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Beholden receives 2016 Grawemeyer Award in Religion
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Recent Posts
- I Must Go Down to the Beach(es) Again…
- Laughing with Julian of Norwich
- “I am at the house of God. But the angels are holding their breath.”
- New Article: “Tale of Two Tables”
- Meanwhile “Scotland Outdoors Podcast” Lowers Blood Pressure
- NIH Director on pandemic, faith, and friendship
- Gregory of Nyssa: Contagion Revisited
- Reaching for light: Photo meditation
- “Feeling is contagious, healing is contagious”
- Religion & Public Health: Learning from the [ancient] past
- Feeling Rusty? Read a Book.
- Short Audio Reflection: On Psalm 43
- Bearing Winter : Valentine for Bibliophiles
- Ebola: CDC Museum Exhibit considers Religious Responses
- Pain by Art Scale: Updated
- Masks and Quarantine: The Voice of the Poor
- Global Catholic Health Care: Conference April 17-19, 202…1
- Religion, Spirituality, Health (Durham UK): spring seminars
- An Apple a Day? – Diet and Regimen in Ancient Jewish and Related Traditions (CFP)
- Hippocrates, Muslim Physicians, and the Five Books of Moses…
Category Archives: Overheard
Laughing with Julian of Norwich
Learn more about: This book Julian, from her site in Norwich today Amy Laura Hall How Professor Hall sees the world in March 2020 through Julian’s perspectives.
Posted in Booknote, Educational resource, Overheard, Web resource
“I am at the house of God. But the angels are holding their breath.”
Yes, half of the time he is on the other side of the world; and yes, I’ve seen him maybe once in the past 3 years – but he is still my friend, and neighbour, and here speaking to (and … Continue reading
Posted in Educational resource, Overheard, Reflection, Web resource
Meanwhile “Scotland Outdoors Podcast” Lowers Blood Pressure
Yesterday’s podcast proves that it is still possible to enjoy the great outdoors (safely) at this time–and a caller (not me) attests to it also measurably lowering her blood pressure. Listen and download recent episodes.
Posted in Educational resource, Overheard, Reflection, Web resource
NIH Director on pandemic, faith, and friendship
Valuable article in yesterday’s Atlantic: Learn more from the NIH:
Posted in Educational resource, Overheard, Web resource
“Feeling is contagious, healing is contagious”
Cheers and praises (again) to Canada (!!) for publishing encouragement like that in this story, in the midst of a difficult time worldwide: (In case you opt not to view, the phrase, “Feeling is contagious, healing is contagious” is from … Continue reading
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Pain by Art Scale: Updated
First posted here in 2018, a 2020 LINK UPDATE: Learn more about the use of art in medicine: “What Doctors can Learn from Looking at Art” (Dhruv Khullar, New York Times 2016) Ars Practica: Observation in Practice (a teaching model)
Posted in Overheard, Photo essay, Web resource
Masks and Quarantine: The Voice of the Poor
What does “disease containment” mean for those who are poor, need to go to work, and live in the isolation of house quarantine without a mask? A letter published in this week’s Lancet offers a glimpse. … Continue reading
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