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In My Father’s House: HEAVEN IS FOR REAL
The core of the story deals with the fact that so many people, even ministers and those of the church, find the ideas of Heaven to be for children's stories and fairytales. When we really think about where we'll be after death, and who and what we'll see, none of it seems possible...
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A Gift for the Lent & Easter Season 2014: SON OF GOD
I know Jesus lived, and I know he came to make his spirit and God's love known upon the world. But I also believe, as powerful as the Gospels are, and they are the only knowledge we have of Christ's teachings, that something got lost. Something important that Jesus really came to impart got lost in translation, lost in history of power struggles and politics, lost in the Church.
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Partaking: A Polite Bribe
Was invited to a screening of a biopic on the Apostle Paul called A Polite Bribe by filmmaker Robert Orlando. For as long as I can remember, I’ve attended bible study classes; not continuously and never formally at a University or College, but regularly through a church. Sadly and disgracefully, I retain very little and can regurgitate nothing. In recent years, I tend to go not for religious instruction, or spiritual learning, but more for historical interest. Which is the perspective of A Polite Bribe. Told through chiaroscuro animation, a style which features a single light source, Orlando focuses on a man who possessed unwaveringly resilience and determination. Paul’s mission…