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There is something about the breakdown of marriage that provides irresistible fodder for filmmakers. In 2019 Netflix produced […]
A few years back I served as one of the assistants for a worship service that was part […]
There is so much to do. The woman spends her day like most other days, running errands and […]
The movement of the Word of God began as wisdom told from one person to another, one generation […]
The late comedian Rodney Dangerfield was famous for quipping, “I get no respect.” That line showed up in some way, shape, or form in most of the films he was famous for. Dangerfield typically played the role of bumbling but loveable idiot, who somehow managed to come out on top. But even though he came out on top, he still “got no respect.”
I’ve been accused of many things. I accuse myself of many things. I am a lost and uncontrollable creature that has missed the mark, missed the point, missed my opportunity, missed out on too much. But I am maybe a little too confident for such an admittedly lacking being. When I feel scratched by sackcloth and burned by the ashes. When it stings and smothers inside. When I fear I might be slipping into insanity. But yet emboldened to walk on. Even in confusion.
God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make a choice. Our civilization […]
You know how people’s favorite albums depend in large part on when the person encountered the band or […]
I noticed it in Sleepless in Seattle: an incredible Baltimore church (Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church) that […]
I remember playing “follow the leader” as a kid, where someone is designated as the “leader” with everyone […]
For a couple of years now, Americans have been assaulted by an extremely self-righteous, quasi-religious, quasi-scientific fad best […]
Knowledge will set you free. So, we believe. Our jobs, our relationships, our future, our faith, if we […]
The good. The polite. The kind. Soft and steady. Calm and ready. Serving in love. But what if […]
Over the years I have grown increasingly aware that my experience in Christianity is quite narrow. I have […]
She slowly walks into the room. Smiling at no one, and everyone at the same time. Running soft […]
“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” No Words. No Jesus. From […]
A good story meets you in the midst of life. It tells you something true, something you can relate to. It abducts you. It takes your heart unexpectedly. It gives you the breath of another life as a character in the fairy tale. It becomes a reality you dream is yours. It paints a world you cannot quite touch. It draws you in with emotion and connection, love and heartbreak, familiarity and fantasy. That is when you know it is a great story.
“Hero/it’s a nice-boy notion that the real world’s gonna destroy./You know/it’s a Marvel-comic-book, Saturday-matinee fairytale, boy. … When they ain’t as big as life/When they ditch their second wife/ Where’s the boy to go?” (Steve Taylor, “Hero”).
Lost among recent headlines of pandemics and riots, we seem to have missed several stories that may have been big news at any other time. But finally, Ringside is attacking this major worldwide issue…are there aliens in space? And almost more importantly, will Rev. Ross Engel be the first Space Force Chaplain?