(Spoilers ahead) The difference between 1999 and 2022 can be seen in the difference between two Matrix films. The 1999 film could be heralded from multiple sides. As Neo Anderson (New Man) dodged bullets and bent space-time, it was possible to read the film from a Christian viewpoint: there was a vague Christ figure, …
As I prepare the new edition of Mothers Swam for release, here’s one of my favourite reviews: Mr. Richard Lw Bunning 5.0 out of 5 stars War, Survival and a Love that Transcends the Greatest of Cultural and Social Divides Reviewed in the United States on 23 January 2018 Verified Purchase Such a good read! …
Posted on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/19387231-fin-de-si-cle—different-settings I’m writing this from China in the midst of the Coronavirus shutdown. I’ve just had a great holiday with my parents, starting in Singapore and travelling by cruise-ship up the coast. I saw the outbreak beginning on news reports, but it was another thing to arrive at HongKong airport. My flight …
Jesus Arrested He spoke and all torch fire, clubs weld, they collaps’d He stood man-God; brow bled in prayer this night. They soldiers, priests repeat the Name despatch’d Who’s he? All know; his Words through dark are sight Jesus, Messiah, “I told you I Am he” How many dug seed wells then dirt …
If you walk around Hiroshima in Japan you can experience a particular history. There is the one the ground beneath your feet speaks of in the form of absence: where once searing flames roared across the landscape, burning people, dogs, buildings, and possessions; where atomic winds blew through wooden houses and the people within them. …
I thought I’d share some thoughts about what has been happening this past week – an about-face by Kim Jong Un that appears to have been so complete as to be verging on the absurd, and the sudden steps toward future reunification of North and South Korea which it has put in the headlines. …
The Semi-Colon and The Dotted Note (February 11th, 2018) Music sheets shuffled. Cases unlocked. Orange gleaming brass lifted out; fingers rolled over pneumatic keys. Reed tested, discarded, new one wetted, whistled and squeaked. The thumps of drums settling, legs extended; key on lugs, turning; stick tap-dancing light hits, skipping across the drum …