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Category Archives: Faith Shots
Extremely Close and Incredibly Profound
I wrote the following review to offer my thoughts and observations on the film, but also to speak to the ignorance of many professional and armature critics whose criticism of the lead character demonstrated a lack of understanding regarding children with … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots
Tagged 9/11, 9/11 attack, Aspergers syndrome, autism, Autism awareness, autism spectrum, community, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, faith and film, forgiveness, grief, grief recovery, healing, parental love, patience, Sandra Bullock, Special Needs, special needs ministry, The Church, Tom Hanks, World trade center
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“Where Have You Gone Gerald Ford?”
In the 1968 song “Mrs. Robinson,” Paul Simon asks and declares “Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.” The next line follows with Mrs. Robinson’s reply, “Joltin Joe” has left and gone away…” In … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Scattershooting
Tagged assault weapons, Gospel of Matthew, Gun control, House of representatives, jesus, Jesus parable, Joe Scarborough, leadership, Morning Joe, Newtown Connecticut, Nixon pardon, NRA, parable of the talents, political courage, President Gerald Ford, Republican congress, Richard Nixon, school shooting, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Watergate
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Sermon: The Empire Strikes Back/A New Hope
This is the sermon that was for the 3rd Sunday in Advent, the Sunday following the Newtown CT school shooting. The Scripture was Matthew 2:7-23, the story of Joseph being directed to take Jesus to Exile in Egypt before the … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots, Sermons
Tagged a new hope, Advent, Advent sermon, Christmas, faith, faith and film, film, george lucas, God why?, hope, incarnation, jesus, joy, loss, massacre of innocents, moses, newtown, Newtown Connecticut, Preaching, preaching on pain, school shooting, sermons, star wars, theodicy, Why God
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Lincoln, In Living Color and Prophetic Courage
One day in a discussion with my parents I referred to an event from the 1940’s as happening during the “black and white days” because most photos, films, and newsreel footage of that time are in black and white. I … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots
Tagged 13th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Civil War, Congress, courage, Daniel Day Lewis, discipleship, faith and film, fiscal cliff, Lincoln 2013, LIncoln film, political courage, prophetic, secession of Texas, secession petitions, Sermon on the Mount, slavery, Steven Spielberg
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Bond, Baptism, and Beginning Again
After seeing the newest James Bond film, “Skyfall,” I thought about the nature of rebooting. Celebrating 50 years of Bond, the newest edition continues the reboot of the series that began two films ago with the casting of Daniel Craig … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots, Scattershooting
Tagged "skyfall" review, baptism, Body of Christ, Bond, charles wesley, congregations, faith, faith and film, film reboots, film review, forgiveness, god, grace, James Bond, James Bond in film, Kingdom of God, new life, power of sin, sacrament of baptism, sin, Skyfall, The Church
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Originally posted on Justine Graykin:
Erica and me, Christmas, 1957 It’s been a rough couple of months. Losing the first cat wasn’t so bad (I wrote a nice article for the newspaper about that). The second cat was a lot…
Virtual Choir, Communion and Saints
I was driving home from church today, Sunday November 4, when I heard an interview on NPR that struck me. It was one of those “in the moment” experiences, or as I said in my sermon earlier today, a moment when several … Continue reading
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Tagged All Saints Day, Eucharist, Netflix, NPR, Preaching, Sacrament of Communion, Sermon, ted talks, virtual reality
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Eagle “Eyed”
I preached a sermon on God’s presence last week and talked about brushes with greatness I have had. I forgot about one that I experienced several years ago and shared in my church column then. As during the sermon, I invite … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Sermons
Tagged Brush with Greatness, Christ, Don Henley, faith, god, God's presence, jesus, name dropping, Preaching, Preaching psalms, Psalm 139, sermons, SMU Football, The Eagles
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A 9/11 Flashback
In 1898, H.G. Wells wrote a story of about a time traveler who builds his own time machine and is able to travel forward 800,000 years. What he finds is a society that seems to be living in harmony, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Apostle Paul, Body of Christ, Christian community, church, god, God-time, H.G. Wells, Kingdom of God, prayer, remembrance, Romans 8, time machine, time travel
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