A beautiful a cappella version of Amazing Grace. The a cappella style of music utilizes human voices presented without the use of musical instruments. The word a cappella is of Italian origin and translates as "according to chapel, " meaning sung like a chant without musical instruments.
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Monday, August 20, 2012
Film Comment: Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds (1958) is a black and white Polish film about a Resistance fighter who is ordered to kill a Communist leader on the last day of World War II. Maciek, portrayed by Zbigniew Cybulski (the "Polish James Dean") is a casual assassin who makes the mistake of meeting a woman and falling in love. He has to choose between abandoning his assignment and possibly living a happy life with the woman, or fulfilling his "duty" whatever the cost. He chooses to kill his target and ends up dying in hail of bullets in a garbage dump.
There are numerous religious images in the film, the most prominent is a damaged statue of Christ hanging upside down in a destroyed chapel. The film itself is more political than religious.
The entire film seems to point to the fact of Maciek's impending self-destruction, as if he has no choice. Many people think they have no choice, that "this is just the way I am." They place their lives and their souls on the garbage dump and, yet, they could have made other choices.
Maciek would have been scorned as a traitor had he failed to carry out his mission but he could have chosen no to do it. Unbelievers who make a choice for Christ may find that their lives are greatly complicated by their decision. God never promised anyone an uncomplicated life, but He did say that He would provide strength so that the believer could bear it.
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." 1 Corinthians 10:13
There are numerous religious images in the film, the most prominent is a damaged statue of Christ hanging upside down in a destroyed chapel. The film itself is more political than religious.
The entire film seems to point to the fact of Maciek's impending self-destruction, as if he has no choice. Many people think they have no choice, that "this is just the way I am." They place their lives and their souls on the garbage dump and, yet, they could have made other choices.
Maciek would have been scorned as a traitor had he failed to carry out his mission but he could have chosen no to do it. Unbelievers who make a choice for Christ may find that their lives are greatly complicated by their decision. God never promised anyone an uncomplicated life, but He did say that He would provide strength so that the believer could bear it.
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." 1 Corinthians 10:13
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Unusual Christian Places: A Chapel Made of Ice
Belgrano II is an Argentine research station in Antarctica. The nineteen residents are served by a Roman Catholic chapel built entirely of ice. The chapel is featured on the Worldwide Antarctic Program website.
The average temperature at the base hovers around 5 to 48 degrees below zero (Centigrade). Night and daylight both last for months. Research at the base centers on weather, studies of the atmospheric ozone layer, seismology, and magnetic field studies.
The average temperature at the base hovers around 5 to 48 degrees below zero (Centigrade). Night and daylight both last for months. Research at the base centers on weather, studies of the atmospheric ozone layer, seismology, and magnetic field studies.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Unusual Christian Places: Notre Dame du Haut
Notre Dame du Haut is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage chapel built in 1955 in Ronchamp, France by “Le Corbusier.” The pseudonym belonged to the Swiss-French architect Charles-Edouard Jenneret (1887-1965).
The chapel is a totally concrete structure with walls which, in places, are ten feet thick. The building is on the site of a 4th century church destroyed during World War II.
The slanting concrete roof guides rainwater so that it appears to come off the roof like a fountain onto concrete slabs below.
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