Posted in Pastor Mark on Dec 23rd, 2009
On a midnight clear 2000 years ago Jesus was born in Bethlehem. The angels of heaven showed up and started singing, “Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth and goodwill toward men!” Whenever I read this I can’t help but ask the question, “How are we doing with that?” In just over 5600 years of recorded [...]
Posted in Pastor Mark on Dec 16th, 2009
Almost everyone is familiar with Dr Suess’ classic Christmas story about the Grinch who stole Christmas. Even if you were so deprived as child you didn’t own the book, you most certainly have seen Jim Carrey’s brilliant portrayal in the Hollywood movie version.
As Dr Suess tells the story, because the Grinch hated Christmas he stole all [...]
Posted in Pastor Mark on Dec 9th, 2009
I finally had a chance to see the movie Frost/Nixon. It is an engaging look at the watershed interview of former US President Richard Nixon by the BBC’s David Frost in the wake of the Watergate scandal. While it is a bit plodding in pace, it is deftly directed by Ron Howard, and Frank Langella’s depiction [...]
