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Pastoral and Occasional Liturgies: A Ceremonial Guide1 review
Leonel L. Mitchell

Cowley Publications, 1998

A Nice Guide - Useful beyond the Episcopal Church
Leonel L. Mitchell took on a monumental task, that of finishing the three volume set of ceremonial manuals planned by Howard Galley to accompany the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. While Mitchell is no Galley, he provides wonderful ceremonial and liturgical tips for those who are charged with conducting or assisting at the condcut of Divine Worship. In this volume, Mitchell covers the services ... 		  
  







  
  
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose14 reviews
Flannery O'Connor

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969

" O'Connor's School For Writers"
The recurrent subject in this first-rate collection of essays and occasional pieces is the business of writing. O'Connor was scrupulous in her insistence that the writer begin with the humblest of materials, the sights, sounds and smells of the concrete world. She found unreadable, apparently, those writers who had nothing to offer but one abstract psychological insight after another. At the ... 		  
  







  
  
The Intelligent Eye: Learning to Think by Looking at Art (Occasional Papers, No 4)3 reviews
David Perkins

Getty Publications, 1994

Learn to use Reflective Thinking while looking at art!
The Intelligent Eye is a great way to teach students (or anyone) how to think by looking at artwork! This book has an easy to read, conversational style to it as it shares some very basic truths about thinking. 		  
  







  
  
Art Education and Human Development (Occasional Papers, Series 3)1 review
Howard Gardner

Getty Publications, 1991

Thinking & Expression
Being an artist and teaching art, I found that Gardner's paper put into words so much of what an artist does naturally. Incorporating reflection about one's own artwork, about a classmate's, and about the "masters" is so very important in teaching art and in bringing children to think critically and creatively. By interweaving reflection with expression, Gardner has identified the ... 		  
  







  
  
Celebrating Passages in the Church: Reflections and Resources1 review

Chalice Press, 1999

Developing Meaningful Ritual
Marking the milestones of life's journey with ceremonies and celebrations in the church. Infant baptism, from infancy to childhood, growing toward committed discipleship, coming of age, believer's baptism, marriage, divorce, entering midlife, transition to old age, leaving a home, death and remembrance. Each chapter includes an essay that explores the theory and theology behind the rite and a ... 		  
  







  
  
God Save the Fan: How Preening Sportscasters, Athletes Who Speak in the Third Person, and the Occasional ...28 reviews
Will Leitch

Harper, 2008

A Primer on a Notorious Blogger
Will Leitch recently gained national fame through an appearance on (Bob) Costas Now and a failed debate on sports blogging with the boorish Buzz Bissinger. And for fans who want a big helping of what Leitch delivers in the cyber-universe, this is a great venue. But where reading Leitch online - and in smaller doses - can be compelling, sidesplitting, or just plain fun, the style fails to ... 		  
  







  
  
A Contemporary Handbook for Weddings & Funerals: And Other Occasions2 reviews
Aubrey Malphurs

Kregel Academic & Professional, 2003

The Perfect Tool for a Busy Pastor
The authors have thought of everything. The busy pastor need only flip and find what he's looking for. It is not a resource to copy, but a resource that helps you think through things that you may not have even thought about. It is a resource for covering all of your bases whether it be for a funeral, a wedding, a dedication, or a special event like an ordination. Highly recommended!! 		  
  







  
  
The Book of Occasional Services 2003 (Book of Occasional Services)4 reviews

Church Publishing, 2004

Uncommon prayers...
It is an oft-quoted joke that if you ask an Anglican to pray, the Anglican will first reach for a book. Reality is, as it often is, twice as true and half as funny, but for a particular reason. The Anglican liturgical style is very rooted in tradition, and while innovation is acceptable, it must be done in full recognition and appreciation of the past. The primary book used during worship ... 		  
  







  
  
Life Class: A Novel25 reviews
Pat Barker

Doubleday, 2008

Interesting setting; uninspired characters
I haven't read much fiction set during WWI and I thought the juxtaposition of the war front and the art school was very interesting and promising. The setting did come alive: the isolation of the art world and the horror of the battlefield hosptial are both well drawn. Unfortunately, the characters did not seem to come alive. They were interesting but I never felt a sense of compassion or ... 		  
  







  
  
Gun, with Occasional Music (Harvest Book)64 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Harvest Books, 2003

Lots of Bang for the bucks!
What a blast! My first exposure to Lethem has me hooked. I am sure this is the first time I ever thought there could be some connections between drugs, guns, karma, kangaroos, and a few others you have to read to believe (probably the last time, too, unless he has written a sequel). This is a very funny mix of science fiction, fantasy, detective, dystopia, noir and a few more genres, I'm ... 		  
  







  
  
Prayer Services for Parishes1 review
Karen Berry

Saint Anthony Messenger Press, 2005

Very Roman Catholic and Very Specific
I was looking for a resource to use in an Anglican and/or interdenominational setting for prayer services. Unfortunately, only a little was adaptable for either purpose. 		  
  







  
  
War Economies in a Regional Context: Challenges of Transformation (International Peace Academy Occasional ...
Michael C. Pugh, Neil Cooper, ...

Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004 		  
  







  
  
The Occasional Vegetarian13 reviews
Karen Lee, Diane Porter

Grand Central Publishing, 1998

This is the number one cookbook in my house!
I love this cookbook! Every single recipe is great and tasty. Although some are not the quickest to prepare, nor use ingredients you'd 'usually' have in the pantry, Lee has given me a new outlook on produce and preparation methods. While every dish is delicious, you can be assured that it is healthy, too. My favorites include: stir fried rice and ginger cookies. 		  
  







  
  
HEALING LITURGIES FO R THE SEASONS OF LIFE3 reviews
EVANS

Westminster John Knox Press, 2004

Healing Liturgies: a major new and innovative worship aid
Healing Liturgies is a novel and extraordinary contribution to protestant worship in an area that has long been overlooked. It would be well if this book found its way into the pews of all of our churches as a way of centering the full spectrum of experiences and emotions that we experience as we traverse the seasons of our lives. Dr. Evans has done an exceptional job in researching, editing, ... 		  
  







  
  
Four-Dimensionalism: An Ontology of Persistence and Time (Mind Association Occasional Series)2 reviews
Theodore Sider

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Best metaphysics book of the year!
Hud Hudson, in a review of Ted Sider's book, says, "This is simply a superb book in metaphysics - handsomely written, cleverly argued, and exceedingly clear." Of course, Hudson happens to agree with almost every thesis Sider defends in the book. But I don't. In fact, I happen to disagree with almost every position defended in Sider's book. So what do I think of the book? I think it is simply a ... 		  
  







  
  
Curating Subjects
Lars Bang Larsen, Julie Ault, ...

Open Editions/Occasional Table, 2007

This sleek and serious anthology of new curatorial writing features contributions from leading international curators, artists and critics including Julie Ault, S0ren Andreasen & Lars Bang Larsen, Carlos Basualdo, Dave Beech & Mark Hutchinson, Irene Calderoni, Anshuman Das Gupta & Grant Watson, Clementine Deliss, Eva Diaz, Claire Doherty, Okwui Enwezor, Annie Fletcher, Liam Gillick, Jens Hoffmann, Robert Nickas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Sarah Pierce, ... 		  
  







  
  
Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History (Twentieth-Century ...17 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics, 1995

Priceless Jewel
"Cup of Gold" is described as being the tale of Sir Henry Morgan with occasional references to history. Being unfamiliar with pirate folklore, I am not certain what aspects of the book are fact. I am certain that this book is divergent from Steinbeck's usual path of storytelling. This is a play of the morals and the values of society as Steinbeck usually discusses. However, the story is set ... 		  
  







  
  
The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime: On David Lynch's Lost Highway (Occasional Papers (Walter Chapin Simpson ...7 reviews
Slavoj Zizek

University of Washington Press, 2000

Entertaining, illuminating, cogent
This is an excellent examination of David Lynch's "Lost Highway". It is absolutely crucial that one approaches this text with some background on a) Jacques Lacan or b) postmodern philosophy, specifically, Derrida and Baudrillard. If you are familiar with both, that's even better. When I read this book, I had a solid understanding of postmodernism, but a fairly tenuous grasp on Lacanian ... 		  
  







  
  
Becoming Heidegger: On the Trail of His Early Occasional Writings, 1910-1927 (SPEP)

Northwestern University Press, 2007

In the decades since Martin Heidegger's death, many of his early writings--notes and talks, essays and reviews--have made it into print, but in such scattershot fashion and erratic translation as to mitigate their usefulness for understanding the development, direction, and ultimate shape of his work. This timely collection, edited by two preeminent Heidegger scholars, brings together in English translation the most philosophical of Heidegger's ... 		  
  







  
  
Celebrating Pluralism: Art, Education, and Cultural Diversity (Occasional Paper (Getty Education Institute ...
F. Graeme Chalmers

Getty Publications, 1996

"Educational trends will change and research agendas will shift, but art teachers in public institutions will still need to educate all students for multicultural purposes," argues Chalmers in this fifth volume in the Occasional Papers series. Chalmers describes how art education programs promote cross-cultural understanding, recognize racial and cultural diversity, enhance self-esteem in students' cultural heritage, and address issues of ... 		  
  







  




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