Left Behind… again

Ok. I am not a fan of the Left Behind series of books by Tim LeHaye and Jerry Jenkins. I think they are poorly written and do nothing to further the faith; they are merely tools to get elitist fundie “christians” all riled up by the thought of all the poor “sinners” being [...]

Heath Ledger 1979 – 2008

I am deeply saddened by the news of this great actor’s passing. He leaves behind a young two-year old daughter, Matilda, and other family. I pray that he had a personal relationship with our LORD and SAVIOR. I pray that his daughter will grow up with happy memories of her dad; knowing [...]

more on The Golden Compass (pt 2)

Al Roker interviewed Phillip Pullman about the books and movie, specifically about its “atheist” overtones… read the text of the interview here…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21595083/
now… before you go off on a rant, let me just say I realize some of these answers seemingly contradict other things he is quoted as saying… could it be he is rethinking his [...]

more on The Golden Compass

http://www.thinkingchristian.net/?p=1111
A great blog called “The Thinking Christian” has some writings and thoughts on this film and book controversy.

being a Christian

A good and dear friend whom I love and respect recently invited me to join a group on Facebook which has the purpose of boycotting the new film, “The Golden Compass”.  I was curious and read up on the film.  It seems in the novels upon which the movie is based the main character has [...]

Jabberwocky

Ever feel like nothing makes any sense? Enjoy the poem by Lewis Carroll and remember… it doesn’t have to make sense!
  ‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that [...]

The Writer’s Strike… an Insider’s Thoughts

One of the pastors at my church has a relative who is a TV writer. I was fortunate enough to read a copy of an email he sent out to many of his friends and family. I have posted some of the text of that email below. I must say, I agree [...]

A little levity

My buddy, Andy, set me this video… I can’t stop watching it… and I can’t stop laughing…  I’m gonna pee soon!
Matty

am I?

I own this now… so, yes I am…. cooler than you.

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so…

I’ve redesigned things a bit… I felt my one sidebar was getting over crowded as there are always so many cool little widgets and gadgets that can go in them… so, I picked a 3-column theme so I could spread it out a bit, trouble is, I don’t like the default color scheme and i’m [...]