The 23rd Annual Newport Beach Film Festival concluded last week. It was, as always, a great week of […]
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Enough Redbox points for a free movie, expiring TODAY. No movies I have a strong desire to see. […]
[MULTIPLE SPOILERS] Mare of Easttown (2021; HBO) is a missing-persons/murder mystery that expands until the mystery becomes secondary […]
The events of the last week have sparked yet another round of outraged denunciations, feverish finger-pointing, and circular […]
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.”
So, as some of you might remember, I have a passing interest in writing about being a dad. […]
John Calvin (the least entertaining of the Reformers) famously said, “From this we may gather that man’s nature, […]
He is risen! Now is the time to rejoice and celebrate. Although it might seem a little strange today, to attempt a celebration of victory over death when everyone is isolated in their own homes, for fear of a deadly virus. Church gatherings are replaced with individuals streaming at home. Family dinners are reduced to lonely leftovers. Laughter of the kids in their new Easter clothes hunting for eggs now looks like antsy children in their pjs, bored with the at-home schedule just like yesterday.
Saturday is the pause between the dark pain of Good Friday and the bright joy of the resurrection. Hazy shadows stand between Friday and Sunday, between night and morning, between despair and comfort. Saturday may be the most overlooked devotional opportunity of Holy Week, possibly because it is the unrealized in-between.
“My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?” This cry of Jesus sounds from the cross before he gives up his spirit. The darkness deepens, the Light of the world falls silent. Tonight on this Good Friday, we will ponder the death, the good death, of our Lord and Savior.