“The Golden Compass” – 1. Boycotting “The Golden Compass” – 0.

The His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman – The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass – are on my To Reread This Summer List, and thinking about them always reminds me of something that really annoys me about conservative Christians. When the movie The Golden Compass came out, a TON of [...]

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Archived E-mails – Actors and Temperance Hymns

I have some extremely witty friends.  So, from time to time – like if I write a really downer post like I just did but then feel bad about leaving you all on that depressing note – I will post some of the many laugh-out-loud funny things people have e-mailed me which I have kept [...]

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The Biggest Statue Of Jesus On Earth

I’ve never been to Rio. (Wait, isn’t that a song?) But the statue of Cristo Redentor (Portugese for “Christ the Redeemer”) gives me goosebumps every time I see a picture of it. If I’m honest with myself, I probably first saw this statue in an action movie, or possibly the TV show “Alias”; it’s the [...]

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