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Friday night we ate supper in what could only be described as a “dive.” We would have been scared to death to enter such a place in the North. People sitting around drinking & talking. Several dancing, many of them quite high. Everyone nodding or saying hello as we walked in. Roger & I had …
The service at the black Baptist church Sunday evening was certainly interesting. It began with prayer offered by a deacon – it was a singsong prayer, simple yet full of fervor, punctuated by many “Amens.” The deacon then read from the First Chapter of Genesis; right after this he burst into a song – a …
True story of an Af-Am doctor & wife who were light-skinned enough to “pass as whites” in a small New England town back in the the 1st half of 20th century.
On a lonely Christmas Eve a number of desperate people’s lives converge on a convenience store. They are very different, and yet all are in need of love and a renewed sense of purpose in life.
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 6; L- 1; S/N-3 . Running time: 2 hours 44 min. O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God. Psalm 7:9 Alfred and Bruce debate the return of Batman. 2012 Warner Brothers This …
PG-13. Our ratings: V -2; L -4; S/N -3. Running time: 1 hour 50 min. Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ He said, ‘I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?’ Genesis 4:9 Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the …
Rated PG-13. Our Ratings: V-5;L -5; S/N –0. Running time: 1 hour 56 min. Contend , O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me! Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to help me! Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul, …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V-0 ; L-0 ; S/N-2 Running time: 1 hour 59 min. Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. * * * 7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If one …
Rated PG-13 Our ratings: V- 2; L- 1; S/N-3 . Running time: 1 hour 40 min. Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. Galatians 6.7 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant 5or rude. It does not insist on its own …
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Rated R. Our Rating: V-2 ; L- 1; S/N-2 . Length: 2 hours 42 min. Some take pride in chariots, and some in horses, but our pride is in the name of the LORD our God. They will collapse and fall, but we shall rise and stand upright. Psalm 20:7-8 Again, the devil took him …