Category: Practising Spirituality

  • Movie I’ve seen: Ballad of a Small Player

    Movie I’ve seen: Ballad of a Small Player

    recently I have been in my favorite cinema at Friesenplatz in Cologne and watched this film. The main character is performed by Collin Farrell in a surprisingly intense way, in a story that starts quietly with opulent images in Macau. Lord Doyle is addicted to card playing and he is broke. As a last attempt…

  • Thoughts on Prayer “keep us safe from harm”

    Thoughts on Prayer “keep us safe from harm”

    Recently I have remembered the lines from the prayer that Jesus taught on the mountain: “Keep us out of harm’s way” and remembered that in my childhood I went to church quite often and was taught to say this prayer in the evening. I don’t mean to write down a religious text here, it is…