The desire to be unique and special is a voracious master that devours those who feed it. Instead of security, all it gives is a gnawing fear that we are enough. In Jesus, God bids us find peace and identity for all of us who are not special. We are something better than that. We …
Alan Jacob’s book Breaking Bread With The Dead is an invitation to read and engage with authors from past generations, and not disconnect ourselves from lessons we may glean by dismissing them because of their prejudices, failings, and non-conformity with contemporary moral and ethical standards. The book’s subtitle is Reading the Past in Search of …
Matthew 7:7 from Esther, a new album from The Welcome Wagon. This seems about as representative of their eclectic folk, indie, ethereal, gospel thing as anything. Which I like. The video demonstrates more of their artistic sensibility.
One of the many, many iTunes extras on my 4K edition of Casablanca is the Warner Brothers 1995 cartoon Carrotblanca. It hasn’t received a similar sparkling hi-def overhaul to that of the feature, but is very amusing. Highlight pieces of casting are Tweety Bird as Peter Lorre’s Ugarte; Pepé Le Pew as Claude Rains’ Captain …
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