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Dec 17
Dec 17 THE WAY WE LIVE - Helen McClements

Gareth Higgins
Ideas & Stories
HE WAS IN GOD'S HANDS THE WHOLE TIME, WASN'T HE? The Remarriage of Nature and Grace in "The Tree of Life" - Jim Crosby
Dec 12

Dec 12 HE WAS IN GOD'S HANDS THE WHOLE TIME, WASN'T HE? The Remarriage of Nature and Grace in "The Tree of Life" - Jim Crosby

Gareth Higgins
Movies

Dec 10
Dec 10 THE PERSON AND THE SYSTEM - Guy Sayles

Gareth Higgins
Ideas & Stories

Dec 5
Dec 5 TAKING MOVIES PERSONALLY: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE CINEMA OF TERRENCE MALICK - Jim Crosby

Gareth Higgins
Movies

Dec 2
Dec 2 FLUIDITY - Laura Hope-Gill

Gareth Higgins
Ideas & Stories

Nov 28
Nov 28 BEYOND CATEGORY - Sara Mussen

Gareth Higgins
Ideas & Stories

Nov 26
Nov 26 LOOKING FOR MISTER ROGERS - Shan Overton

Gareth Higgins
Movies

Nov 21
Nov 21 FIVE NOTIONS, FIVE STEPS FOR THE CURRENT MOMENT - Gareth Higgins

Gareth Higgins
Actions & Inspiration

Nov 20
Nov 20 MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN - Gareth Higgins

Gareth Higgins
Movies

Nov 19
Nov 19 DEAR ANCESTORS - Elisabeth Ivey

Gareth Higgins
Ideas & Stories

Nov 14
Nov 14 MORE LIFE-GIVING COMMUNICATION: TEN RULES TO REVERSE THE EMAIL SPIRAL

Gareth Higgins
Actions & Inspiration

Nov 14
Nov 14 OPENING AGAIN - Three Poems by Kim Falone

Gareth Higgins
Ideas & Stories

Nov 11
Nov 11 NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST, BUT WE'RE TRYING - Steve Daugherty

Gareth Higgins
Ideas & Stories

Nov 7
Nov 7 THE VIEW FROM THE EDGE - Mike Riddell

Gareth Higgins
Ideas & Stories

Nov 5
Nov 5 Sky Fishing - David Wilcox

Gareth Higgins
Ideas & Stories
Religion, Hemorrhoids, and the Spiritual Journey of Lady Bird - Dwight Lee Wolter
Nov 1

Nov 1 Religion, Hemorrhoids, and the Spiritual Journey of Lady Bird - Dwight Lee Wolter

Gareth Higgins
Movies
Unwinding the Way: Belfast Transformations - Jasmin Pittman Morrell
Oct 29

Oct 29 Unwinding the Way: Belfast Transformations - Jasmin Pittman Morrell

Gareth Higgins
Ideas & Stories

Oct 24
Oct 24 “America” is a Family Squabble,  but it doesn’t have to end like Cain and Abel - Stan Dotson

Gareth Higgins
Actions & Inspiration, Ideas & Stories
Underrated Movies Changed My Life Too - Vic Thiessen
Oct 22

Oct 22 Underrated Movies Changed My Life Too - Vic Thiessen

Gareth Higgins
Movies

Oct 16
Oct 16 Once, When I Was Young - Helen McClements

Gareth Higgins
Ideas & Stories
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