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Category Archives: Current Events
Tradition Making, The Horrifying Truth! (A Mustard Seed Musing)
This Christmas story is all true. And potentially a little shocking. My parents had a plan. (Anyone who knows them knows that they always have a plan.) Even after I’d gone away to college, the Christmas schedule would remain unrepentantly unchanged. … Continue reading
Remembering Newtown, Boston, & Brandermill: Can We Change? (A Mustard Seed Musing)
Why is it that it takes tragedy to get our attention? Why can’t we change until we lose something? Why do we think it’s always going to happen to someone else until it happens to us? A year ago today, … Continue reading
The Day Christmas Died (A Mustard Seed Musing)
It seems like the end came long before we realized it. That Christmas actually died years before we knew it, like they say that a star burns out but we don’t know if for years. It’s a funny thing, stars. … Continue reading
My Secondhand Story (A Mustard Seed Musing)
This isn’t my experience, but that of a friend, and with permission, I share it here with you. My friend was born poor. His father had a job as a handyman, getting by but never really thriving. When his mother … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Theology
Tagged Christianity, homosexuality, Jesus of Nazareth, racism, understanding the other, us versus them
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Homefront: Who Watches Our Violence? (Movie Review)
Don’t believe what you’ve heard (Rotten Tomatoes, anyone?) This is the best Jason Statham flick since The Transporter. After several disappointing spins as The Mechanic and various incarnations of Crank, Statham had semi-Statham-like performances in Killer Elite and Redemption/Hummingbird. But now, strange as it is to see … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged chuck logan, crank, darkness cannot drive out darkness, frank grillo, James Franco, Jason Statham, kate bosworth, killer elite, mark isham, martin luther king jr, phil broker, Redemption, taken, taken 2, the mechanic, transporter, winona ryder
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Sunday’s Sermon Today: Do You Take Prayer Seriously? (Daniel 6:6-23)
I’m not sure when it started, but for as long as I remember, my older son has called his goodnight prayers his “thank you Gods.” It makes sense because when he was first starting to pray, we talked to him … Continue reading
12 Years A Slave: Are We Really Free? (Movie Review)
“All men are not free if one is oppressed.”– Anonymous The best film of the year. A brutal, unflinching look at slavery, racism, abuse, and humanity. An absolutely emotional punch in the gut. A film I couldn’t watch a second … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Movie Reviews, Theology
Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, brad Pitt, chiwetel ejiofor, django unchained, human trafficking, michael fassbender, quentin tarantino, redbelt, serenity, sherlock, slavery, star trek into darkness, steve findley, steve mcqueen, the fifth estate, the hobbit, the new world, the power of one, to end all wars
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Sunday’s Sermon Today: Rare Or Well Done? (Daniel 3:1-5,15-25)
How often do you think you’re forced to choose between what you’re told to do by your boss, by the government, by your spouse, by your parent, and what you think that you’re supposed to do based on what the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Pop Culture, Sermons, Theology
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Sunday’s Sermon Today: You Are What You Eat? (Daniel 1)
Most of us have gone through a phase where we wanted to lose weight. We’ve tried plenty of methods, working out, not eating after a certain time, better nights’ sleep, several little meals versus breakfast/lunch/dinner, whatever the latest fad is, … Continue reading
How Can I Know I’m “Saved”? (A Mustard Seed Musing)
A month ago, I visited with a friend who was struggling. I know emotionally and physically, my friend had been taxed by the recent months, but I didn’t know how spiritually it had impacted him. And then, my friend dropped … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Theology
Tagged assurance of salvation, conversion experience, galatians
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Jacob Sahms 