2009

webcast: Charlee Simons and Ten Silver Coins Audio Book

by andrewkooman on December 31, 2009

Andrew introduces radio personality and voice actor Charlee Simons who is in production on the audio book of Ten Silver Coins: The Drylings of Acchora. Learn more about Charlee and his fine work at GoodBoyBuster.com Check out some of Charlee’s soundbytes and voice samples at here.

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2009: 5 performances that left a mark

by andrewkooman on December 31, 2009

Here are five performances that stood out in my perception that I experience this year. Coldplay/ Snow Patrol I had the fortune of seeing Coldplay live for their second consecutive tour. Snow Patrol opened for them. It was a thrill. Two of my favourite bands. Mock me if you like, but I find both bands’ [...]

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2009: 5 meaningful introductions

by andrewkooman on December 30, 2009

Upon reflection, I wanted to put together a short list of 5 introductions that were meaningful to me in 2009.  There were many more people and things that could have been included.  By no means is it an exhaustive one.  However, these were the five that breeched the surface of my thought and imagination: Refugees [...]

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Utmost Twitter Poetry Winner

by andrewkooman on December 29, 2009

140 characters or less. A Christmas poem. Them’s the rules. I really appreciate Nathan Harms and Utmost Christian Poets.  He gives poets of faith, around the world, an opportunity to share their work.  The Christmas Twitter Poetry Contest just another example of the creative way in which he gets people to write and submit new [...]

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2009: 5 quotes that sustained me

by andrewkooman on December 29, 2009

It’s the time of the year when people get reflective.  I try to be mindful and reflective throughout the year, but now is as good a time as any to jump on the ‘best of list’ bandwagon.  I’m starting small.  Perhaps it will grow from here.  It’s a challenge to sort through the fragmented landscape [...]

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Fridge for Thought: I Who Am Ending

by andrewkooman on December 29, 2009

like a moth-eaten soul touch me right here just below the rib the whole structure will crumble flake your finger with ash I who am ending like a temple sieged in the same way Vespasian marched to the holy place lit it on fire to melt the gold turned over each stone while the wood, [...]

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a world of wonder

by andrewkooman on December 25, 2009

I went for a walk this Christmas day. The cold air, crisp and fresh, hollowed my lungs, as I made my way toward the path that circles the series of frozen ponds. The trees were hoary white, visited by faeries in the night.  The sun shone its light through branches stripped bare of leaf, cast [...]

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poem: Incarnation

by andrewkooman on December 25, 2009

I pulled this poem from my vault.  It’s an oldie that I wrote some time ago in the Middle East as I meditated on the mystery of the Incarnation. Incarnation One cell inside of her The world outside her body is chaos The star is already in the sky and the men on their camels [...]

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