Pamela’s Prayer (1998) Starring: Serena Orrego, Rick Scheideman, Ted Kuenz Director: Dave Christiano MPAA Rating: Unrated Purity culture gets a bad rap these days. Some flack might be deserved, but some isn’t. Purity, including modesty, has increasingly been left up to each individual to discern and decide for themselves where their lines in the sand are. This has produced a […]
Pamela’s Prayer – A Movie Review
The Shadow Riders – A Movie Review
The Shadow Riders (1982) Starring: Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot, Katherine Ross Director: Andrew V. McLaglen Rating: PG for mild profanity, some suggestive content, and mild action and violence Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot are two of my favorite western actors. In fact, other than Val Kilmer I don’t think I care for any other western actors . . […]
Wait, What? – A Book Review
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. – Albert Einstein According to the author, “This book started as a graduation speech, and graduation speeches are meant to be grandiose.” While I wouldn’t necessarily call it grandiose, it is philosophical and perhaps a little picturesque in it’s approach to life. There are a […]
Praying the Bible – A Book Review
God has inspired a Psalm for every sigh of the soul . . . The Lord has persistently convicted me about my prayer life for the past few months. Prayer has been brought up in sermons at church, the […]
True Grit – Some Considerations
I tried to watch the original True Grit last week. I couldn’t muster the strength to finish. I watched the new True Grit last summer with my brother. Though I came away unimpressed, I was not completely bored (I was close though.) I made it one hour through the original before I threw in my hat. I found the new adaptation cheesy […]
Pony – A Book Mini-View
Pony by R.J. Palacio Published in 2021 273 Pages Content: * * * (3.5) A few scattered cuss-words would normally cause me little concern; however, this is considered a junior fiction novel which should have zero cuss-words in my mind. There is also somewhat gratuitous descriptions of wounds sustained by ghosts, observed by our main character, Silas. These ghosts harm […]
Hope for My Home Update – Week 4
Sometimes life doesn’t change very much. I’m finding this out in the grand scheme of keeping my house clean. There’s an ebb and flow to life, no doubt; however, day to day, not much changes. The kitchen still needs to be cleaned. The dishes still have to be washed and put away. And somewhere in the monotony, the floor should […]
Uncharted – A Movie Review
Uncharted (2022) Starring: Tom Holland, Mark Wahlburg, Antonio Banderas Director: Ruben Fleischer Rating: PG-13 for language, action, and violence The number of children who want to grow up to be Indiana Jones is probably astronomical. I haven’t met many people (if any at all) who disliked the adventure, mishap, and comedy of those movies. The narrative and story-line presented […]
Son of the Deep – A Book Review
. . . the wind gusted, ripping her hat from her head and sending it out over the bay. She spun to grab it, missed, and teetered precariously on the edge. The wind whipped again, lifting her skirts up around her knees, and she heard a voice on the wind – or was it her own voice speaking to her […]
Boy Bands and the Exploitation of Girlish Fantasy
Branching Out I’ve thought for awhile about trying my hand at a small commentary on pop culture and music. Commentary often gets the audience riled and can even drive away readers. However, the goal of my blog is to make readers, listeners, and watchers aware of the philosophy behind the books, music, and movies we are imbibing. So I’m trying […]