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Category Archives: Pop Culture
Can Santa & Jesus Get Along? (A Mustard Seed Musing)
Lately, it seems like there’s a groundswell to pick Santa or Jesus, like Team Edward or Team Jacob, Dallas Cowboys or Washington Redskins, creationism or Darwinism. That you can’t give credit to one without disavowing or at least diminishing the other. But … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Pop Culture, Theology
Tagged apostle Paul, generosity, Isaiah, Jesus, John 15:12, Matthew 18:1-5, Matthew 25:31-46, Micah, micah 6:8, Santa Claus, sheep and goats, St. Nicholas
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Reframing Christmas (A Mustard Seed Musing)
I’ve been setting up various Nativity scenes for Christmastime since I was a little kid. I had a wooden one that was mine to set up, that all of the pieces fit together as a puzzle; another of my favorites … Continue reading
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
Mary Poppins: The Power Of Laughter (Movie Review)
It’s been years since I’ve seen Mary Poppins, and my expectations were low, as many of my childhood favorites don’t stand up to the test of time (see: Tarzan, the Legend of Greystoke). But Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke provide … Continue reading
Out Of The Furnace: Vengeance, What Cost? (Movie Review)
I was hooked from the moment I saw the preview: Christian Bale’s Russell Baze goes searching for his little brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) and finds himself up against Woody Harrelson’s mountain man Curtis DeGroat. Produced by Ridley Scott and directed … Continue reading
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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Fight, Flight, Freeze, or…Follow? (A Mustard Seed Musing)
Stress is a reality. We don’t have to like it, but we have to figure out how we’re going to handle stress when it happens. A decade into ministry in various settings, I find that humans tend to respond to … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Theology
Tagged cartoon song, chris rice, fight or flight, walter bradford cannon
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Man Of Steel (Revisited): Who Will You Become? (Movie Review)
I’ll admit it: I rarely rewatch a movie when it arrives on Blu-ray. Sure, months or years later, I’ll watch something I enjoyed to see if it holds up, but my memory, my first take, is usually sufficient. But Man of … Continue reading
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