Archive for December, 2005
Junk Movies and Lost Profits
Does it seem probable to anyone but me that there is a connection between these two headlines?
‘Brokeback Mountain’ leads Golden Globe nominations
Plummeting 2005 box office sparks Hollywood crisis
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Willow Creek: Closing Church to Support Missions
I know I’ve blogged already about the mega-churches around the country who are cancelling church for Christmas this year, even though it falls on a Sunday morning. But this article was just too rich to pass by.
First is this gem:
At first glance it does sound contrarian,” said Rev. Gene Appel, senior pastor of Willow Creek. [...]
Get Ready to Debunk Da Vinci
This is a handy little guide to help you sort out the Da Vinci Code garbage once the upcoming movie hits. It’ll be a cultural tsunami and Christians need to know how to respond intelligently. There are many helpful resources, but I like this one because it’s short. I’ve bought copies to [...]
Prince Caspian Greenlighted?
With the huge box office success Lion, Witch, Wardrobe, the players in L.A. are anxious to get the next movie made, I’m sure. According to this report, they may already be in gear.
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Aslan, Not Safe But Good
More thoughts on the Narnia movie. One of the key scenes is when the children are with Mr. and Mrs. Beaver and are first told about Aslan (the Christ figure). The movie shortened the dialogue, so I want to offer you this bit here from the novel itself:
“Is – is he [...]
Lutheran Blog Carnival 13
Go to Aardvark Alley for some awesome links. The earth pig has done a fine job sorting through the finest of the Lutheran blogosphere. The Burr has two links listed.
And I also want to thank Bunnie Diehl. She mentioned the Burr in one of her recent posts and I must have gotten over a hundred [...]
The Big Announcement
Although the festival of the Annunciation is March 25, the 3-year lectionary my congregation uses has the reading from Luke 1 today where Gabriel brings the Word to Mary.
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Why You Should Go to Church (and not just on holidays)
I’m sure that every pastor is concerned about improving the church attendance of his congregation. Every pastor has sheep that he seldom ever sees, except maybe on holidays or when a wedding or funeral is called for. Some call them the inactives or the delinquents or the under-churched. And when contact is made, there are [...]
My Wife’s Comments on the Narnia Movie
I encourage you to check out Julie’s impressions of LWW over at her blog Jottings and Such.
And just for fun, I am tagging her to respond to the two memes that’ve been floating out there:
1) List Ten Guilty Pleasures
2) Five Random Facts about you
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Go See the Narnia Movie
I took the family out to dinner and a movie this evening. After a meal of sushi and hot sake, we finally saw The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I loved it and I know you will too. And it gave me the opportunity to talk about the gospel with my 10-year-old son [...]
