The Burr in the Burgh

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Movie Review: District 9

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District 9 is proof that you don’t need a ginormous budget or famous faces to put together a terrific movie.  The special effects were stunning.  The unknown main actor deserves to win awards.  And the documentary style utilized by The Blair Witch Project (one of the scariest movies I have ever seen), Cloverfield, and Quarantine [...]

Written by Pastor Scott Stiegemeyer

August 27th, 2009 at 6:01 am

Concordia Lutheran High School Chapel Homily

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Concordia Lutheran High School , Fort Wayne, IN April 22, 2009 Text: 1 Cor 12:12-20; John 15:1-8 Just to introduce myself: I am Pastor Scott Stiegemeyer.  I’m the Director of Admission at Concordia Theological Seminary.  I go all over the country talking to young men about becoming pastors and young women about becoming deaconesses, but that is not [...]

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April 22nd, 2009 at 3:32 pm

Hannibal NOT Rising

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So this morning, I just finished reading Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris. It was a disappointment, I must say. It is definitely the weakest of the books in the Hannibal Lecter series. It seems that Harris was writing on auto-pilot, probably just fulfilling the request of some movie producer. It’s formulaic [...]

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March 10th, 2007 at 6:18 pm

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