Life at Hogwarts in The Half-Blood Prince has gotten off to a very normal start. I always enjoy the first few chapters back at Hogwarts when the students are getting settled and things like classes and Quidditch get going. Below are some thoughts from chapters 7-12 of The Half-Blood Prince.Read more
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Paramount recently announced that it will preview nine minutes of J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek movie in December. Some scenes of Star Trek Into Darkness have been shot in Imax and the preview will be shown in 3D Imax theaters. The date coincides with the release of The Hobbit, which means new Star Trek footageRead more
Anakin and Luke both spent time with Obi-Wan and Yoda, yet their paths couldn’t have been any more divergent. Anakin became Darth Vader and helped plunge the galaxy into a decades-long darkness. Luke became the last of the Jedi and helped restore freedom to the galaxy. There is one main difference in their stories: Palpatine.Read more
Michael Arndt has been hired to write the screenplay for Episode VII. He won an Academy Award for the screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine and was nominated for the screenplay for Toy Story 3. Arndt is an accomplished screenwriter, something the Star Wars series hasn’t had since Lawrence Kasdan co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back andRead more
This past weekend in church we had a special guest worship leader. Matt Rogers, an American Idol finalist and television host, is the brother of one of our board members. Matt and his sister led worship for us this weekend and the music had quite the country flair. Matt said Jesus is a country musicRead more
As soon as I finished The Order of the Phoenix I got right back into the wizarding world and started reading The Half-Blood Prince. Now that Voldemort has fully returned, it’s interesting to see how the wizarding world has responded. I’m also excited to see how Harry will end up confronting the Death Eaters again.Read more