An atheist reviewing a theology book? He must be a friend of the author.
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The best, etc., of 2019
Not that it makes any difference, really — the year was what it was, and no amount of whining will change that — but I’m not a big fan of 2019.
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Christianity Today, today
Photo by Steve Harvey on Unsplash I have mixed feelings about Mark Galli’s editorial in Christianity Today, which calls for Trump’s removal from office.
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Christmas music… bah!
I might not mind a war on Christmas, if it meant I wouldn’t be assaulted with Christmas music everywhere I go.
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A self-fulfilling illogic
White Island volcano in New Zealand, erupting on Dec. 8, 2019. Photo by Michael Schade (@sch on Twitter). I know that there are people who deny the urgency of the climate crisis, but I am still taken aback when stumble upon them.
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10dmc #day11: Honorable mentions
Photo by Jeremy Yap on Unsplash Two things killed me about the 10-Day Movie Challenge, which I got sucked into on Facebook: presenting the films without explanation, and selecting only ten movies.
But, as I said way back when, I have a blog, which means I can ignore those rules. So I explained each of the ten films — and now, since ten films was just too hard, here are my 10DMC Honorable Mentions.
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10DMC #day10: The Matrix
I love movies. When I sit down to watch a film, I expect to enjoy myself, and my standards are low enough that I’m rarely disappointed. Often, I’m wowed. But I can think of only three films that have made me feel genuine awe. I’ve written about two of them in this 10-day movie challenge series: the original Star Wars, and Blade Runner.
The third is The Matrix.
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10DMC #day9: Midnight Run
I’ve seen Midnight Run all the way through only three or four times. But—way back when—I had a roommate who subscribed to HBO, and, for the month or so that it was showing, I watched it from whatever point I stumbled up on it—ten minutes here, an hour there… in terms of accumulated minutes, I’ve sat in front of that film more than any other except, perhaps, The Matrix.
I couldn’t get enough of it.
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Anthropomorphizing Trump
I posted a comment on Facebook and the Twitters: “The news anthropomorphizes Trump.”
Where the hell did that come from?
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