Time Out of Joint:tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-812489959698982512011-01-03T09:32:36-07:00a notebook on cinema, hyperreality, and longing . . .TypePadMy Boy Jack | PBStag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83423522453ef0147e13bda54970b2011-01-03T09:32:36-07:002011-01-06T00:41:34-07:00"Have you news of my boy Jack? Not this tide." — Rudyard Kipling, My Boy Jack In 1914 England, patriotism is high in the early days of WWI, and writer Rudyard Kipling (David Haig, Four Weddings and a Funeral) is one of its most eloquent and passionate voices. John "Jack,"...Reno Lauroreading, writing, actingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83423522453ef0134897fa48f970c2007-04-05T06:09:23-07:002007-04-05T06:09:23-07:00Thoughts reduced to paper are generally nothing more than the footprints of a man walking in the sand. It is true that we see the path he has taken, but to know what he saw on the way, we must use our own eyes. --Schopenhauer (what will we do?)Reno LauroA message regarding Darfurtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83423522453ef0147e02356e6970b2007-03-24T06:09:28-07:002007-03-24T06:09:28-07:00Far Country Tell has been out of it . . . but the world's meat grinders continue to turn . . . the dregs grow more viscous . . . Darfur: a letter from Europe's leading writers On the fiftieth anniversary of the EU, a call to action Published: 24...Reno LauroNumbers Sanctify (?)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83423522453ef0134897fa4ce970c2006-10-12T10:51:35-07:002006-10-12T10:51:35-07:00I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop (Taste) this morning reading Heidegger's essay Building Dwelling Thinking when I came accross the saddest sight in the world. A young college student was sitting on the couch across from me reading her newspaper. She began to weep as she read ....Reno Laurothe Image machine and the Middle East conflict(s)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83423522453ef0134897fa59e970c2006-07-21T03:28:52-07:002006-07-21T03:28:52-07:00The Middle East brings out the worst in media non-communication. While i can get behind the PCUSA statement/plea for an end to hostilities (believe it or not) in the current Hezbollah/Israel conflict because of its unusually balanced language, i have a lot of difficulty generating a theological response to the...Reno LauroAfrican Well Fund update: Zimbabwe Projecttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83423522453ef0134897fa534970c2006-07-02T16:40:35-07:002006-07-02T16:40:35-07:00A couple of months ago the readers of Far Country Tell we able to raise $984.50 towards the building of clean water supplies in Africa. I wanted to give you all an update on how that money was being spent. Details of the Aftrican Well fund Zimbabwe Project are available...Reno LauroAfrican Well Fund: 2006tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83423522453ef0147e02358cb970b2006-05-06T12:00:23-07:002006-05-06T12:00:23-07:00just back from the New World early this morning. Today is the final day of the African Well Fund drive. I'm really pleased to announce that the readers of Far Country Tell have collectively scraped together $984.50 (a last $20 donation and an email report of a $100 donation really...Reno Lauroafter the dragon slayer: visions of clean watertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83423522453ef0147e023576f970b2006-04-24T03:29:08-07:002006-04-24T03:29:08-07:00"A dragon is no idle fancy", Tolkien says. the feast day of st. george the dragon slayer is behind us now and spring is in full swing. I wanted to remind everyone that the African Well Fund drive is still in full swing. We've raised $744.50 towards building a source...Reno Laurowe're still diggin' . . . a welltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83423522453ef0134897fa68d970c2006-04-06T02:57:33-07:002006-04-06T02:57:33-07:00I'm really happy to say that we've raised $744.50 for the African Well Fund . . . but it's not over yet! The drive ends May 6. If you haven't given please check out the let's build a well . . . post for details. Anything helps: $5's $10's, $20's....Reno Laurolet's build a well (when i look at the world . . .)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83423522453ef0134897fa6db970c2006-03-30T05:05:34-07:002006-03-30T05:05:34-07:00The Institute for Theology Imagination and the Arts 2006 Colloquium on Imagination and Christian Hope went off well. My paper Tolkien's Nostalgia was well received and i'm looking forward to trying to get it published. During the conference I spoke with some people about our Let's Build a Well project...Reno Lauro