Sunday Sermon
Anxious Bode Loves Paris (Despite Anxious Times)
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Thierry Kauffmann, aka Anxious Bode
Bonjour! It’s me, Anxious Bode. I’m having French roast at my favorite
cafe, in the Paris airport. I’m on my way to New York. That’s the
truth. Many writers write to access a reality deeper than reality
itself. That’s my street address, reality deeper than reality. I write
to reach the surface of things. Pardon my levity, but the joy of
actually flying is hard to resist. But for you, readers of my Continue reading →
What is Perfect? This Short Film by a Couple of Awesome Teens, That’s What!
categories: Cocktail Hour / Movies / Sunday Sermon
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My daughter and her friend Maeve made this short film for their summer English project when they were both fourteen. At last their classes have seen it, they’re fifteen, and I can finally share! Maeve wrote the music and sings it with a little help from Elysia, who choreographed the dance. Together they wrote, directed, edited, and absolutely everything else. Assignment was to address a social problem. Please feel free to share it around! Continue reading →
Bill’s Sunday Sermon: It’s Not About Strength
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So many posts and articles and op-eds and letters and emails about Robin Williams’s sad death, and yet another picture of the media at work, with assumptions run as facts (Williams was back on the sauce? Not true according to his wife, who says he was battling Parkinson’s, and had always battled depression). A lot of moving paeans and memories, too, lovely and sad and instructive. But also a thread of blame: Suicide is selfish. And anger: How could he do this to his family? (Subtext being: How could he do this to me?). And no doubt awakened trauma, as nearly all of us have been through some version of this very public death in our own lives… How could Mr. Williams, or anyone, make such a dire choice? Continue reading →
