Jesus and the Movies!!


My passions are Jesus and the movies, so let's talk about both! I believe that Jesus can be seen in even the most mundane things in life - He doesn't have to be contained within the walls of the church. So let's look for Him!

I also feel passionate about the movies. I love everything about them, but I especially love to go to the theater, sit in "my seat", get my Diet Coke and my popcorn with layered butter, soak in the whole movie experience and then write a review for my friends. What kind of friend would I be if I let them waste their money, or miss out on the next big movie??

So---this is what I propose... let's meet here twice a week - on Mondays, we'll discuss movies on "Movie Monday" (you're impressed with my catchy title, huh?), and then on Thursdays, we'll meet and find Jesus hiding in the little things in life. Let's call it....."Thirsty Thursday" (cause we'll be searching, like looking for water in the desert). I know, I'm a slave to alliteration and I used up all my creativity on "Movie Mondays." :)

Anyhoo, thanks for stopping by. Let's chat!!

Monday, October 1, 2012

Well...I'm beginning a journey, wanna come?

Howdy! Obviously I have not kept up with my blog. I'd like to blame the kids or Bobby, or school, or the dog, or even the 9 new snails (Amy, you are trouble!), but the fact of the matter is, I have a hard time sticking with things. I get all excited about whatever the new thing is, and I can't wait to get going. I go along fine for....not very long at all, and then I get distracted by the next NEW thing - you know what I'm talking about all my sanguine friends! So, I'm changing gears on this Blog thing. I started with Movies and seeing Jesus in life. I may come back to that, but right now I feel like God is sending me on a journey, and I need to document it. I realize that I only have 5 people following this, and those 5 may have given up on me. But I am terrible at journaling (see above), and I feel like if I have this "out there," and I am accountable to the void that is Cyberspace, I might keep up with it - maybe. For several years God has been gently telling me "simplify" "Get back to your first love" "give" "get rid of your crap" (well, maybe God didn't say crap, but I know he meant it). Then, when I went to Greece last year on a mission trip, he renewed his whispering to me - materialism, give, etc. Now I don't think I'm particularly materialistic, but as Jen Hatmaker said, "My closet [and every other space in my house] tell a different story." I have too much crap! I'm not sure what all the spiritual lessons are in this, but I know that God has said clearly (which doesn't happen frequently to me) "SIMPLIFY." So I have started reading "Seven: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess" in an effort to work on this. We'll see how it all goes...
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