Sojourner Dream Of Grace

After giving a sermon on the spiritual journey at St. Stephen’s yesterday, I flew back to Henderson and had the most beautiful, healing dream I can remember. I was moving to Nevada. Much of the journey was on foot and I would stop in small towns along the way. The beauty of the dream was the kind and gracious way several people helped me. I feel like a new person today.<br /><br /> In waking life, the road was hard last year, to say the least, and the hardness has continued to weigh on me until now. My dream was a channel of grace and peace.<br /><br /> We are all on a path, often not of our choosing. We would prefer to stay in Abram’s home, Ur; or in Jerusalem, like the apostles who did not leap into fulfilling The Great Commission, but instead set up shop in Jerusalem until driven out by persecution. One way or another, we are all on the road, pushed out of our nest. I don’t know where the road leads. The song says it, does it not? “I know not where the road may lead . . . . (only that) I walk the King’s Highway.” But regardless of the destination, grace happens when people are kind to us at the way stations.<br /> <br /> Perhaps that is the wisdom embedded in the spiritual practice enjoined by the law of Moses to welcome the alien and shelter the sojourner, remembering that we are sojourners ourselves. As we go about being the Church, we might do well to think less on sustaining our institutions, to think more about the literal and spiritual sojourners around us, and find ways to extend a bit of consolation.

Sojourner Dream Of Grace

After giving a sermon on the spiritual journey at St. Stephen’s yesterday, I flew back to Henderson and had the most beautiful, healing drea...

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COFFEE TIME!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqLmALtHZJ8As5Q6G770NRLpiIGSNbavNsCsLjGOk-NWWYVOVo43tn9O-6Dqtq5mVaLMz-cH1hCUDi-XCRC_xJmUbBI3pDxwCtwAsFxeGPIpuhRwVvKA99VdOWBYKKQ0VE5Tlg7_p9DYD/s1600/cwb_coffee_cup%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqLmALtHZJ8As5Q6G770NRLpiIGSNbavNsCsLjGOk-NWWYVOVo43tn9O-6Dqtq5mVaLMz-cH1hCUDi-XCRC_xJmUbBI3pDxwCtwAsFxeGPIpuhRwVvKA99VdOWBYKKQ0VE5Tlg7_p9DYD/s320/cwb_coffee_cup%255B1%255D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although Vincente Minnelli's 1945 musical <b>Yolanda and the Thief</b> is not one of his or Fred Astaire's most popular films, it contains a jewel of a musical number that has earned raves from day one...<i>Coffee Time</i>...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the film was released, none other than stuffy Bosley Crowther, critic for <i>The New York Times</i>, was impressed: "...a rhythm dance, done to the melody of Mr. Freed's <i>Coffee-Time</i>, puts movement and color to such uses as you seldom behold on screen."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More recently, Stuart Klawans of <i>The Nation</i> was even more enthusiastic: "Minnelli puts Astaire and Lucille Bremer into the midst of a mad pulsation of dancers in mocha and cafe au lait costumes...the chorus swirls; the camera swirls; the gringo-Latin rhythms shift giddily...<i>Coffee Time</i>  is heaven itself, and a warm-up for the 18-minute ballet that Minnelli and Gene Kelly would create in <b>An American in Paris</b>."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Coffee Time</i> is the reworking of an earlier tune by composer Harry Warren called <i>Java Junction</i>. His collaborator, producer/songwriter Arthur Freed, created new lyrics for the updated melody. In the film, the routine begins as a captivating contrast in rhythms, with the orchestra playing in 4/4 time while the dancers dance in 5/4 time. The number goes through a series of variations and ends up a full-blown swing number showcasing Astaire and Bremer.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <i>Coffee Time</i> sequence is a fiesta for the eyes. Costumer Irene Sharaff developed the stylized combo of costumes and decor. She created coffee-colored outfits for the extras and, to set off the costumes, devised a pattern of rolling black and white lines on the dance floor that form an optical illusion. With Fred Astaire, choreographer Eugene Loring came up with a dance based on slow jazz rhythms. Minnelli's lighting and camera work added the finishing touches.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch <i>Coffee Time</i> here - </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RrtyKQsVooI" width="420"></iframe></div>

Arthur Freed Eugene Loring Fred Astaire Harry Warren Irene Sharaff Lucille Bremer The Lady Eve (author) Vincente Minnelli Yolanda and the Thief COFFEE TIME!

Although Vincente Minnelli's 1945 musical Yolanda and the Thief is not one of his or Fred Astaire's most popular films, it contains...

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Objectif Stage : un pied dans l'entreprise

<BR><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkup6naYceP00pjHxXVtEAaCLXnnwCOFtIeCrvLPve5Zip27w1arTpIW6IYAN0Cu2xBFU_UgMaLa8VOMJ0fZnFnQxG9y8yrMWlDlDqrFnHi7g2vazSN3zJ0QqBoVl1tiNjcn4-EwK7pAK/s1600/affiche-objectif-stage-2010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539758799602068786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkup6naYceP00pjHxXVtEAaCLXnnwCOFtIeCrvLPve5Zip27w1arTpIW6IYAN0Cu2xBFU_UgMaLa8VOMJ0fZnFnQxG9y8yrMWlDlDqrFnHi7g2vazSN3zJ0QqBoVl1tiNjcn4-EwK7pAK/s320/affiche-objectif-stage-2010.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" /></a><br />La manifestation <span style="font-weight:bold;">"Objectif stage : un pied dans l'entreprise"</span> aura lieu :<ul><br /><li>le <span style="font-weight:bold;">mardi 16 novembre 2010</span> de 9h à 18h<br /><br /><li>au <span style="font-weight:bold;">Centre de Conférences d'Orléans</span> - 9 place du 6 juin 1944 - 45000 Orléans.</ul><br /><br />Pour en savoir plus, consulter le site : <a href="http://www.grandmaillage.org">www.grandmaillage.org</a><br /><BR>

Objectif Stage : un pied dans l'entreprise

La manifestation "Objectif stage : un pied dans l'entreprise" aura lieu : le mardi 16 novembre 2010 de 9h à 18h au Centre de...

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