The Spirit

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Absolutely brilliant! Frank Miller is incredible (look for him in the first scene as Officer Liebiwitz)! It’s a beautiful homage to the world of comics that was while still staying relevant to the modern world. Gabriel Macht’s Spirit is dead-on with his dry wit and sense of humor. Samuel Jackson’s Octopus is outlandish, insane and absolutely delicious. And the women! What would a Spirit movie be without a bevy of beautiful maidens! All of Central City seems caught in a futuristic vintage world where cell phones, BFG’s (none of that bio-force crap) and fedora’s exist side by side! It’s beautiful!!!

The Rock Church Worship Service

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Paul (dance) Medley Jon 1 Samuel 1:1-11 Constant theme of barren women Elkinah bestowed more gifts on barren wife Hannah than fertile wife Peninnah Irritate – annoyed, bothered, pissed off Hebrew: To thunder and roar with deep agony Can’t even eat food Barren women were viewed as less than Couldn’t contribute to culture Double portion meant more love, giving barren wife support Build your life on the fact that I love you more than Peninnah Hannah rose – made a desicion, moved into action Goes into prayer What kind of prayer soothes agony? 1 Sam 1:11-15 Lips move, no words – must be drunk Pouring out her soul before the Lord Pouring her heart into God’s reality What do my deepest prolems look like compared with God’s blessing? Bares her soul Your heart, problems, pain melt in God’s glory Identifies God’s attributes No razor shall touch his head Everything on … Continue reading →

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Paul (You are holy) Jon Genesis 21:1-7 Key – 6 Made her laughter something redemptive Gen 12 bless nations of the world Messiah will fix it all God gives a promise, but not a deadline Life keeps ticking away Abe hits 100 Gen 17:17 – God reassures him and Abe is incredulous Scoffing laughter, sarcasm Sarah hears, Gen 18:12, and is sarchastic Lost belief in supernatural God As we get older, faith gets harder Intellectually skeptical Afraid to hope – males us vulnerable…don’t want to get hurt… We love control, we hate disappointment Afraid of boredom…don’t want to wait Start to close our hearts…get jaded Laughter of addiction and fixation Gen 21:8-10 Celebrations full of laughter Cast out Hagar and son, they can’t laugh Ishmael laughing AT Isaac? Laughter turns to anger Something wrong with this laughter…displaces God from the throne of our hearts, fromour center If anything disappoints us, … Continue reading →

Bolt

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I thought I would be really dissappointed with the end result when Chris Sanders (voice/creator of Stitch (and Lilo)) was pulled off his own project, but with time (and various blog entries talking about the Disney precedent of replacing film directors if the story wasn’t popping right) I eventually decided that I wanted to see the film anyways. And boy am I glad I did. For all the whining and griping I did, this is an incredibly enjoyable film and a proud addition to the Disney canon. Oooo! It’s a Jessie/Woody moment! Still a valid story moment, but it’s fun to see dogs and cats arguing like toys or real people. 😀

A Lion Among Men (Volume Three in the Wicked Years) by Gregory Maguire

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Having seen the paths of all the other original characters through the “Wicked” lens, Maguire now focuses his lens on The Cowardly Lion formally known as Brrr in order to re-examine the life and time of Elphaba and her descendants. Having already revolutionized him as a fop having his curls twirled by Nick Chopper the Tin Woodsman, Maguire now takes us through the life of Brr after he escaped from captivity as he wanders through life just trying to get by and always being discouraged. As always, a delightful incursion into fancy and an interesting twist in silver shoes.

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Paul Children’s Program I want to know the true meaning of Christmas! Me too! We’re too busy! This year in children’s ministry: the Messiah David v. Goliath Isaiah Winter: the Beattitudes Easter: washing the disciples feet Walk to Ammaus The early church Summer: memorize the books of the Bible Presentation by John Mullens: board representative Prayer for the staff (Jon, Lori, Paul, Matt) Christmas Eve – communion service only

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Paul Baptism – Bailey from Jen and Bryan Jon Kevin Parsons started a Men’s Ministry 24 hour prayer Friendship A sense of community is instilled in humanity and Christianity Ever been a complete fool in a crowd and a few people still embrace you? 1 Samuel 18-20 Keys to friendship 1. Consistent 18:3 loved him as his soul Users – always networking, what’s in it for me Your needs come second, their needs come first Design was for friendship Heart needs covenant relationships Compassion, commitment… Are we building relationships based on our own needs? Real friends want to know your weaknesses They gently correct you Think of Jonathon…his needs disappeared to the background Saw David’s role as the next King of Israel Earned his father’s enmity by aligning himself with David Loved him as his own soul Stripped himself of his throne Saw the call of God on David’s life … Continue reading →

Australia

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I suspect that if Michael Bay had titled ‘Pearl Harbor’ ‘Hawaii’ instead the movie would have been very differently received…because (without having seen it in a while), that’s basically what happens in this film…an epic love story with personal hardships framed around the Japanese naval bombings in the Pacfic during World War 2. Well that and it’s a western. Due to burning-the-midnight-oil-post-production the soundtrack is still forthcoming….curses! The music is really incredible…there’s even an awesome Australian swing number (banjo and didgeredoo!) while Hugh Jackman is beating people up. As well as Begin The Beguine and some stunning variations and choral versions of ‘Somewhere (Over The Rainbow)’.

1940’s Radio Hour – Irvine Valley College

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*starts choking on cough drop* They destroyed it. This was probably the worst college production I’ve seen to date. Which is unfortunate when you actually know people in the cast….because at some point you know you’re going to have to talk to them. My biggest problem is that the show is supposed to be a radio broadcast in the 1940’s (gee, hence the title?)…and there is no way on God’s green earth that what we saw was capable of going over the air in any manner of acclaim. There was enough dead air to bring a corpse back to life, there were people 20 ft from a mike thinking they were being heard loud and clear, there was foley going on 30 ft from the mike…it was disastrous…absolutely nothing like the show I saw growing up. Mic troubles. I didn’t care about the main character’s arc. Johnny the singer was … Continue reading →

Silk Stockings – MTW

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Delightful! Based on the short story Ninotchka by Melchior Lengyel, adapted into a film of the same name (with Greta Garbo) and later adapted to a Broadway musical with music by Cole Porter (his last Broadway musical) and later adapted to film with Cyd Charrise and Fred Astaire (in his last dancing role), this is actually a reworking of the movie musical placing it in the 60’s to capitalize on US/USSR relations at the height of the Cold War. Having seen the other film versions, it is still a delightful story that stays delightfully true to it’s source material while still being relevant and romantic. Starring Stuart Pankin as one of the Russian Arts Commisars. I didn’t recognize his name at first either, but his voice and face made me go wait a second….then I realized he was in Honey We Shrunk Ourselves as Wayne Szalinski’s brother Gordon and he … Continue reading →