Review: The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom
Christine Valters Paintner, The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom. Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2011, xiv + 171 pp., £14.99/$16.99…
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Review: An Actress’ Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows
Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B., & Richard DeNeut, The Ear of the Heart: An Actress’ Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows. San Francisco: Ignatius Press,…
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A Goodbye and a Blessing
This is my last post for Transpositions. I would like to thank my colleagues for their support and encouragement over the past three years….
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Review: C.S. Lewis – A Life
Alister McGrath. C.S. Lewis – A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2013. 431 pp., £20.00/$24.99 cloth. Alister McGrath’s new biography…
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A Theatre of the Actor-Saint: Osterwa’s Reduta
Following up on my previous posts on the Rhapsodic Theatre and Jerzy Grotowski’s Laboratory Theatre, I would like to introduce a third Polish theatre…
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Artist Ministry Round-Up
Following up on several recent posts about caring for celebrities and artists, Amber and I have decided to put together a list of organisations ministering to…
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Everything is Awesome: Two Theologies of Creativity in The LEGO Movie
Warning: MAJOR spoilers ahead. In The LEGO Movie, average construction worker Emmet is told he is the Special, the prophesied saviour of the Lego…
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An Artists’ Community: Practicing a Ministry of Presence
I’d like to report the results of a meeting held last week at the Actors’ Chapel in New York City. Ten artists – members…
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Reflections on a Theatre of the Embodied Word
This is the final post in my three-part series comparing the theology of the Rhapsodic Theatre to the theology of Jerzy Grotowski’s Poor Theatre….
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