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Monthly Archives: December 2014
My New Year’s Wish (Mustard Seed Musing)
I wish this year… That the Christmas season would extend into the new year, and people whose hearts grew ten sizes last month would find that their expectations can’t be put back in the box. That the spirit of discord … Continue reading
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Now What? Part I (Sunday’s Sermon Today- Luke 2)
It’s that time of year again for…. You thought I was going to say New Years Resolutions, right? Nope, I’m going with the NFL playoffs! My two favorite teams, the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, are in the … Continue reading
My [Definitive] Best Of 2014 (Movies, Books, & TV)
One friend challenged me to read fifty books this year; another asked me what my movie-to-book ratio was- said there was no way I actually read that many books with the movies I review regularly. So this year, I kept … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Comics, Current Events, Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Reviews, Sports, Theology
Tagged Adam Hamilton, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Anderson, Anthony Horowitz, batman, Blackish, brad Pitt, Church of the Redeemer, darren aronofsky, Edge of Tomorrow, Fury, Guardians of the Galaxy, hands free mama, how to train a dragon, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, kyle idleman, Lauren Hillebrand, Lego Movie, Live Die Repeat, Louie Zamperini, Making Sense of the Bible, Matthew McConaughey, Moriarity, Noah, pierce brown, Red Rising, Scott Snyder, The Divide, The Song, The Wake, Tom Cruise, True Detective, Will Ferrell, woody harrelson
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Lessons From Christmas (Sunday’s Sermon Today)
This year, Christmas hasn’t quite played out like I dreamed it up. My brother-in-law and his family tackled the flu. My wife’s grandmother was hospitalized. I had a crazy ear-related virus give me a case of vertigo less than 24 … Continue reading
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A Christmas Prayer (A Mustard Seed Musing)
Holy God, This Christmas, like the first Christmas, there is enough darkness around to fill up the night. We watch the news and experience the gloom; we visit the hospitals and sick rooms and see those suffering; we see the … Continue reading
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The Miracle On South Crater Road (Christmas Eve 2014)
The Christmas Eve sermon for Blandford UMC 2014. I must admit it- I haven’t always enjoyed Christmas as much as I do now. The traditions, the preparation- sometimes I just wanted to get to the good stuff. But there’s always … Continue reading
Why Aren’t There Easter Lights? (A Mustard Seed Musing)
Driving home one night last week, I passed a church that was wrapped in lights. Not lit up with a spotlight or a Living Nativity display. With actual, multicolored lights. It seems like even the church wanted to get into … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, cross, death and resurrection, Easter, Jesus Christ
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Unbroken: Surviving The Darkness (or, How Angelina Jolie Made A Movie About Faith) (Movie Review)
Louie Zamperini’s troubled childhood was saved by competitive running, a winding road that led to racing in the Olympics (Germany, 1936). But World War II tabled his running career, and after forty-seven days adrift at sea, internment in a Japanese prisoner of war … Continue reading
Annie: It’s A Hard Knock Life But It Doesn’t Have To Be (Movie Review)
I knew we were going to Jamie Foxx’s Annie the first few bars into the trailer several months ago. My wife is a big fan of the 1982 Annie starring Aileen Quinn and Albert Finney, and she didn’t have to say anything. I wondered … Continue reading
Exodus Gods & Kings: Aiming For Greatness (Movie Review)
Exodus Gods & Kings was one of those ‘no-brainer’ films for me: it involved my favorite Old Testament figure and it was directed by Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Prometheus, Kingdom of Heaven, Robin Hood, etc.) A dozen brave souls … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron, Aaron Paul, Ben Kingsley, Burning Bush, Joshua son of Nun, Moses, Ridley Scott, Yahweh, Zipporah
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Jacob Sahms 