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Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Suspicions of Big Business, Part II

So last week I wrote that the American (or Western) big business, sell-everything-and-work-80-hours-a-week-for-success culture is seriously flawed. Folks sacrifice their families

TexembodimentAnthropology

Except by Prayer and Fasting

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said,’Why could we not cast him out?’  And Jesus said unto them, ‘Because of your unbelief…howbeit this kind goeth not out except by prayer and fasting.” Matthew 17:19–21 The thirteenth lesson in […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Go Mitt Romney!

From all I have heard, Mitt Romney, the current governor of Massachusetts, appears to be the ideal Republican contender for President. Some say he will never will the evangelical vote,

Tex

The Interesting and The Humorous

A week of night simulator rides has left my mind unable to do much more this Sunday afternoon than just take a nap (which I intend to do as soon as I post this).  So, rather than an attempt to […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Big Business is Suspicious

I have come to suspect that Big Business is generally a bad thing. Lest you think I've eschewed my former beliefs and become a socialist, I hasten to

Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Shyamalan on my Mind: Review of "The Village"

Although Lady in the Water was roundly panned, I've heard M. Night Shyamalan can make excellent films. I loved Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense, so I watched The

Matthew Lee AndersonBooks

The Sweet and Mystical Beauty of George MacDonald's Phantastes

"Thus I, who set out to find my Ideal, came back rejoicing that I had lost my Shadow." – Anodos, Phantastes How shall I compose a review of a

TexReviews (Theatre)

Titus Andronicus: How the Mighty Have Fallen

Over the weekend, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park,put on a stellar performance of Titus Andronicus,one of Shakespeare's less popular and more bloody tragedies.  Since the majority

Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood

"Lady in the Water" Reviews

I've come across a couple of interesting film reviews on M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water which is in theatres now. The first is by Torrey

Tex

A Method to Peace?

Dear Reader, It is good to be back after a very long hiatus.  First it was computer problems, and then it was graduation crunch-time that kept me from posting anything whatsoever on this blog.  However, finally, after another move, I’ve got my computer […]

Keith E. Buhler

If you like good music...

… and you live in LA… The LA Philharmonic has an incredible summer schedule at the Hollywood Bowl. August 3rd they are playing perhaps the world’s most famous piece of music, Beethoven’s 5th symphony. I just went to hear the […]

Keith E. BuhlerBooks

The Six Capacities for Love: The Inner Map

Have you ever noticed how much Memory has in common with Prophecy? Both are imaginative abilities to see what is not present as present. Memory sees the past as present,