Story, Place, & Kairos
Raymond Vince
- Location
- Tampa, Florida, USA
- Birthday
- October 02
- Company
- Independent Scholar
- Bio
- Professionally, I have been a teacher of American Literature, War Studies, Theology, & Writing, but I am also a guitarist, husband, father, & friend. Since 1991, I have lived with my family in Tampa, FL, but I grew up in Cheltenham, London, & Bristol. I have a PhD in English & American Literature, plus three graduate degrees in Theology, Literature, and Logic & Scientific Method. I have published on Fitzgerald & Einstein, William Morris, Norman Mailer, Hemingway, J.R.R. Tolkien, & John le Carre. My faith is important to me, but so is a love of Science. I see the world as beautiful, complex, and full of ambiguity. I love the power of Story & Film, the spirit of Place, and the grace to be found in moments of Kairos.
MY RECENT POSTS
- House MD - blend of the
rational & the subversive
May 22, 2012 01:40AM - The Serenity Prayer
May 03, 2012 10:39AM - "The Hunger Games" - USA 2012,
or not?
April 02, 2012 08:35PM - Nabokov's son Dmitri dies at
77
February 25, 2012 08:31PM - Remember ... that you are dust
February 23, 2012 12:32AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thanks, Gayle. As
before, you take me to places
where I have
not been - or
imagi…”
May 01, 2012 01:08PM - “Nice one, Madeleine!
Reminded me of a Woody Allen
monologue,
when all his
applia…”
March 31, 2012 07:54PM - “Good post, Thomas. As a
Brit who has lived in the USA
for
nearly thirty years,
l…”
March 31, 2012 02:16PM - “Thank you, Razzle, so
much. Gutsy, poignant,
truthful, and
beautifully in
your f…”
March 20, 2012 12:33PM - “Gayle, I was so moved.
How is it that we are
sometimes the
last to see what
was…”
March 19, 2012 09:34PM
Raymond Vince's Links
House MD - blend of the rational & the subversive
The Serenity Prayer
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God, grant me the serenity
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to accept the things I cannot change,
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the courage to change the things I can,
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and the wisdom to know the difference.
This prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr has, for me and for many
others, encapsulated… Read full post »
"The Hunger Games" - USA 2012, or not?
So, what are we to make of the new blockbuster movie The Hunger Games (2012), the movie from Suzanne Collins young adult novel The Hunger Games (2008), portraying the post-apocalyptic world of Panem. The Hunger Games is the first film of Suzanne Collins' young adult trilogy, which continues/… Read full post »
Nabokov's son Dmitri dies at 77
Dmitri Nabokov, the only son of Vladimir Nabokov, the author of Lolita (1955), died on Wednesday in Vevey, Switzerland at the age of 77. Here is the obit from Daniel E. Slotnik, published in The New York Times and dated 25 February 2012.
His father's masterwork, Lolita, has a good claim… Read full post »
Remember ... that you are dust
This Wednesday, February 22nd, is celebrated by many as Ash Wednesday, the first day of the pentential season known as Lent. The previous day - celebrated by many more, I suspect - is variously known as Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Carnival, Fat Tuesday, Pancake Day, etc. Since… Read full post »
Sen. Santorum - Misreading the Bible
Why do so many assume that the Fundamentalists of America have it right? Why do we take their interpretation of Christianity or Judaism as the "correct" one, even the only one? Why should we allow them to define the debate?
For the reality is this. Far too… Read full post »
Love: Bedrock of Life
Love is that which makes Life livable.
Love is the unconditional acceptance and affirmation that we receive from another human being – and from our pets. Love is the foundation, the bedrock, the basis to our lives. Love is the pattern that brings us meaning,… Read full post »
Anger Management, Anybody?
America is angry. America is very angry. There is useful article on NPR today in this topic, which can be read here. Have a look.
Among other things, we read this,
- "The emotion of anger," explains Rich Pfeiffer, president of the National Anger Management Associatio
So, is the GOP Severely Disabled, or Severely Depressed?
"Severely Conservative" - indeed. An unusual choice of words by Mitt Romney, to put it mildly. But that was how Governor Mitt described himself Friday at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. Again, it seems an example of "Open mouth, Insert foot."
On Su… Read full post »
Darwin Surviving @ 203
On February 12, 1809, he was born. Who, you say? Charles Darwin (1809-1882), the great English naturalist, he of the famous Voyage of the Beagle 1831-1836, and his On the Origin of Species (1859). So, you ask, how is dear old Darwin at 203 - or, more/… Read full post »
The Poor and the Bible: Another Side of the Story
The subject of the poor seems something of a hot topic in current U.S. presidential politics. Candidates argue about which metaphors are most appropriate in dealing with poverty: they dispute whether safety nets or trampolines are more politically correct, or rhetorically effective a/… Read full post »
Discerning a Pattern: Chronos & Kairos
“Home is where one starts from. As we get older the world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicated” (T. S. Eliot, “East Coker,” Four Quartets).
How do we mark the different stages and eras of our lives, seeking maybe to discern some kind of overall pattern… Read full post »
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