tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9508883.post1027008500997889873..comments2023-10-17T06:46:26.537-04:00Comments on God, Superman, and the Buckeyes: Rambling AgainThe Metzeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304121660204122620noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9508883.post-68921100339752741392007-08-02T09:24:00.000-04:002007-08-02T09:24:00.000-04:00Proverbs 21:20 In the house of the wise are stores...Proverbs 21:20 In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9508883.post-79124985571362136552007-07-26T12:20:00.000-04:002007-07-26T12:20:00.000-04:00Thanks for your info about Evan Almighty. I was wo...Thanks for your info about Evan Almighty. I was wondering about it.Paula Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09216111684767440552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9508883.post-8350142348319043412007-07-23T23:52:00.000-04:002007-07-23T23:52:00.000-04:0010 yr class reunion:I quit going to mine. They ha...10 yr class reunion:<BR/><BR/>I quit going to mine. They have one every 5 years. I'd rather read about them or email them than see them.<BR/><BR/>Ecclesiology:<BR/><BR/>One's understanding of church and all things spiritual should continue to grow (and therefore change). I don't know about how bad "we've really messed this thing up." Maybe we're just growing and changing but at a very slow pace! Nothing wrong with assessing the errors of our ways if done lovingly and with sincere motives. No matter what, it all comes down to loving God with all we've got and loving each other as much as we love ourselves.<BR/><BR/>Retirement:<BR/><BR/>You sound a lot like us Baby Boomers who were born in the 50's and shouted down the financial establishment (and other establishments) in the 60's only to see ouselves as the ones we were criticizing now that we're living in the 21st century. Talk's cheap. God provides. And He does so in all sorts of different ways.<BR/><BR/>Ministry:<BR/><BR/>I think your last sentence kinda says it all. I think Alum Creek is fortunate to have a YM who places a priority on "exemplifying the love of Christ" instead of on roller skating parties. This is what really teaches and molds young people ... being real and letting Christ be evident in what they observe in you (and your family).<BR/><BR/>Evan Almighty:<BR/><BR/>I liked it. No Oscars or anything but I liked it. I laughed out loud in places. There were some tearful moments as well. I saw myself reflected in some of those situations. I liked hearing "God" say how He answers prayers. I liked it when He laughed at us having our own plans (I know, retirement?). Sometimes the moral of the story can just be obvious and not in some mysterious, subliminal symbolism that takes a few days to sink in. If you are to the point in your walk where seeing the Gospel as "cool" dulls it a little, then maybe you are on your own a little! I don't know that the audience was intended mainly to be christians. I think the studio's motives are much more financial than anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9508883.post-18661395944599735522007-07-19T21:46:00.000-04:002007-07-19T21:46:00.000-04:00I've seen some of what you recognize as "a message...I've seen some of what you recognize as "a message" in a movie, in a book, or in a show. Usually, though, it comes followed up by some overly politically-correct thing that passes for a "message" these days. Sometimes, they leave it alone and let the message stand the way it should.<BR/><BR/>Whenever somebody deliberately includes a message in the work and makes it so blatant it's like a slap in the face, it probably comes off like a slap in the face to the people who do not believe. When the creator of a work goes through the trouble to show a message (like in Lord of the Rings, or in Chronicles of Narnia), so that it flows more naturally, I think the audience can be more receptive.<BR/><BR/>I remember a challenge put forth for Christian fiction writers: "Don't force the topic of religion on your work. Your belief should come through on its own in the work."<BR/><BR/>Have fun doing that "face lift and overall updating!"Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406981595857455666noreply@blogger.com