Julian of Norwich mp3’s

Here is a great resource of mp3 recordings of notable texts from the early Medieval period, including a recording of the Westminister Manuscript version of Julian of Norwich’s Showings:

Voice Recording of Westminster Manuscript Julian of Norwich, Showing of Love: Julian1.mp3, Julian2.mp3, Julian3.mp3, Julian4.mp3

Beyond Julian, there’s a whole slew of other recordings linked (I haven’t listened to all of these, so no idea on the quality, etc):

Voice Recording of The Soul a City: Julian and Margery

Voice Recording of Julian of Norwich, The Lord and the Servant Newest

Voice Recording of Martin Buber’s Julian of Norwich

Song Recording of Lydia McCauley, Sabbath Day’s Journey: ‘And All Shall Be Well’

Voice Recording of Thomas Gascoigne’s Life of St Birgitta at birgitvita.mp3 Newest

Voice Recording of Quaker John Woolman, Plea for the Poor: Woolman1.mp3, Woolman2.mp3, Woolman3.mp3, Woolman4.mp3

Voice Recording of Augustine, Confessions XI

Recording of Ambrosian Chant, ‘Deus Creator Omnium’, heard by Augustine in Milan

Voice Recording of Augustine, Boethius, Dionysius, Dante: Julian’s Mystical Philosophy at augmyst.mp3

Voice Recordings in italiano of Dante Alighieri, Commedia, recited, Carlo Poli,
Lettura di Carlo Poli, Inferno I, Inferno II, Inferno III, Inferno IV, Inferno V, Inferno VIII, Inferno X, Inferno XIII, Inferno XV, Inferno XVI, Inferno XXXIII, Inferno XXXIV
Purgatorio I, Purgatorio II, Purgatorio III, Purgatorio IV, Purgatorio V, Purgatorio VI, Purgatorio VII, Purgatorio VIII, Purgatorio X, Purgatorio XI, Purgatorio XX, Purgatorio XXI, Purgatorio XXIX, Purgatorio XXX, Purgatorio XXXI, Purgatorio XXXII, Purgatorio XXXIII, Paradiso I, Paradiso II, Paradiso III, Paradiso IV, Paradiso V, Paradiso XXXIII, Padre Nostro, Vergine Madre

Voice Recording of Poems Pennyeach at poems.mp3

Song and Voice Recording of Hedera, who is Rom from Romania, singing ‘Alleluia’

Voice Recording of Romany Vocabulary by Daniel Dumitrescu, Vandana Culea and JBH at Romany.mp3

via INDEX: GODFRIENDS’ WEBSITES ON JULIAN OF NORWICH, HER ‘SHOWING OF LOVE’ AND ITS CONTEXTS

Additionally, you can read Julian of Norwich’s text via Google’s increasingly excellent Book Search feature: Julian of Norwich on Google Books

Always great to find these sorts of free resources out there on materials that are in the public domain. I normally much prefer the quality and presentation of a “paid” version (such as the Classics of Western Spirituality edition
which has twice as much material from the editors and relevant scholars as primary text itself), but the Google search is handy if you don’t want/need that much secondary depth or quality.

Julian of Norwich



I presented an overview of Julian of Norwich’s Showings
along with a brief overview of 14th Century England to a class at Gardner-Webb yesterday.

My Masters degree from Yale included a heavy focus on the writings of Piers Plowman and associated “Lollard” literature, so it was a natural fit for me to present on Julian given her historical and geographical context.

Needless to say, I had a blast putting this together (with the help of BeeDocs):

Here is the presentation itself:

http://viewer.docstoc.com/
Julian of Norwich

And here is the basic text of the presentation as well:

http://viewer.docstoc.com/
Julian of Norwich and 14th Century England

Julian’s work really is fascinating (as is the history of 14th Century Europe). I can’t recommend the study of either/both enough!

BTW, I normally use Scribd for these sorts of embeds and uploads of documents, but they’ve been having problems all morning. Frustrating. So, I’m using DocStoc. Let me know if you have a preference between those two.

Digitized Medieval Manuscripts

Fantastic resource:

The Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts offers a simple and straightforward means to discover medieval manuscripts available on the web. Very much a work in progress, the database will initially provide links to hundreds of manuscripts, which we expect quickly to grow to thousands. Basic information about the manuscripts is fully searchable, and users can also browse through the complete contents of the database. As the project develops, a richer body of information for each manuscript, and the texts in these codices, will be provided, where available.

Thanks to Ancient History Ramblings for the heads up.

Preaching 1 Corinthians 9:16-23

This Sunday, I’m preaching at Sharon Baptist Church in Iron Station, NC.

The lectionary text for this Sunday is from 1 Corinthians and is a text I’ve been wrestling with all week. So many possibilities yet such a subjective text that really makes the most sense when you can apply it directly to a community you are familiar with and understand.

I’ll post up my notes after I finish (since I don’t preach from a full manuscript… I know, I know) my preparation.

In the meantime… what would you say to a congregation based on this text from Paul?

9:16 If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel!

9:17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission.

9:18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the gospel.

9:19 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them.

9:20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might win those under the law.

9:21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law) so that I might win those outside the law.

9:22 To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.

9:23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

BTW, I love how Paul is always depicted with a receding hairline in Christian art. I should know this being that I have a Masters in Religion and Art from Yale… but I wonder where that tradition comes from?

Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B

GeekDads@Home Podcast

I’m doing a weekly podcast with Joe Magennis, Daniel M Clark and Scott Jangro titled GeekDads@Home. It’s really becoming a great show as we combine our shared experiences of working from home with kids with our love of all things geeky.

This week’s show (episode 7) was one of my favs:

Geek Dads @ Home #7: Steal This Podcast | Geek Dads @Home: “The Geek Dads gather ’round the computers and don the headphones and mikes once again to talk about things both geeky and dad… y. Dad-ish? Okay, that last part didn’t come out right, but you know what I mean.”

Here’s the mp3 or head over to the site for the stream.

Even if you’re not a dad or a geek, it’s an entertaining listen. Give it a shot. You can also subscribe in iTunes if you are of that persuasion (and please leave us a comment on iTunes!).