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Category Archives: Current Events
Sunday’s Sermon Today: Who’s Coming To Dinner? (John 6:1-15)
My dad tells stories about Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and Easter at his grandmother’s house. His grandfather was a baker, and cooking was an extreme sport when it came to feeding the whole family. There were four children and their spouses, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Pop Culture, Sermons
Tagged 000, BHAG, dare to dream, feeding the 5, five loaves and two fish, mike slaughter
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Jack Ryan, Shadow Recruit: For Love & Country (Movie Review)
Finally, some non-Middle Eastern bad guys. That was my first thought when Jack Ryan, Shadow Recruit introduces us to Kenneth Branaugh’s Russian financial power broker, Viktor Cherevin. While the new-and-improved (okay, significantly younger than Harrison Ford) Jack Ryan (Chris Pine, Star Trek Into … Continue reading
Gimme Shelter: Stop Dancing With Your Demons (Movie Review)
Based on a true story, Gimme Shelter shines a light on a grim world where the foster care system, homelessness, drug abuse, and teen pregnancy collide. Vanessa Hudgens stars as Apple, who finally flees her drug addict mother (Rosario Dawson) to reconnect … Continue reading
Sunday’s Sermon Today: Buried Treasure (Matthew 13:44-46)
Have you ever seen something that you just had to have? Maybe it was a purchase, like that piece of art or that shiny new car. How do you go about acquiring it? Will you beg, borrow, or steal? Will … Continue reading
Sunday’s Sermon Today: What Kind Of Dirt Are You? (Matthew 13:1-9)
The instructions make it look so easy: you get the seeds, you get the dirt, you take it home, add water, and, bam! A month to six months later, you are the proud owner of [fill in the blank plant]. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Sermons
Tagged gardening, parable of the sower, The Matrix
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Lone Survivor: Real Hospitality (Movie Review)
Operation Red Wings was an unmitigated disaster, if Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell’s (Mark Wahlberg) book, Lone Survivor, is to be believed. Sent in with three of his fellow Seals (Taylor Hitsch, Emile Hirsch, and Ben Foster) to scout out a Taliban leader, … Continue reading
12 Years A Slave: Can Art Change The World? (Movie Review)
It was a big year for films based on true stories about racial relations in the United States. In 2013, merely weeks into January, Michael B. Jordan played Oscar Grant III in Fruitvale Station, the victim of a police-related shooting … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Theology
Tagged 42, bad grandpa oscars, Benedict Cumberbatch, brad Pitt, chiwetel ejiofor, forest whitaker, fruitvale station, jackass bad grandpa, Jackie Robinson, lupita nyong'o, Michael B. Jordan, michael fassbender, Oscars 2014, Paul Dano, paul giamatti, solomon northrup, steve mcqueen
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In Honor Of… (Mustard Seed Musing)
I ran on Saturday in honor of Meg Menzies. Menzies died after being hit by a drunk driver a week ago, while she was training for the Boston Marathon. I ran to be part of the movement to finish her … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Theology
Tagged amputees, Boston Marathon, brain cancer, honoring God, hosea 6:6, hotel california, james 1:27, Meg Menzies, Meg's Miles, Psalm 51:17, Running
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Gimme Shelter: The Hands Of Jesus, Interview With Kathy DiFiore
Have you ever been homeless? A few weeks ago, I watched Vanessa Hudgens’ new movie, Gimme Shelter, about a young lady named Apple and her road from homeless teenager to mother to established member of the community. Her story is Ron … Continue reading
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