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Best Movies of 2020
- January 04, 2021
- by
- Ivan Moore
The year that was 2020 didn’t offer us much. In fact, many would say, that it did more than its fair share of taking. However, what happens when you put two cinephiles in quarantine and lockdown for an extended period of time? Well, you watch a bunch of movies. This year offered us the chance to watch older movies we hadn’t seen before and, of course, watch an unprecedented number of new movies. Yes, there were a lot of new...
REVIEW: Soul
- December 30, 2020
- by
- Chris Lawson
The number 42. That is the answer author Douglas Adams gives to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. What is the meaning of life? It’s a big question given a very simple answer in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Would that it were so simple. Though many have tried over the eons, this question continues to baffle generation after generation. Now our up-and-coming millennials and Gen Z have an answer all their own, work. Barna Research...
We Need Advent Now More Than Ever
- December 20, 2020
- by
- Tatum Fishel
My most significant childhood memory of Advent is the year it smelled like our Advent wreath had been peed on. You read that correctly. Let me set the stage for you. Each year – early December or late November – the church I grew up in would have a time set aside for families to make Advent wreaths. Some lovely church people would cut the vegetation, likely from some overgrown church bushes, stuff them into black trash bags, and buy...
The Last Time That Happened…
- December 15, 2020
- by
- Heather Moore
The first two chapters of Luke’s Gospel are some of the most familiar in scripture. They are typically read every year throughout the Christmas season, and the family classic A Charlie Brown Christmas features a large chunk of chapter 2 read in its entirety by Linus. For most of us, we’ve heard this story a bunch of times. Yet one of my favorite things about the Bible is that there are countless layers to practically any part of God’s Word....
The Beginning
- December 09, 2020
- by
- Guest Writer
This part of the story is going to be hazy to me. I don’t remember being born. I remember my second birth so clearly, but that first one is never really clear to us. I was, I existed. My life began and at first I was mostly unaware. Slowly, and then what seemed like all at once, I was me. I began to experience life all around me. I was more than just a body, I was thoughts and feelings....
The Power of Declaring Joy
- December 03, 2020
- by
- Chris Lawson
This Christmas, choose joy. Sometimes the choice is an exultation. Sometimes the choice is a declaration.
Zachary is my six-year-old. His life is full of joy. In fact, during this otherwise difficult season, he is more full of joy than usual.
His life would usually be pretty busy with end-of-year events and being dragged to swim and dance gatherings for his siblings. But this year, much of this has been canceled in light of the community spread of the virus.
So, he has...