Prayer Requests

Please pray for:

Sharise's father and brother. Her father was in an auto accident and is in intensive care. Her brother has been found with skin cancer.

Genrich and his niece, Alexandra (Sandra). Sandra fell from a sixth floor window in Moscow. Sandra had three surgeries last Wednesday, which, in the doctors' view, were successful. She had her sacrum and pelvis bones fixed with titanium plates, as well as her crushed heel reconstructed.  She is out of intensive care ward, and her mother can stay with her overnight. In a few days they will try to sit her up, and, if there are no complications, she may be sent home by 1 September.  However, the probability of complications is still high.

Also, Sandra's father, Genrich's brother, passed away last Thursday.

Sharise's website is Restrained No More.

Genrich's website is Say No To Boredom.

The Official Viktor Frankl Facebook Group

The Official Viktor Frankl Facebook Group is approved by the family of Viktor Frankl and the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna. This group offers regular updates from www.viktorfrankl.org and other international organizations engaged in scholarship and practice of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. The group is currently maintained by David Hallowell, U.S. Fulbright Fellow, 2005/6 at the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna.

Link to The Official Viktor Frankl Facebook Group

A Franklian Reading of the Book of Job: A Dissertation Proposal

After many months of work, I have finally submitted my dissertation proposal to the Chicago Theological Seminary.  If approved, the dissertation will develop a hermeneutic based on the existential approach to suffering of Dr. Viktor E. Frankl.  The Book of Job will be read in light of this hermeneutic.  Special emphasis will be placed on the existential question of whether Job will "curse God and die."  Job's final, ambiguous response to the speeches of God will be treated as an existential challenge to the reader.  The dissertation will conclude with a discussion of how a Franklian hermeneutic is of benefit in understanding and responding to this challenge.

Click here to view the PDF version of the proposal.

Balancing Act - Life's All About Balance

(and sometimes just holding on!)

Check out Balancing Act, the new health and fitness blog by Sharise Parviz, my dear friend, actress, dancer, producer, fitness and nutrition enthusiast, and home schooling mother of three.  If anybody can balance...!

Balancing Act

Taxed Enough Already Day!

Sharise Parviz in Maid on a Hunt



Restrained No More

The Real Face of Jesus?

The History Channel presents The Real Face of Jesus airing on March 30, 2010. The show follows a team of graphic experts lead by Ray Downing of Studio Macbeth as they use cutting-edge 3D software to bring a holy relic known as the Shroud of Turin to life.

DVD Available from The History Channel

The music is "The Lord's Prayer" from Zola Levitt's album "Return to Galilee." The album is available here:

Zola Levitt Ministries

Viktor Frankl Playlist on YouTube

This is one of the most common search strings that lands people on this blog. So, here is both the embedded player and the permalink. This playlist was updated earlier this week.

Permalink: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A84B17C545265213