Idealistic Crusade

The Dragon and the Mountain

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Mar 28, 2009 10:44 AM

Finding Star Wars in Middle-earth

All Are Intertwined

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Apr 28, 2008 11:14 PM

A Jedi lives authentically, true to their vocation, only when the lightsaber philosophy is put into action.

A Response to Zam-Eli

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Apr 21, 2008 08:15 PM

One can admire the Jedi Code and seek to live up to it, but when things inevitably go wrong and we become arrogant or "too unpredictable", who can we go to for help? Not the midi-chlorians, that's for sure.

Like A Child

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Apr 14, 2008 08:41 PM

Even though the experience of watching Return of the Jedi from the trusting eyes of a child can't compare with the beatific vision, what is clear to me is how much more pleasant it is to believe in something than it is to think about it.

Freedom from Ourselves

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jun 19, 2007 09:50 PM

Do Sith have real freedom?

Ani's Choice To Do What Is Valuable

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jun 13, 2007 10:00 PM

"Choosing what is valuable is not so much a question of sticking bravely to the rules [but] about fruitfulness."
~Wil Derkse, The Rule of Benedict for Beginners: Spirituality for Daily Life

"Your son was kind enough to offer us shelter"

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jun 12, 2007 11:08 PM

"Hospitality is a special form of obedience: answering someone's call."
~Wil Derkse, The Rule of Benedict for Beginners: Spirituality for Daily Life

He likes to keep his astromech droid clean; It's a clean machine

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jun 11, 2007 10:21 PM

"There is no sharp division between the sacred and the profane in an abbey." ~Wil Derkse, The Rule of Benedict for Beginners: Spirituality for Daily Life

Rethinking My Lifelong SW Collection

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jun 06, 2007 07:28 PM

"Clutter steals away our time and saps our energy. It takes time and energy to keep it, to take care of it, to find things we need buried under it."
~Susan K. Rowland, Make Room for God: Clearing Out the Clutter

Loving with His love

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Apr 02, 2007 06:26 PM

Reflections on this second anniversary of John Paul II's death

Parsifal: The mythological basis for Anakin?

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jan 24, 2006 09:19 PM

Like Anakin's story, Parsifal and the Grail is a tale of discovery, loss, struggle, compassion, and redemption.

ArtPad Paintings

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jan 24, 2006 01:28 PM

My attempts at digital drawing.

The Individual Psychology of Anakin Skywalker

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jan 22, 2006 01:46 AM

"Power to do good eventually becomes just power. Naked force. An end in itself." ~Matthew Stover

"Who was his father?"

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jun 15, 2005 04:34 PM

The Chosen One was right under Palpatine's nose and he was never the wiser. How could Palpatine have planned every torment in Anakin's life in preparation for his slide to the dark side, if he never acknowledged him until Anakin became a hero?

Appreciation for "The Age of Heroes"

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jun 09, 2005 05:36 PM

"Two is enough because the adults are wrong, and their younglings are right. Though this is the end of the age of heroes, it has saved its best for last."

Anakin and the Will of the Force

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jun 05, 2005 11:16 PM

Did the Force purposefully prepare challenges for the Chosen One to endure?

Padme the Lotus Bearer

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jun 04, 2005 11:52 PM

In a way, Padme did bring the universe to enlightenment. Through her, dictatorship was defeated and the great evil of the galaxy was vanquished. She does, then, "permeate the whole texture of existence."

Ramifications of Anakin's Slavery

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jun 02, 2005 11:16 PM

As a complex person, I don't think there is one single thing in Anakin's life that is solely responsible for his eventual turn to the dark side. Although slavery may not be the true source of his pain, it must be the first cause for anger he ever had.

"I hate you!": Thoughts on Anakin's Torment

Jedi Temple Acolyte — Jun 01, 2005 06:00 PM

The problem Anakin has, in my opinion, is that he does not resolve the anger. He wastes his time justifying why he hates, but doesn't work on letting go of the hatred.

"Treachery is the way of the Sith"

Jedi Temple Acolyte — May 22, 2005 10:39 PM

Treachery could have been a contributing factor for Anakin's decision to save himself and his son.