Visual Resources

"End of story, start of parable.  End of reading, starting of thinking."

John Dominic Crossan,

The Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus

Here is a list of video resources I found helpful in my sabbatical journey.  I will be updating the list along the way.

When I was challenged by the images and contents of the video I asked myself the following questions: 

• Is it because the material made me uncomfortable and uneasy with my socio-economic status quo?
• Does the material challenge and invite me to re-examine my assumptions and norms about the world I have known and experienced?
• What am I going to do with the challenges I have experienced?

May the the content of the materials be as challenging, nurturing, and inviting as I have experienced them.

1. WonderGaze
http://wondergaze.blogspot.ca/ 

2. Naif Al-Mutawa: Superheroes inspired by Islam
http://www.ted.com/talks/naif_al_mutawa_superheroes_inspired_by_islam.html 


3. "Miss Representation": Official Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gkIiV6konY&feature=share


4. The Cyrus Cylinder: The Policy of Cultural Diversity of the Persian Empire imprinted in 539 - 530 BCE
http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_macgregor_2600_years_of_history_in_one_object.html?source=facebook#.T1aX03pGYb5.facebook


5. JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/jk_rowling_the_fringe_benefits_of_failure.html


6. 25th Anniversary United Church Apology to First Nations Peoples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBJGjB07HrU&feature=share 

7. Note to Self by Maya Angelou
       http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/22/maya-angelou-note-to-self_n_1291452.html?ref=fb&ir=Black+Voices&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=2161133,b=facebook 


8. Anoushka Shankar plays Pancham Se Gara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CnhcGpmH9Y&feature=share 


9. Cornel West at RIT for Martin King Jr. Event
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0ruCLef3Gr8 


10. James Nachtwey's searing photos of war
http://www.ted.com/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war.html 


11. The Prayer of Children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTZFIcqnQMg 
Information on the background of the song - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_of_the_Children


12 Isabel Allende on Stories
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion.html 


13. Amy Tan on Creativity
http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity.html 


14. Julia Alvarez, 2009 National Book Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZTxT34fI5Q 


15. Susan Cain: The power of Introverts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c0KYU2j0TM4 


16. Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein - A Short Film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EEZkQv25uEs#! 


17. Rick Smolan tells the story of a girl
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/rick_smolan_tells_the_story_of_a_girl.html 


18. Kristen Ashburn's photos of AIDS

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/kristen_ashburn_s_heart_rending_pictures_of_aids.html 


19. Robert Munsch Sings "Love you forever" song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFX6pdwJWpA&feature=share 


20. Report from Durban
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HIfDJx44iu0#! 


21. VisuraMagazine
http://www.visuramagazine.com/ 


22. How To Be Alone by Tanya Davis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7X7sZzSXYs&feature=player_embedded


23. The Most Astounding Fact, video by Max Schlickenmyer - Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson's interview with TIME magazine 
http://vimeo.com/38101676 


24. Reconnecting with Compassion,  Krista Tippett

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2262 


25. Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html

26. What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church? A Parable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D7_dZTrjw9I#! 


27. Welcome to Our Church

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKUkz0nnp_8&feature=related 


28. 5 Tips for Welcoming Church Visitors, United Methodist Church, USA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=con0t6n4jgM&feature=related 


29. Videos - church hospitality etiquette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCHY6Ppztd8&feature=related 


30. Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntTtxVNjpJ8 

31. Making Our Churches More Accessible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLnLA3wS6O0&feature=related

32. Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability

http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html 


33. Brené Brown: Listening to shame
http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html 

34. Thandie Newton: Embracing otherness, embracing myself
http://www.ted.com/talks/thandie_newton_embracing_otherness_embracing_myself.html


35. Tan Le: My immigration story
http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_my_immigration_story.html 

36. 58: The Film - Living Isaiah 58
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmnezfaiRY 
http://www.youtube.com/movie?v=va7tk520Bzc&ob=av1n&feature=mv_sr

37. In the Room with Kevin Kling with Krista Tippett

http://vimeo.com/36562303 


38. Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NKDXuCE7LeQ#!

39. Silver & Light by Ian Ruhter
http://ianruhter.tumblr.com/