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Category Archives: Current Events
The Good Lie: Substitionary Atonement (DVD Review)
In Huckleberry Finn, Huck lies to keep the ex-slave Jim from being discovered and recaptured. This is a “good lie,” one which doesn’t actually benefit Huck but which is committed selflessly to protect someone else. It’s the ‘hook’ or spin of … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Reviews, Theology
Tagged hunger games, Reese Witherspoon, Unbroken
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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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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
Posted in Current Events, Pop Culture, Theology
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
Is It A Wonderful Life Without Jesus? (Sunday’s Sermon Today)
Are you afraid of the dark? There’s something disquieting about it. I know as a kid I didn’t like to go into our basement by myself. My family made a joke about the three men who lived there (real funny, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Sermons, Theology
Tagged Frank Capra, It's A Wonderful Life, John 1, John 3:16-17, The Dark
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An Innkeeper, Home Alone? (Sunday’s Sermon Today)
“There was no room for them in the inn.” Without a doubt, that’s the scariest phrase for me in the opening vignettes of Jesus’ miraculous birth and life. Not that an unwed, teenage girl would be his mother; not that … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Current Events, Pop Culture, Sermons, Theology
Tagged advent, christmas, manger, No Room in the Inn, Prodigal Son, Stable
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Random Thoughts From The Train (A Mustard Seed Musing)
While the airline fees predicate a certain socioeconomic class, the train still allows for a melting pot of cultural diversity. But you still need a ticket to ride. It’s kind of like grace- it may be free but it ain’t … Continue reading
A Christmas Story To Tell (Sunday’s Sermon Today- Advent 1)
What are your favorite stories? The ones you would re-read or re-watch, the ones you love to hear for yourself again and to tell others about? The ones you can tell by heart? One of my favorite stories – and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Pop Culture, Sermons
Tagged advent, Buttercup, Cary Elwes, christmas, Luke 1:26-38, Mary and Joseph, Matthew 1:18-25, Princess Bride, Rob Reiner, William Goldman
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