Troy Kinney
The Science of Teaching? Part 2: Quantifying
The funny thing about art is that it is called art for a reason. Things that are not art will never be art, like reprints (of art),...
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Troy Kinney
- Apr 11, 2018
- 3 min
The Science of Teaching? Part 1-Painting Parties
Easels are ready to go, equipped with awaiting canvases. Corks pop and wine flows. The smiles are genuine but the nervous anticipation as...
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Troy Kinney
- Apr 10, 2018
- 1 min
A Quiet Place - The Big Ask
No spoilers from me. This time. The effect of this movie is interesting. It's quiet. It is literally a quiet film. Especially the...
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Troy Kinney
- Feb 14, 2018
- 6 min
Decanting Poe's Amontillado
It's Fat Tuesday (a.k.a. the day prior to Ash Wednesday) ! You should read Edgar Allan Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado”. The short story...
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Troy Kinney
- Feb 4, 2018
- 3 min
The Politics of Dancing
So here are the facts: My Papa’s Waltz by Theodore Roethke The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like...
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Troy Kinney
- May 31, 2017
- 5 min
Of Rat Rods and Reality
"...my dad rarely takes no for an answer. My dad is a salesman and he offers a chance to sit inside his dream for free."
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Troy Kinney
- Jan 15, 2017
- 4 min
Silence by Shūsaku Endō
I think that there are many popular missionary stories out there that generally have a happy ending. Even in martyrdom there is hope....
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Troy Kinney
- Oct 26, 2016
- 8 min
The Little Prince and Our Modern Educational Practice
Can she get accepted into Werth Academie? The Little Girl had to answer the One Big Question.
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Troy Kinney
- Jul 1, 2016
- 1 min
#CantStopTheFeeling
We had a great time putting together this video while we were on vacation. I know the resemblance in these pics is mystifying and uncanny...
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Troy Kinney
- May 6, 2016
- 1 min
Poem: Introduction to a Sermon
Over the years I have sometimes sat and listened to a pastor deliver his sermon and wonder, is this how we should approach Scripture? We...
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Troy Kinney
- Jan 24, 2016
- 6 min
The Hateful Eight: What about that Crucifix?
The camera is fixated on an old graying wooden crucifix. It is a life sized carving of Christ; it is cracked, and dilapidated over years...
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