When a monk asks you a question, it’s generally wise to listen. I learned this lesson on my annual silent retreat at the monastery of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist in Cambridge, MA. During his sermon on the…
Editor’s Note: Transpositions is delighted to offer two unpublished sonnets by our friend and supporter, the poet and author, Malcolm Guite, who has just released his much-anticipated biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Hodder…
Proposition: all of life is doxological response and everything to which we put our hands reflects our beliefs. And Apple products are no different. At any given moment, whatever we deem to be the most praiseworthy ‘thing,’ we tend to…
Fifteen years into the 21st century, the once definitive line between screen and world, both topographically and ontologically, is rapidly diffusing. Legitimate virtual reality—something out of the set of the 1983 film Brainstorm—has arrived, blurring the line between our private…
“I need—no, I have the right—to be unlimited.” This curious claim comes from a recent Sprint commercial for the iPhone 5. The title: “I am unlimited: Picture Perfect.”[1] The commercial brilliantly captures a very noticeable movement with the rise of…
There’s a trend afoot. More and more millennials, among others, are opting to listen to their music the old-fashioned way: on cassettes and on vinyl. While the trend may still be seen as niche, it’s fast-growing and worth watching. However,…
Are you giving up Facebook for Lent? Lots of people are doing it. In a 2012 survey published on Christianity Today and generated using Twitter, Facebook appeared as the 6th most common thing that people give up for Lent. Responding to…
As the line between technology and magic continues to blur, there is, perhaps, no place more colorfully entertaining in which to experience this blurring than Walt Disney World. Earlier this month the Walt Disney Company announced the planned introduction of a new…
Last week the BBC reported on an experimental venture of the European Commission called ‘beaming’.[1] The idea is this: given the time, expense, and environmental impact of business, medical, and other types of travel, is it possible to replace the…