Desmond Tutu on Apartheid, Perpetrators, Forgiveness - Bill Moyers Interview

Desmond Tutu introduced and interviewed by Bill Moyers. Well worth 10 minutes to see this clip from an amazing program about an amazing person.

~Rev. Peter M. Carey

Apartheid, Perpetrators, Forgiveness: Desmond Tutu's views







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Sunday Video Watching - Video 6 - The Dalai Lama Swats a Mosquito

Dalai Lama on limit-setting ...

Back in the fall of 1990, the Dalai Lama visited my hometown, Middlebury, Vermont, for a symposium on "Spirit and Nature," which featured leaders and scholars from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim world views. The question of how religion and spirituality might aid (or block) an environmental ethic was an important one then, and (it could be argued) the issue is even more important today. I had the pleasure of going to all the sessions, while on a break from my senior year in college. There is a book that was produced with transcripts from all the presentations and there is also a video that was produced by Bill Moyers by the same name, "Spirit and Nature."

I was excited to find this short clip (1 minute) on YouTube of an interchange between Moyers and the Dalai Lama about where reverence for the environment (in this case a mosquito) might have boundaries. What I find most wonderful about this interchange is not only the Dalai Lama's rich practice of his 'belief,' but also his wonderful spirit of humor, lightness, and playfulness ... check it out HERE. (Oh, and whoever loaded it on YouTube called it "the Dalai Lama kills a mosquito," however, it seems that isn't quite accurate...but I don't want to spoil the punchline...)

Do check it out; priceless.

James Cone & Rowan Williams videos

I spent last year reading three theologians for my thesis at Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS): James Cone, Rowan Williams, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I was so excited that the Black Liberation Theologian, James Cone, was interviewed by Bill Moyers on the "Bill Moyers Journal" last week. You can see the four sections of the interview here, here, here and here, check them out! His is an important voice for all of us in the church to hear.






In addition, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams recently gave an important comment on World AIDS Day that can be seen here.

Bill Moyers narrates short video on Bonhoeffer

Click here to watch a short video on Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
the theologian and 20th century martyr, narrated by Bill Moyers.


Thanks to the Episcopal Cafe for posting this great (short) video!