Ready-made just for my blog comes along an episode of Glee called, “Grilled Cheesus.” It begins with a young man named, Finn, discovering that his grilled cheese sandwhich has the face of Christ toasted onto the surface. There are probably a billion different directions that I could take to start to dissect this episode from…
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The Karma Question
On the season six finale of House, a woman is trapped in a building and Dr. House is right there beside her while they try to get her out. The situation is desperate. We learn a little bit about who she is, her husband waiting back home, her hopes and dreams. But there she is.…
A Mighty Wind
This morning it is windy. And that is an understatement. Because of the cool weather we have had our windows open and the cats love to sit on the sill, with just the screen between them and the great outdoors. It’s a good view, they can smell everything and their ability to hear the birds…
Are Ye Able?
I have just two simple questions for us to wrestle with this morning… First – what do you want? And second – are you willing to do what it takes to get it? What do you want? And are you willing to do what it takes to get it? Now – let’s be honest with…
It’s SEPTEMBER!!!!
Since launching this blog, I have been sorting here and there through some of my favorite 42 minutes of television… but what I’m really craving are new episodes! We are getting closer, so much closer to the season premieres of all of my favorites… just a few more weeks!
The Harper Avery
I have been catching back up on last season’s episodes of Grey’s Anatomy as I prepare for the upcoming season. While there were a number of interesting themes this past season, the idea of competition really jumped out at me in the last few episodes I watched. (from ABC/ERIC MCCANDLESS) In some ways, it began when…
Peace without Surrender
I was driving around this afternoon and caught a segment from BBC World News on the radio. It was a story about how the peace talks between Israel and Palestine are being percieved in Israel itself. One of the men being interviewed said very adamantly – I want peace, but I don’t want to surrender.…
Preaching in an Empire…
Today, our conference “Thursday Memo for Preachers” came across my inbox. I’m usually challenged and inspired by Rev. Bill Cotton’s words – and today was no exception. “Be appalled, O heavens, at this, be shocked, be utterly desolate, says the Lord…”Jer. 2:12 Abraham Heschel in his classic work on the Prophets describes them as persons…