I found a great review of Sherwood Pictures’ film Courageous, which will arrive in theaters September 30th. Check it out here! This looks like Sherwood’s best project yet, bringing a very relevant message to our society. All of their films have, and the way they bring the Gospel into such great stories that we can identify with is phenomenal. I sure can’t wait to see Courageous! And I wanna be a dad! And a policeman! But first, I wanna be a fireman!
I’m still here. For a little while, I wasn’t, when we finally took a short vacation in Virginia! That is worth a WHOLE post, not just for the trip itself, but the differences in so many aspects between it and the North that we picked up in our short time there. I loved it! I miss it! I was a bit sick during the beginning, but I think it really did us all a lot of good in many ways. My mind is fresher now, and I don’t have the difficulty studying that I was having for a few months.
We went at the time when here in New York, we were still waiting for the weather to warm up, the leaves on the trees to fully develop, and the flowers to bloom. In Virginia, the trees were fully developed, flowers bloomed, and even the haying done! The weather was beautifully balmy, a good 70-80 degrees every day without the drenching humidity. For the most part it was sunny, and there were almost no flies or mosquitoes! People’s houses and properties were kept up nicely, but weeds in public grass areas were the ones flourishing; it’s about the opposite up here! And the people were so cordial! For some reason it never occurred to me that the people would have Southern accents, but they did! Genuine, bone fide Southern accents! It was so cool! The people were very pleasant, not like the cheesy girls we saw on TBN as kids; just their hospitable friendliness made me start to cry! Yah, it’s a girl thing: respect that. They can talk forever, though; that’s the thing: I never saw anybody in a real hurry, except for waiters! There would be a maintenance guy next door, who would stop to chat with Dad and the boys for a whole hour! They had a good sense of humor, they were courteous… up until they got into their cars! Lol, I’ve heard before that Southern drivers are not the best, and I guess they’re not the worst, either.
So I know I’ve been seriously neglecting this blog; it’s not that I’ve not had plenty of ideas or deep thoughts, but lacked the attention span to do it, or thought of it while I was busy and forgot and grew tired later. But nobody’s been knocking on the virtual door hollering, “Alice, are you there? Did the rapture take you? Did you get arrested?” Nope. I’m a law-abiding citizen! Except for that time I talked in the library… ehem. But, the real reason I haven’t been around is sheer lack of motivation or enthusiasm. I have been processing and studying some deep topics, but I don’t know if I will be having the gumption to hunker down and write and properly organize them.
So… is Alice quitting? No! Alice does not quit! I’ve been considering just taking video of me talking. It won’t be boring stuff, like this post; it will be the deep stuff, but with me saying it I don’t think it will be so somber. Seriously, if I said the same stuff I speculate that the effect would be different, more engaging and possible more entertaining. Of course, I will have to have at least some kind of prepared outline for two reasons 1) so that you’re not waiting 20 seconds for me to try to organize my thoughts or think of “the word” 2) so that I don’t forget what I was talking about! What do you think? If I “talked” a post, and threw in some hand motions and facial expressions, would you listen to them? I am entitled to your opinion! Let me know in the comment list!
Also I wanted to share a handful of videos, because sharing makes you feel good inside, right? Actually, I really enjoyed them; and I found them at a time when I happened to have been studying and thinking about these very topics! If you’re leaving a comment, let me know what you think of these, too!
In this first one is a clip of a message from Paul Washer on Christians who struggle to be “good enough” for God. You’ll want to check it out!
This next one is from NYC Pastor/author Timothy Keller. I recently found one of his books in a bookstore and looked into it, called The Reason for God. And it looks really good! It’s an apoligetical book that seems to really get in to the philosophical end of things. It’s not just a resource for believers, but addressed to both believers and doubters, which I think is neat. Here he talks about The New Atheists.
This one is also from Tim Keller, who emphasizes differentiating between religion and the gospel, a topic very important to Yours Truly.
So please! Let me know you’re still there! That you haven’t abandoned this lonely tranquil pond of musings, randomness, observations, and lame excuses for humor! ……….. He-llo?
Laughs are good for you! Unfortunately, right now I am recovering from oral surgery, and my face is so swollen I can barely smile, talk, or eat. Eating scrambled eggs is laborious, and I can barely control my lips to hold fluids in. But those wisdom teeth are out! And though I am in considerable pain and discomfort, I can actually feel the pressure in the back of my head gone. While my face is so stretched out I cant lift my cheeks upward, the muscles in my cranium are otherwise relaxed and my skull bones don’t crack every time I turn my head! But for now, must endure the swelling and other aspects of recovery. Also I am currently listening to a debate between William Lane Craig and Sam Harris on objective morality, so I’m a bit… tense! So while I can’t laugh very well, these videos gave me some torture! I’ve watched them a few times now, they are so funny! They are homemade comedy videos made by two kids; the chipmunk effect in this first one makes it even funnier! Believe me, they’re quality!
Stranded!
The Sword in the… Dirt. Yes, the dirt.
And thanks to you all for praying for me during my surgery! It went very well, and the doctor got it done in half the time he expected!
What is the Tommy Toe award, you ask? Well, it was given to me by Chuck at Secondary Roads! He hosted a caption contest a few weeks ago (ugh! I am late for this post…) for a picture of a duck who apparently crash-landed in the snow, poor thing! Now I’m not typically good with captions, but this picture was just too comical, so I gave it a try (don’t ask me why suffering ducks strikes us as funny). Now, my first thought looking at this picture was, “What’s a duck doing in the snow? Aren’t they supposed to be south in the winter? Must’ve got wrong directions! Hey, that’s it!” Thus was birthed the caption: ” ‘South’ he said. Never asking for directions again!” Of course, it was a male duck. I also submitted “Uh… It looked cool on TV!” Again, we see the characteristics of a male duck. No offense, guys. Girls just aren’t as risky. That’s why God said it wasn’t good for man to be alone! Of course, it’s not good for girls to be alone, either. I sure am glad for my Dad who fixes stuff and my brothers who reach stuff for me and lift big stuff! Girls just can’t do that stuff by themselves!
Okay, back to the award. My first caption, about directions, won, along with Chuck’s very own granddaughter’s caption, “Everything was going perfectly until the landing gear failed.” Now, if you see the picture of that duck in the snow, and imagine the previous few seconds, you get a pretty hilarious picture of a duck’s landing gear failing!
It’s always exciting winning awards, so thanks to Chuck, and his band of judges, for the illustrious award, and congratulations to Brianna for receiving the same! Chuck says of my caption, “For a young lady, she seems to understand the male psyche.” Ooooo. Yunno what they say, with great knowledge comes great responsibility!
What is it with trailers? They seem to me to be WAY too fast that after I watch them I’m in stun mode; I have to watch them about 3 times over to catch it all. So I watched the trailer for a film we’ve all been waiting for… Courageous!!!! And I almost cried! Looks like a really great movie, though, and I can’t wait till it comes to DVD, but I have an idea I will be crying like a LOT. Gah! Jonathan Sperry was a great movie, but I cry whenever we watch it! Ugh!
Yes, it is a woman thing, respect that.
So I’m gonna finish the movie screaming, “I WANNA BE A DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!”
Maybe a policeman, too! (It’s gotta be fun to jump out the front seat of a swerving car…)
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They can talk forever, though; that’s the thing: I never saw anybody in a real hurry, except for waiters! There would be a maintenance guy next door, who would stop to chat with Dad and the boys for a whole hour! They had a good sense of humor, they were courteous… up until they got into their cars! Lol, I’ve heard before that Southern drivers are not the best, and I guess they’re not the worst, either. 
I have been processing and studying some deep topics, but I don’t know if I will be having the gumption to hunker down and write and properly organize them. 
