-
Archives
- June 2025
- May 2025
- April 2025
- March 2025
- February 2025
- June 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- October 2018
- March 2018
- January 2018
- May 2017
- April 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- May 2012
- February 2010
- June 2007
-
Meta
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Strangers, All Of Us (A Mustard Seed Musing)
More often than not, I don’t wade into the world of politics and legal matters. My worldview is just too small, too focused on my community and what I can do to make it work right. But the images and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Pop Culture, Theology
Tagged Abraham, discovering America, Hebrews 11, illegal immigration
Leave a comment
Michael Sloan’s The Equalizer: The Odds Are Stacked (Book Review)
A month before the film starring Denzel Washington hits the big screen in late September, Michael Sloan’s The Equalizer novel debuts. Based on the character Robert McCall that Edward Woodward played for four seasons in the early 1980s, Sloan’s protagonist services in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Current Events, Movie Reviews, Reviews
Tagged Chloe Moretz, denzel washington, Michael Sloan, Robert McCall
3 Comments
View From The Shore #6: Even The Broken Are Beautiful (A Mustard Seed Musing)
On the last day at the beach (sigh!), we took a walk, looking for shells. Along the way, we rescued a puffer fish, by far the coolest animal we saw this trip [for the record, we also saw dolphin fish, … Continue reading
View From The Shore #5: Duck Donuts & The Main Thing (A Mustard Seed Musing)
Early in the morning (for me, anyway), I headed out for the Duck Donuts experience. Arriving by 8 a.m., I stood in line for close to a half hour to collect the ‘bucket’ of donuts my family would dine on … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Theology
Tagged Chick-fil-A, Duck Donuts, krispy kreme, mcdonald's, Outback, Starbucks, Zaxby's
2 Comments
Warrior: Fight For Your Family (DVD Review)
At Hollywood Jesus, we’re doing a month-long look at our favorite Indie movies, and this one is one of the best! A story about love, family, forgiveness, and … MMA(?!), it takes our struggles and makes them physical as two brothers try … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Theology
Tagged Best Indie Movies, Erik Apple, Family, frank grillo, Gavin O'Connor, Joel Edgerton, Marine, MMA, Moby Dick, Nick Nolte, Tom Hardy
Leave a comment
View From The Shore #4: Big Fish, Little Fish (A Mustard Seed Musing)
Two encounters with fish today come easily to mind upon reflection. Even casual readers of the blog have probably noticed an uptick in fishing references, as it’s become a hobby lately. Fishing in itself can be a maddening, invigorating, relaxing, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Theology
Tagged bucket, charter boats, fishing, fishing marina, sand shark
Leave a comment
FF Rant: Back Away Slowly… (Do Not Draft 2014)
After the response to last year’s batch of fantasy football posts, I figured I’d give it a spin again this year. Here’s the first in a series coming to the blog over the next few weeks on FF. Argue, agree, … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy Football, Sports
Leave a comment
View From The Shore #3: ‘Unbroken’ On A Rainy Day (A Mustard Seed Musing)
Some days on vacation, the rain just doesn’t want to allow for time at the beach. That’s why there is always a stack of solid beach reads packed, which this year includes The Giver, Marvel’s Infinity, and Terry Hayes’ I Am Pilgrim. But this … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Current Events, Theology
Tagged America, Laura Hillenbrand, Louis Zamperini, POWs, prisoners of war, Unbroken, World War II, Zero Dark Thirty
2 Comments
The Be-Attitudes: Pure Dirt Or Sullied Honor? (Sunday’s Sermon Today)
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.–Matthew 5:8 Did you know there’s an acceptable percentage or amount of insect parts or excrement in the food we eat and drink? That the FDA considers that “pure.” Somehow, that … Continue reading
James Rollins’ The 6th Extinction (Book Review)
The tenth book in James Rollins’ SIGMA series, The 6th Extinction, finds Gray Pierce, Painter Crowe, Monk Kokkalis, and Lisa Cummings, and a few newbies fighting against time and a resourceful energy to stop the onslaught of a lethal chemical released … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged 6th Extinction, Bloodlines, Eye of God, Gray Pierce, James ROllins, Painter Crowe, SIGMA
Leave a comment
Jacob Sahms 