathy is on the rise. .
From the WSJ online, StevenPinker examines why violence is vanishing .
Also from the WSJ online, Mary Beard reviews the Five Best Books: Religious Cults In Antiquity
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks prompted a wave of interest in interfaith dialogue across the country, including in Charlotte. In some quarters, this trend continues today. But not everyone cares to join the conversation. WFAE's Mark Rumsey examines Charlotte's interfaith relations, in the post-9/11 world. Learn more: 9-11 In Focus: Interfaith Dialogue After 9-11
'Cain Murdering Abel,' Bartolomeo Manfredi, c. 1610
Romare Bearden ~ On the 100th anniversary of Romare Bearden's birth, the appreciation of this visual storyteller has never been greater:
Romare Beaden Exhibit at the Mint Museum opens September 2, 2011
Romare Bearden's art in Google Images
Romare Bearden Foundation - Learn about his life and influences
Edward Hopper tells stories with his paintings by inviting us inside...
From the WSJonline - "A Peek Behind Those Paintings" by Karen Wilkin
Perhaps because of this overtone of the forbidden, Hopper also turns us into storytellers. The insignificant, quintessentially American moments that he allows us to see become imminent dramas, full of meaning. The potency of his pictures ultimately depends on firm structure and the play of light—when the implicit narrative seems more important than the formal elements, the pictures shift uncomfortably toward illustration—but it's hard to resist speculating upon what led up to the ambiguous situation before us and what the outcome might be. Read more and view "Freight Cars, Gloucester, 1929. "
To view more Hopper "stories" : Edward Hopper Images/Google
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