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I have been less than impressed by Disney’s animated films since the Lion King. [Please Note: None of the following criticism appertains to the Pixar films, which I do not associate with Disney, despite the corporate structure].   Not only have the originality of the storylines, the creativity of the dialogue, and the quality of the [...]

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CH and I wrote an article on foreign film for April’s issue of The Examined Life. Here’s an excerpt: … When we go to see Iron Man, we know where it is coming from (whether or not we know the comic book source), and are enabled to sit back and enjoy the impact. No blindsiding [...]

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http://artsandfaith.com/t100/25_horror.html “But horror movies can do more than just frighten us. They can ask us to move beyond terror into contemplation, where fear of separation from God becomes the beginning of wisdom. Filmmaker David Cronenberg says, ‘I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your [...]

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  The following excerpt is from an article I wrote for this month’s The Examined Life (an online publication of Wheatstone Ministries) on Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games Trilogy: … On a cultural and social level, we need the warnings of the dystopian novel. It says: if you continue on your present path, this is [...]

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Today I am confined to the sick bed.  CH informs me that I am funny when I am sick–I do become rather cynical and punchy and my hair stands up on end.  Maybe I should take the act on the road.  Thankfully it’s a non-school day in my district, so I and the fifth grade [...]

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On October 26, 2010, I lost my unborn daughter, Madeleine Grace.  I found these songs helpful as I struggled to articulate my grief and wrestled with God. “Precious Child” by Karen Taylor-Good “Held” by Natalie Grant “Glory Baby” by Watermark “You Wouldn’t Cry (Andrew’s Song)” by Mandisa “All I Can Say” by the David Crowder [...]

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CH and I don’t see much theater these days, mostly due to lack of funds; but, we did make it out to one stage production in December: Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited. We’ve both enjoyed reading McCarthy over the past couple years (CH more extensively than I) and a production of one of his two [...]

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Interesting feature from The New York Times Magazine: For the 10th consecutive December, the magazine has chosen to look back on the past year through a distinctive prism: ideas.  Our digest of short entries refracts the light beam of human inspiration, breaking it up into its constituent colors — innovations and insights from a spectrum [...]

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Zadie Smith

Sometime last spring I read several of Zadie Smith’s novels (The Autograph Man & On Beauty).  They were fantastic.  But, as often happens these days, it’s Ms. Smith’s articles that made me interrupt conversations to read aloud brilliant, piercing observations about the state of humanity.  Smith, daughter of a Jamaican and a Brit, stands between [...]

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The Walking Dead

Sometimes I am more than a little bashful about some of my tastes. This would be one of those times. CH &  I  finished watching Angel (a five season commitment completely worth the time, if only for season four) several weeks ago– we usually have some TV show in progress along with our ever increasing [...]

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