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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Meg Gardiner’s Phantom Instinct: Trust, And Other Fleeting Ideas
A shoot out explodes into action at a club, opening the thrilling latest novel by Meg Gardiner in mid frame. The violence seems random, but organized, and bartender Harper Flynn watches her boyfriend Drew die in front of her. In … Continue reading
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Karin Slaughter’s Cop Town: Overcoming Stereotypes & Struggles (Book Review)
Karin Slaughter’s first standalone novel takes us to 1974 Atlanta, a city divided by race, gender, and sexuality. Our guides to the city are newbie cop Kate Murphy, struggling through her first week on the job, and second-year Maggie Lawson, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1974, Atlanta, immigrants, police families, racism, serial killer, sexism, Vietnam
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Star Wars: My Reflection
As part of our ongoing Summer Blockbuster series at HollywoodJesus.com, I signed up to write on Star Wars. But my exploration exceeded the length we were to write, and I ended up with a longer ‘dissertation’ that I share with you … Continue reading
Karin Slaughter’s Undone: Making Sense Of Family (Book Review)
In her novel, Undone, Karin Slaughter brings together three of her previous stars, uniting Dr. Sara Linton with Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Will Trent and Faith Mitchell, in a frantic hunt for a serial killer who is kidnapping women, torturing them, … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta, diabetes, Dr. Sara Linton, Faith Mitchell, Faithless, family issues, Fractured, pregnancy, serial killer, Will Trent
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Leigh Bardugo’s Ruin & Rising: Sometimes, Our Heroes Don’t Make It To The End (Book Review)
I knew we were in trouble when I read the dedication: “For my father, Harve– Sometimes our heroes don’t make it to the end.” It’s book three of the Grisha trilogy: Alina, the Sun Summoner, is recuperating underground with her … Continue reading
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Tagged Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Grisha Trilogy, hunger games, Shadow and Bone, Terry Brooks
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Ten Words #8: Cookie Jars and Cash Registers (Sunday’s Sermon Today)
So, I’m not preaching on Sunday (thanks to Annual Conference), but preaching a sermon series means it’s on my mind anyway. So, briefly, here’s what I’d say, for those of you keeping track. “Do not steal.”–Exodus 20:15 The Israelites, recently … Continue reading
The LEGO Movie: Grace Versus The Law (Movie Review)
This movie is awesome, Chris Pratt is awesome, the animation is awesome. It is self-reflective, self-deprecating, hilarious, and insightful. Given that Chris Lord and Christopher Miller have written and directed the kid flick Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Reviews, Theology
Tagged Bad Cop, batman, channing tatum, Chris Pratt, Christopher Miller, elizabeth banks, Emmet, Good Cop, grace, jonah hill, LEGO, liam neeson, Lord Business, morgan freeman, nick offerman, Phil Lord, spoof, Superman, UniKitty, vitruvius, will arnett, Will Ferrell, Wyldstyle
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Father’s Day: A Letter to My Sons 2.0 (2014)
Two years ago, I delivered a letter to my sons, written for their eighteenth birthdays, as part of my Father’s Day sermon. I first considered the idea when a friend of mine, a former Marine, told me about starting the tradition yearly … Continue reading
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