Archive for September, 2008

What We Do & What For

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Have you ever had someone suggest that our religion doesn’t have what a religion is supposed to?
Well, not every religion even attempts to provide the same things. As Wilfred Cantwell Smith wrote, “…The various religious traditions of the world differ not only in content but in form; not only in the answers they give, but [...]

Benefactions: Bringing What We Have to Life

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

The director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York recently said of one of the Museum’s supporters, David Rockefeller, no less, the former, long-time president of the museum’s Board, “He’s the lifeblood of the institution. Of course, his benefactions range from the hundred million he just pledged us to the great Cezanne [...]

I Live Accordingly

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

“Where Did We Come From? Who Are We? Where Are We Going?” [The text of the preceding choir piece] Those of us in the Boston area have the good fortune to have the painting of that title hanging at our own Museum of Fine Arts, arguably the most important work of Paul Gauguin - he [...]