The trailers and commercials have piqued my interest for Prometheus. It looks like a great science fiction movie filled with suspense and mystery. My interest in Prometheus, which takes place in the Alien franchise universe, has also piqued my interest in those movies. That raised interest, though, is competing with my great fear of theRead more
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Every spring we do a big competition series for our youth group. We pick a theme and plan all of our games, teams, images and talks around that theme. This year it was a no-brainer for us to use The Hunger Games as our theme. It had been fun to create a lot of artworkRead more
Years ago my good friend Vince and I would hear about Christians acting very much unlike Jesus and we would just say, “Christians make me look bad.” We weren’t attempting to elevate ourselves through that statement but were simply acknowledging that sometimes Christians do things in the name of Jesus that reflect poorly on theRead more
Like a seemingly large portion of the American public, I saw The Hunger Games this past weekend. I had finished the book earlier in the week so I was primed to see how Katniss Everdeen’s fight for survival translated to the silver screen. I enjoyed the movie. I thought that it was well directed, theRead more
With all the excitement over The Hunger Games it has been nice to find myself in another universe. I’ve started reading The Chamber of Secrets and, whether you’ve read it before or not, it would be great to have you along for the ride and hear your thoughts. For the reading schedule I’ll be keepingRead more
This week I’m again in Hollywood on a service trip with high school students from our church. A number of our students have given up time over their spring break to come and serve a church in inner city Hollywood. That number of students, though, is slightly smaller than the number we normally bring. AndRead more