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Monthly Archives: September 2014
Remembering 9/11: Is Peace A Reality? (Mustard Seed Musing)
Have we returned to “normal”? Because if this is normal, I think we have a problem. I’ll never forget where I was on the morning of September 11, 2001. In between seminary classes, I realized that people were crowding the … Continue reading
When The Game Stands Tall: Every Play Perfect (Movie Review)
When the Game Stands Tall is the best football film since Friday Night Lights. Tracking the final games of De La Salle High School’s 151-game winning streak in 2003 to the subsequent games afterward, the film is framed around a football season, … Continue reading
Matt Cook’s Sabotage: Worldwide Terror (Book Review)
In Matt Cook’s debut thriller, he weaves three seemingly disparate stories together into an entertaining tale that appeals to fans of Ian Fleming’s James Bond, Alias, and The Last Ship. In one vein of the story, a prisoner named Ragnar is explosively … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Current Events, Reviews
Tagged Alias, James Bond, Jason Bourne, Matt Cook, Robert Ludlum, Sabotage, Sydney Bristow, The Last Ship
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Blue Bloods: The Importance Of Sunday Dinner (TV Review)
At four seasons old, I have found a new favorite show in CBS/Paramount’s Blue Bloods. Centered around NYC Police Commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck), the show highlights how a family of cops and lawyers sort through the law, human behavior, and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Pop Culture, Reviews, Theology, TV
Tagged Amy Carlson, Bridget Moynahan, Donnie Wahlberg, Holy Communion, Reagans, Sunday Dinner, Tom Selleck, Will Estes
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Breaking The Cycle Of Violence: Ray Rice, The NFL, & The Court of Public Opinion (Mustard Seed Musing)
I’m stunned. Months after knocking out his then-fiancee in an Atlantic City hotel elevator, Ray Rice has been cut by the Baltimore Ravens and banned indefinitely by the NFL. That is not what I’m stunned about. I’m stunned that it took this … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Sports, TV
Tagged domestic violence, Janay Parker, Josh Gordon, Michael Vick, nfl, Pete Rose, ray rice, Roger Goodell
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Lisa Rogak’s Angry Optimist, Life and Times of Jon Stewart: A Rabbinic Newsman (Book Review)
Before you’ve cleared the introduction of Lisa Rogak’s look at Jon Stewart, comedian, film director, and leader of The Daily Show, you’ve already seen the variety that makes him great. As a self-proclaimed court jester, he provides laughs, but as a critic, … Continue reading
The Remaining: It All Starts With A Wedding… (Movie Review)
We’ve seen the opening vignettes of The Remaining (out September 5) before: friends interacting, wedding preparations, and the handcam videos of people before, during, and after the wedding. What we haven’t seen is the immediate fallout of The Rapture on the heels of … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Reviews, Theology
Tagged Alex Vega, Book of Revelation, Casey La Scala, Rapture, The Remaining
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#TBT Any Given Sunday: Football Is “War,” Business, & Love? (Movie Review)
“On any given Sunday, anything can happen.” In the first five minutes, the starting and backup quarterbacks have been incapacitated, the owner is hopping mad, the coach thinks they’ve lost the season, and the ugly underbelly of the world of … Continue reading
FF Rant: And It Begins (Fantasy Football 2014)
Just to get this out of the way: I’m predicting New Orleans versus New England for the Super Bowl come February, 31-28 OT. Why not… Stephen Gostkowski kick to win it! All of the following are ESPN, PPR (point per … Continue reading
The Rocks Cry Out: (Sunday’s Sermon Today)
“In the beginning…” That’s always how it starts, isn’t it? Somewhere, at some point in time, there is a beginning. But as one of our enterprising young people asked in Children’s Church last week, “where was God before that?” That, … Continue reading
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