Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Customer Review: The struggling life of Vincent Van Gogh
An extraordinary and beautiful documentary about the gifted artist, supported by the pleasant voice of eccentric actor John Hurt, make this to a very personal and spiritual voyage which culminate in a tragical event…
The entire story is based on letters sent to his brother Theo as he develop his artistic skills, but also his struggle in life…
Buy this together with Robert Altman`s Vincent and Theo, and you get a perfect companion.
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The Selfless Way of Christ: Downward Mobility and the Spiritual Life 
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Customer Review: Un-ambition
First published in 1981 as a series of articles in “Sojourners” magazine, The Selfless Way of Christ is Henri Nouwen at his best. Although the themes won’t be unfamiliar to readers of his books, his presentation of them here is succinct and eloquent. The van Gogh sketches that accompany the text are also beautiful and haunting. In The Selfless Way of Christ, Nouwen argues that the way of the Christian is the way of Christ: what he marvellously calls “downward mobility.” Just as Jesus self-emptied for the sake of others, practicing humility, nonviolence, nonjudgmentalism, and sacrificial love, so must those who call themselves his disciples. This is our vocation. But the culture in which we live tempts us, of course, with the path of “upward mobility.” Actually, this has always been a temptation in all civilizations. The scriptural story of Jesus’ three temptations speaks to it, and the second chapter of the book is Nouwen’s interpretation of the story. In his hands, the three temptations are the urge to be relevant, spectacular, and powerful. To follow the downward path and avoid the temptation of the upward one, Nouwen ends the book with a chapter on the disciplines of spiritual formation. He makes it clear that it’s the Holy Spirit that disciplines us, not our own efforts or will alone. The Holy Spirit works through the Church, through scripture, and through prayer. In the first we encounter the living Christ in time and space; in the second we encounter the incarnate presence of God in concrete terms; and in the third, we cultivate an inner openness or receptivity to God. Nouwen says that we’ll never be free of the tension between our vocation to downward, and our great temptation to upward, mobility. “But when we persevere with hope, courage, and confidence, we will come to fully realize in our innermost being that through the downward road of Christ we will enter with him into his glory” (p. 93). Well said indeed.
Customer Review: Amazing view our life with Christ
This is an amazing view of how we need to be when we have submitted ourselves to Christ. A must read for the next setp.
