Joshua

Joshua (2002/I) - definately a movie worth recommending to others.
It's about how people would react if Jesus walked among us today.
In actuality it is probably not much different than 2000 years ago.
What stood out was how skeptical people can be about others helping.
Yes, people can be that interested in others even mere strangers.

Joshua appeared to be a wanderer just appearing in the town.
He saw there was work that needed doing and went about doing it.
A church building had been destroyed by a storm so
he started fixing it and in turn other townsfolk joined in.
People of all faiths and backgrounds joined in the effort.

Luther

We watched Luther (2003) Monday. I thought it was a good biographical story. "During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation." For those that do not know he is the one that posted the Ninety-Five Theses on the Power of Indulgences on the door of the catholic church. While I have read these before it was a lot easier understanding them when seeming them portayed on the big screen. The "indulgence" preachers reminded me of salesman shysters. No wonder he was so incensed with the way they conducted "business".

Sunday in Review

Sunday we visited a new church to both of us.
Now that winter weather is (mostly) gone I can get out.
Decided to visit a non denominational church.
I actually did know the pastor from years ago.
He use to play drums at a church I attended as a teen.

The pastor's name is Terry and his wife's name is Terry!
I believe they said the church attendance is about 250 persons.
The people seemed friendly enough. Talked to a lady named Deb.
Having grown up in the area I recognized her from my hometown.
My parents met us at the church and came over for lunch afterwards.

Later in the afternoon we watched Time Changer.
It is sci fi in nature since it involves time travel ...
but it has a definitive Christian message to make you think.
I actually plan to rewatch it because I thought it so intriguing.
The time travel was necessary to see results of how we teach/preach

In the evening we decided to play some games.
Randy beat me the other day at Rummy so I wanted a rematch.
We played a couple of games of Rummy before trying cribbage.
Randy had not played before and it had been awhile for me.
We successfully found the rules online and printed them.

The Mechanics of Playing Cribbage
Rules of Cribbage - Wikipedia (shows examples)

Easter movies

The Judas Project (1990)
How would you, in this crazy mixed up world we live in, react
if a man claimed to be the son of God and performed miracles?
The movie's aim was to be a more modern telling of Jesus' life.
Here is the official site of The Judas Project.

The Robe (1953)
The "robe" refers to Jesus' robe taken before his crucifixion.
The officer who ends up with it has nightmares and delusions.
He goes to Palestine to learn more about the man he helped kill.
It starred Richard Burton, Jean Simmons and Victor Mature.

Easter Parade (1948)
This is one of my favorite musicals.
It stars Fred Astaire and Judy Garland,
as well as Peter Lawford and Ann Miller.
And the songs are by Irving Berlin.

Serious Sunday #2

We watched a couple of serious movies.
Since it was the Academy Awards day
we also watched a previous Oscar winner.

Paper Clips - amazing documentary *WOW*
It has to do with a school studying the holocaust.
Since it was hard to visualize the 6 MILLION that died.
They decided to collect paper clips which was symbolic.
I strongly recommend this documentary to others.
I am not big into documentaries but this one is great!
Their Paper Clip Project created a Holocaust Memorial.

The Second Chance starring Michael W Smith
I thought this was a great movie with a great message.
I will let each person decide for themselves.

Crash - 2005 best picture Oscar
My girl, Sandra Bullock, is in it!
The same people keep "crashing" into each other.
Its a six degrees of separation concept ...
People are interrelated in each other's lives.