Valentines day is not far away. If you visit any store right now you will see chocolate candies and Valentines. As I was praying and reading through 1 John recently I thought to myself, what is sweeter than chocolate? The love of God! This is …
“In a world where there are no longer books we have almost all of us read, the movies we have almost all of us seen are perhaps the richest cultural bond we have. They go on haunting us for years the way our dreams go …
[Billy Graham died Wednesday morning, February 21, 2018. He was 99 and had preached the gospel to more than 215 million people in 200 countries for almost 70 years. I wrote the following article about him when his autobiography, as well as two other biographies …
Do you remember the movie or play The Wizard of Oz? Near the end (not to spoil it for you, but…) the audience realizes the Great and Powerful Oz is really just a mortal man who has hidden behind a curtain. The curtain covered the …
Do you have a special ‘word’ for 2018? You know, a word / discipline to intentionally focus on in the new year? This time of year I see posts announcing the writer’s word-of-the-year painted beautifully on a pillow. For years, Mentoring Moments has done something …
David wrote in Psalm 139:14 about the mystery of birth that we are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” Every parent who holds a newborn in their arms, examining their fingers and toes, knows that feeling of wonderment. As Eugene Peterson wrote, “In the presence of …
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 Disney film about three witch sisters hung in Salem in 1693 for sucking the life-force from a little girl to restore the sisters’ youth. They also made her teenage brother Thackery Binx disappear. (The witches turned him into a black …
The 1982 musical comedy Annie was nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Musical Score. That’s no surprise to anyone who’s seen it and couldn’t get the tune and lyrics to the themesong “Tomorrow” out of their head for several days. Based on the storyline …
The classic 1980 comedy 9 to 5 has something in it for every woman who has ever worked for a boss who treated her badly. Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton star as working women with a horrible boss. Jane Fonda plays Judy, whose …
Beaches – A Friend who Stuck for Life The tagline of Beaches, a 1988 film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey, says a lot: “Friends come and go but there’s always one you’re stuck with for life.” The film—which would be worth watching for the …
