Life of a Reader
Excuses, Excuses I’ve been gone from the blog for a grand total of two weeks. It’s quite possible no one even noticed. In fact, I’m sure no one noticed because I have no following whatsoever. I often feel like I’m just talking to myself here. Nevertheless, I felt like I should explain that due to Spring Break, a church retreat, […]
If this past year has taught me (the beginnings of) anything about a Christian’s growth towards God, it is that the process is one of the blacksmith’s forge. Our desires for change are like sketches of what we want God to do. But nine times out of ten, our steely hearts must feel the heat of difficulty and the sparks […]
It’s a Musical Life I love a good musical! While I’ve seen several that are very good, few stick out in my mind as much as Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, and The Sound of Music. The famous musical duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein were instrumental (literally . . . haha) in the making of the later and they are […]
“Take courage, my beloved, the sun has not ceased to shine, nor has our God forgotten to be gracious.” – Charles Haddon Spurgeon A Cloud of Witnesses In Hebrews 12, the Holy Spirit through the human author encourages us with these words: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us run with endurance the […]
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Starring: Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong, Awkwafina Rating: PG for mild perilous action A Broken World In an ideal world, there is perfect peace and everyone gets what they want. But we are wicked creatures. We can’t seem to get along for any decent period of time without spiritual intervention. For believers this […]
“I could not answer the ceaseless inward question – why I thus suffered; now, at the distance of – I will not say how many years, I see it clearly.” A Miserable Burden What does misery do to the young mind? A great many things. Everyone responds differently given the same circumstances. In the classic novel written by Charlotte […]
A Cinderella Story (2004) Starring: Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray Rating: PG for some language, and brief sexual innuendo Another Round Here we are again, reviewing yet another Cinderella tale, because apparently I can’t get enough of it all! 😉 Unfortunately, since I hatched this idea and started on it, I’ve got to finish it. If I had watched 10 […]
Not Cinderella’s Type (2018) Starring: Paris Warner, Tim Flynn, Tanner Gillman Rating: PG (??) Yes, Another One . . . I’ve been looking around at Cinderella movies lately (I’m working on an article that will rate 10 or so Cinderella movies worst to best!) and I stumbled upon another random one. A vague description drew me in and I […]
The Right Perspective I was thinking about this quote looong before the news hit this week, but how well-timed on my part to pick Dr. Seuss as the inspirational quote for this week. 😉 Our world is a mess right now, but it is becoming more obvious by the day it seems. This week we are “discovering” the racism behind the […]
A Few Changes Hello everyone! It’s officially March and I’m making a few changes to my blog-posting schedule. It’s very minor, but I want to keep you up-to-date and in-the-loop. I’ve been posting a Monday Minute every week, but that will be reduced to once or twice a month. It will still be on Monday (obviously . . . cause […]