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Since we are isolated and stuck inside during this Christmas season, I decided this year I was going to put together a list of of my favorite Christmas stories. The angle I took in putting this together is Christmas “pairings”, be it in book form or film. These are stories that seem to me toContinue reading “The Stories of Christmas: 15 Timeless Tales That Capture the Spirit of the Season (Day 6)”

Since we are isolated and stuck inside during this Christmas season, I decided this year I was going to put together a list of of my favorite Christmas stories. The angle I took in putting this together is Christmas “pairings”, be it in book form or film. These are stories that seem to me toContinue reading “The Stories of Christmas: 15 Timeless Tales That Capture the Spirit of the Season (Day 5)”

Since we are isolated and stuck inside during this Christmas season, I decided this year I was going to put together a list of of my favorite Christmas stories. The angle I took in putting this together is Christmas “pairings”, be it in book form or film. These are stories that seem to me toContinue reading “The Stories of Christmas: 15 Timeless Tales That Capture the Spirit of the Season (Day 4)”

Since we are isolated and stuck inside during this Christmas season, I decided this year I was going to put together a list of of my favorite Christmas stories. The angle I took in putting this together is Christmas “pairings”, be it in book form or film. These are stories that seem to me toContinue reading “The Stories of Christmas: 15 Timeless Tales That Capture the Spirit of the Season (Day 3)”

Since we are isolated and stuck inside during this Christmas season, I decided this year I was going to put together a list of of my favorite Christmas stories. The angle I took in putting this together is Christmas “pairings”, be it in book form or film. These are stories that seem to me toContinue reading “The Stories of Christmas: 15 Timeless Tales That Capture the Spirit of the Season (Part 2)”

Since we are isolated and stuck inside during this Christmas season, I decided this year I was going to put together a list of of my favorite Christmas stories. The angle I took in putting this together is Christmas “pairings”, be it in book form or film. These are stories that seem to me toContinue reading “The Stories of Christmas: 15 Timeless Tales That Capture the Spirit of the Season”

I’ve been working through a Torah course on the book of Judges as a follow up to the recent time I spent in the books of Numbers and Joshua. And while I have only recently started my journey through this tumoltuous time in Israel’s history, some of the context for the book that I haveContinue reading “The Book of Judges: Finding Unity in Diversity”

Director Bryan Bertino’s recent film The Dark and The Wicked is not only one of the best horror films of 2020, it is one of the best films of 2020. The most interesting dynamic of this story about the horrors of the devil invading the life and home of a particular family is that weContinue reading “The Dark and The Wicked, The Light and the Beauty: Bertino and Bonhoeffer on entering The Season of Waiting”

When I set out to do this filmtravels2020 exercise back in January as part of my new years resolution plan, I don’t think I considered, or at least failed to imagine just how rich the experience would be. Seeing films from around the world and experiencing new cultures through film has not only enlivened myContinue reading “Film Travels 2020: Africa”

Some thoughts from the book of Zechariah as I keep and mind and pray for America and all my friends in America this week. “Return to me and I will return to you”. (Zechariah 1:3)This word of hope covers the book of Zechariah as it speaks of a day and a time when what isContinue reading “Zechariah: The Way to Peace and Restoration”