Today is Good Friday. The day Christians reflect upon Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross. It’s not as joyous and celebrative as Easter Sunday but it’s important. Without Good Friday there would be nothing to celebrate come Easter Sunday. Every great movie series has its own Good Friday movie. Star Wars has The Empire Strikes Back,Read more
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I love eating. I wake up every morning looking forward to breakfast, even though my breakfast is usually just a piece of toast with peanut butter and jelly. I love eating my lunch at work. I try to hold out as long as I can to make eating my lunch that much more enjoyable. OneRead more
I was calling people Benedict Arnold before I even knew who Benedict Arnold was. I didn’t need to know what Benedict Arnold did; I just knew that he was a traitor. Nobody wants to be a traitor. We value loyalty in our friends and we want to be loyal to our friends. We shake ourRead more
I grew up in a Protestant tradition that didn’t give much attention to Holy Week. We mentioned Palm Sunday and might have had a Good Friday service, but that was about it. Looking at other traditions has given me a greater appreciation for Holy Week and what each day leading up to Easter signifies. TodayRead more
It’s Holy Week! Not every week is the same; some require more attention and intention than others. Good Friday and Easter are the celebration of Jesus Christ changing the universe, our lives included, forever. As we look forward to the coming weekend, we have an amazing opportunity during Holy Week to prepare our hearts forRead more
There are a few moments in movies that will give me goose bumps regardless of how many times I see them. In The Two Towers, when Gandalf and Eomer ride in at the end to rescue Helm’s Deep, I always get goose bumps. When the Millennium Falcon comes shooting out of the Death Star andRead more