And the critics have again missed the point…. Lady in the Water is M. Night’s most original piece to date. Completely different and off in it’s own world, it captures your imagination. Spiritually grounded in themes such as desire, community and belief, it touches your heart. Paul Giamatti is an actor among actors, displaying Cleveland Heep as the broken man that he is, without ever losing sight of the man he wishes he could be. Simply wow. Anybody who doesn’t like it didn’t pay attention to the tagline - it is a “bedtime story,” a fairy tale, a feast of story, not horror, that doesn’t have to be a possibility or have anything in common with this world. In fact, “other-worldly” would be a good way to describe this particular movie.
It is complex enough that I’m afraid I’m going to miss church tomorrow, because I can’t sleep, can’t stop thinking about everything that happened. Shyamalan has crafted another great one.
Well, Mike Cope beat me to posting my favorite quote from To Own a Dragon. So far, anyway. Maybe I’ll come across something better, and then I’ll post that. Read the comments on Mike’s blog, too - frequently, they are my favorite part about his site. They are certainly interesting, with lots of different perspectives.
I’m writing this post because I’m paying hosting fees for the right to do so. And because the Kadesh campers are so friggin’ loud.
1. Kidquest is a pretty calm bunch this week. They don’t whine very much and they generally do what they’re told. I don’t know whay this happens sometimes, but I’m not going to complain about it either. Everybody is having more fun this week.
2. Tonight I went to the new Colonial, now hosted by Freedom Fellowship at Chestnut and South 10th. We had to move out of the Colonial Apartments, because an investment company is going to clean them up and make them livable again. No kids were living there anymore, anyway. So, I met some new kids tonight, saw the old kids for the first time in a couple of weeks, and generally had a good time.
3. I have to say, however, that I might want to get a car that I’m not as worried about losing if I keep going there every week. Which I will. So, the car is something to think about. I’ve never gone somewhere in the Volvo and ended up having the nicest car. That can be a problem.
4. I feel like I’ve become very self-concious about my wealth, recently. But whenever I start feeling too wealthy, I just remember what my ACU bill looks like and my ability to pay it. And then I start laughing maniacly….
5. The single most expensive thing that I brought to ACU freshman year is dying a slow death of overheating and Windows being corrupted. Somehow, it still lets me log in here, though. One of two sites left.
6. I’ve been jamming to the Elizabethtown soundtrack the last few days. It’s goooooooood. Nice and mellow. Kind of like the movie.
7. An honest person can never say that U2 is a “bad” band. You can say that you don’t like them, or that they aren’t your style. But they don’t “suck.” (This is aimed at a specific person, who probably will never read this.)
8. Reading Donald Miller’s To Own a Dragon and somebody’s Their’s is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America. I’ll try and post some quotes from each later on.
12:15 - I’m going to yell at the Kadesh campers. Good night.
If you go to the old blog, it should tranfer you here.
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From Monday Morning Insight:
Actor Stephen Baldwin has criticized Bono’s crusade against poverty in Africa, insisting the U2 singer should preach Christianity instead. THE USUAL SUSPECTS actor, who is a born-again Christian, is convinced the world can only heal itself by following the teachings of Jesus Christ. The 40-year-old writes of Bono in his upcoming autobiography THE UNUSUAL SUSPECT: MY CALLING TO THE NEW HARDCORE MOVEMENT OF FAITH, “You would do far more good if you just preached the gospel of Jesus rather than trying to get rid of Third World debt relief.”
I wonder, why is it that he would question when someone is doing something positive in the world? Oh, his faith is hardcore and new, alright; Jesus had something completely different to say near the end of Matthew 25.
I’d like to bring up Baldwin’s methods in other areas, as well:
Hollywood actor Stephen Baldwin has won the support of a powerful religious ally in his battle against pornography, after discovering a store selling sex films is opening just a mile from his home in New York State. Born again Christian Baldwin vowed to stand outside the store in Nyack every day and take photographs of the license plates of anyone who visits it earlier this year. He also threatened to publish a list of all the store’s workers and customers in a newspaper advert each month, in a bid to force the business to shut down.
Doesn’t this seem to be a better way to fight against pornography?