Sacred Art
I saw this meme of King David over at The Sacred Page:
If you don’t understand why this is funny, take a look at 1 Samuel 18:27…
Author: pilgrim
The End is Nigh! (Again)
Tomorrow is the date of Harold Camping‘s second prediction. The world is meant to be destroyed, so you might not want to make any weekend plans… 😉
Captain America in the Bible
Okay, pop quiz time, what is the origin of the quotation below?
“We often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don’t know what to do, we never give up.”
– ???
Back in August, to coincide with the anniversary of 9/11, there was an online survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of American Bible Society. The survey found that more Americans attributed the above quotation to Captain America, Martin Luther King, and President George W. Bush than to St. Paul.
In total, 63% believed the words came from somewhere other than 2 Corinthians 4:8.
Who says Biblical literacy is down?
Evangelism
Saw this. Thought it was pretty cool.
Wise Words On Wednesday: Michelangelo
“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.”
– Michelangelo
The Way
We are living at a great time for faith-related films. Virtually all of my trips to the cinema this year have been to see movies in which Christianity has played a positive part in the storyline. Last week I reviewed Warrior and today I’d like to say a few words about my most recent cinema outing to see The Way…
The Camino de Santiago is a 500-mile pilgrimage route from the town of St. Jean Pied de Port in France to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The story begins with the death of a pilgrim, Daniel Avery, shortly after beginning this pilgrimage. His father, Tom, who had a strained relationship with his son, travels from America to France to identify his son’s body and return him home.
When Tom arrives in France, he meets a policeman who explains to him about the pilgrimage his son was undertaking. Shortly before Daniel left America he asked his dad to go on a trip with him, but his father declined the offer.
Now that his son is dead, he decides to honour belatedly his son’s request. He resolves to walk the Camino in his son’s place and take Daniel’s ashes along with him, scattering them along the way (you’re not actually allowed to do this).
Tom is extremely single-minded in his journey. In many ways, the audience is left to guess at what is going on inside the head of this stoic figure, as he doesn’t exactly wear his heart on his sleeve. Tom is played expertly by Martin Sheen who, incidentally, was inspired to take his screen name from our beloved Grandpa Sheen. He gives a great performance as Daniel’s father.
Eastern Worship
I had to share this video which I saw on a recent post by my friend Nelson over at Ramblings of a Byzantine Catholic: