Comments on: A Salute http://craigvick.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/a-salute/ Adventures in Virtual Community Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:14:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: craigvick http://craigvick.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/a-salute/#comment-39 craigvick Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:39:50 +0000 http://craigvick.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-39 Lisa, That's one of my favorite musicals too. We'll think more on Don Quixote as we get deeper into Unamuno. Lisa,

That’s one of my favorite musicals too. We’ll think more on Don Quixote as we get deeper into Unamuno.

]]> By: lisa spencer http://craigvick.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/a-salute/#comment-38 lisa spencer Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:57:07 +0000 http://craigvick.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-38 craig, i love "man of la mancha".... the musical from quixote... it is incredibly philosophical and sings to me strongly of hope in a dark world... that in the end, our dreams for justice will win over... that in the end, mercy triumphs over judgment. but not without sacrifice here on earth. oh yeah another strong wonderful theme is the idea of unconditional love and grace.... craig,
i love “man of la mancha”…. the musical from quixote… it is incredibly philosophical and sings to me strongly of hope in a dark world… that in the end, our dreams for justice will win over… that in the end, mercy triumphs over judgment. but not without sacrifice here on earth.

oh yeah another strong wonderful theme is the idea of unconditional love and grace….

]]> By: craigvick http://craigvick.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/a-salute/#comment-24 craigvick Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:41:52 +0000 http://craigvick.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-24 That's a great quote Chuck. I'm sure I can find a use for it in some future sermon. That’s a great quote Chuck. I’m sure I can find a use for it in some future sermon.

]]> By: Chuck Petitt http://craigvick.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/a-salute/#comment-23 Chuck Petitt Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:37:24 +0000 http://craigvick.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-23 Craig, you're not the first scholar to discover Cervantes as philosopher. A chap named Rostand did it some years after Don Quixote was published, when he wrote of the exchange between Richeleu and Cyrano: Richeleu: Windmills, if you tilt with them, may cast you down, into the mire. Cyrano: Or up, among the stars! My guess is, there's a sermon in there, somewhere! Your Friend, Chuck Craig, you’re not the first scholar to discover Cervantes as philosopher. A chap named Rostand did it some years after Don Quixote was published, when he wrote of the exchange between Richeleu and Cyrano:

Richeleu: Windmills, if you tilt with them, may cast you down, into the mire.

Cyrano: Or up, among the stars!

My guess is, there’s a sermon in there, somewhere!

Your Friend,
Chuck

]]> By: craigvick http://craigvick.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/a-salute/#comment-12 craigvick Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:42:15 +0000 http://craigvick.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-12 Renee, my sister, was reminded of something Jim Elliot wrote before he was massacred. The quote is something like this: "He is no fool who gives up what he can't keep in order to gain what he can't lose." Renee, my sister, was reminded of something Jim Elliot wrote before he was massacred. The quote is something like this: “He is no fool who gives up what he can’t keep in order to gain what he can’t lose.”

]]> By: craigvick http://craigvick.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/a-salute/#comment-5 craigvick Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:59:05 +0000 http://craigvick.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-5 Thanks Margaret, I'll have to find Elena. A life for others is never wasted even if taken. Thanks Margaret,

I’ll have to find Elena. A life for others is never wasted even if taken.

]]> By: Margaret Young http://craigvick.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/a-salute/#comment-4 Margaret Young Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:22:35 +0000 http://craigvick.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-4 There is a beautiful film called _Elena_, about a Greek man in search of his mother's executioner. She had been executed in a short-lived rebellion in Greece, though she was guiltless. At the moment the guns were raised to end her life, she lifted her arms and shouted, "My children!" Though she was being executed because of somebody else's twisted agenda, she chose what she would die for--regardless of who killed her--and left that as her legacy. There is a beautiful film called _Elena_, about a Greek man in search of his mother’s executioner. She had been executed in a short-lived rebellion in Greece, though she was guiltless. At the moment the guns were raised to end her life, she lifted her arms and shouted, “My children!” Though she was being executed because of somebody else’s twisted agenda, she chose what she would die for–regardless of who killed her–and left that as her legacy.

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