John Adams (2008)
[…] in his life, though he has not coveted any of it. And such brings old John to his knees. Not bad for a walk on a farm named Peacefield. Adams dies soon after—on July 4, 1826, the same day as Thomas Jefferson’s death, on the fiftieth anniversary of the United States. written by Roy Anker
John 6:51-58
Proper 15B
[…] claim. Might this be another hint of Jesus’ coming passion? Illustration Idea: I believe it’s the most amazing piece of cinema I’ve ever seen, and my friend, Roy Anker, who is an expert on cinema, agrees. It is the final scene of Robert Benton’s lyric film Places in the Heart. Set in the 1930s, […]
The Thin Red Line (1998) – 5
[…] blackness or nothingness, the illimitable glory of the ordinary persists even after he falls to physical oblivion. The film, then, becomes a revelatory take on the radical love that pervades all of creation, in the natural and human worlds, in this life and beyond. All 5 entries on this film are written by Roy Anker.
The Color of Paradise (1999)
[…] comes in countless forms. There is a Lord of Song, as Leonard Cohen calls it in his now renown “Hallelujah,” and David the scoundrel also proclaims, and there is also, thanks be to God, a Lord of Light and color. Indeed, there is wonder enough for the wonder of belief. written by Roy Anker
John 6:51-58
Proper 15B
[…] claim. Might this be another hint of Jesus’ coming passion? Illustration Idea: I believe it’s the most amazing piece of cinema I’ve ever seen, and my friend, Roy Anker, who is an expert on cinema, agrees. It is the final scene of Robert Benton’s lyric film Places in the Heart. Set in the 1930s, […]
Romans 8:12-17
Trinity Sunday B
[…] 13 the apostle basically insists that the sign that the Spirit leads God’s dearly beloved people is our dying to the sin that otherwise eventually would dest roy us. Those who let the Spirit lead us are God’s “sons” (and daughters!). We are, as the biblical scholar Audrey West notes, people whom God graciously […]
“A Favorite Fallback for Foulups: ‘Mistakes Were Made’”
[…] general. In January 1997, he acknowledged that the White House should not have invited the nation’s senior banking regulator to a meeting where Mr. Clinton and prominent bankers discussed banking policy in the presence of the Democratic Party’s senior fund-raiser. ‘Mistakes were made here by people who either did it deliberately or inadvertently,’ he […]
Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
[…] of praetor (one who presides over the courts) or even to the supreme power of the consulship, of which there were only two. Ordinary senators were ” bankers, businessmen, and landowners from all over Italy; wealthy, cautious, and patriotic; suspicious of the arrogance and show of the aristocrats. These were people, and observing him […]
Colossians 1:15-28
Proper 11C
[…] Through a series of incidents, people who otherwise might not know each other find their lives intertwining. Mack is a white guy who is a rich investment banker and Mack gets to know Simon, an African-American guy who drives a tow truck for a living. Then their families get to know each other a […]
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982) – 2
[…] all has come clear and radiant for young Elliott, confessing that “I’ll believe in you all my life, everyday. ET, I love you.” And light is where the film ends, boy and creature, bathed in light, hanging on for a dearer life, as Annie Dillard once put it (“Living Like Weasels”). written by Roy Anker
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