Beams and Struts - A Magazine for Hungry Brains and Thirsty Souls

Saturday Night Jukebox: Can You Post a Gayer 80s Video Than This?

Written by TJ Dawe

A look back at 80s music videos reveals a gay culture that was far more out than many seemed to recognize at the time, despite widespread homophobia. A short stroll through the last thirty years of music and culture reveals a rapidly changing cultural relationship to homosexuality. Â

Totem Figures Interview with John Showman

Written by TJ Dawe

Â John Showman is a fiddler conversant in bluegrass, folk, country, pop, classical, you name it. He talks about the various teachers and artists who inspired him to play the instrument.

The Great Postmodern Sport of Indoor Climbing

Written by TJ Dawe

Â Indoor climbing emerged in the 90s and is growing in popularity. It's different from most sports and fitness activities in a lot of ways that can summed up with a simple description: it's postmodern.

JR and the Heart of an Emerging World Culture

Written by Trevor Malkinson

In his article on Egypt Jeremy heralded the birth of a planetary culture. In this TED talk, the courageous French street artist JR seems to display just such a planetary outlook, revealing an underlying universal humanity in some of the most dangerous, poor and forgotten human communities on Earth. And in his TED Prize wish, he asks us to take an active part in his global art project. Inspiring stuff.

Anti-Vegasization of Vancouver

Written by Chris Dierkes

Â Do Christian leaders have any social relevance anymore? Â Find out as a bunch of us (myself included) sign a petition to stop Vancouver becoming a Canadian Vegas. Â Â

A Few Things I Want Every Christian to Know

Written by Bruce Sanguin

Â What happens when we realize that Jesus is kin with starfields, our solar system, the Earth’s biosystems and all creatures — how will that impact our mission to repair the Earth?

Competing Narratives on Libyan Intervention

Written by Chris Dierkes

Â To intervene or not intervene (in Libya)--that is the question explored in this piece, highlighting articulate voices pro and con. Â

Big Bad Vulnerability

Written by Chela Davison

An Integral Approach to Parenting in the First Three Years of a Child's Life: An Introduction

Written by Miriam Martineau

This essay provides an introduction to the possible span and depth considered when applying an integral approach to parenting during early childhood. The relationship between Integral theory and the practice of parenting is addressed, and key principles and concepts that underlie integral parenting are discussed. The task of parenting is placed within an evolutionary context and presented as a possible integral practice.