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I can’t believe it’s been such a long time since my last entry. Aside from my usual writing for Visual Parables, LectionAid, and Lectionary Homiletics, I’ve been engrossed in finishing the book Blessed Are the Filmmakers, outlined below. It was inspired by reading Daniel Buttry’s inspiring collection of 60+ minibiographies of peacemakers, living and dead, …
NR. Our ratings: V -5; L -3; S/N -.5. Running time: 2 hour 26 min. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us… Romans 12.6a Midnight s Children Deepa Mehta’s adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s acclaimed 1981 novel is an epic tale set amidst the chaotic his tory of India from 1917 …
Note: the following contains some plot revelations necessary so if you have not read the novel or seen the film, beware–you might want to wait till you have. Rated PG-13. Our Ratings: V -5; L -2; S/N -1. No shrinking violet, this heroine! © 2012 Lionsgate Films No one has greater love than this, to lay down …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V -2; L -1; S/N -3 . Running time: 1 hour God spoke: “Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our natureSo they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal …
Rated R. Our ratings: V -9; L -8; S/N -3. Running time: 1 hour 50 min. Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail. Proverbs 22.8 You have ploughed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies. Hosea 10:13 Do not be deceived; God is not …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -1; L -3; S/N -4. Running time: 1 hour 52 min. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to …
Rated PG-13. Our Ratings: V -5; L -2; S/N -1. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to …
Rated PG-13. Our Ratings: V-6; L-1; S/N-2. Length: 2 hours 20 min. Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness. May he defend the …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 1, L- 3, S/N-4. Running time: 1 hour 13 min. Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love, For they have been from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness’ …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-1 ; L-3 ; S/N-1 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat; and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink; for you will heap coals of fire on their heads, and the Lord will reward you. Proverbs 25:21-22 If it is possible, so far as it …