Woody Allen Interviews Billy Graham

I found this interview very interesting. It is from the "olden days": (HT Kevin Cawley)

Your Bucket List

On Sunday night Molly and I watched "The Bucket List" (see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0825232/) with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. The bucket list is the list of things you want to do or accomplish before you "kick the bucket." Both men receive news that their cancer means they have less then a year to live so they make a list and with the help of Jack's endless resources and set out to cross out everything on the list. The list included skydiving, racing cars, traveling all over the world and seeing something truly majestic among other things.



I couldn't help but ask myself the question: "what would be on your bucket list?" And the question we should all ask is this: "what would the bucket list of a follower of Jesus look like?"



- to know Christ and Him crucified

- to fellowship in Christ's sufferings

- to taste and see the goodness of the Lord

- to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord

- to pursue the faith and joy and holiness of my family

- to preach the Gospel where Christ hasn't been preached

...



Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it. . . And whoever loses his life for Christ will gain it.



For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.



I consider all things as rubbish (including worldly bucket lists) in order that I might know Christ. Philippians 3.



DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE!

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Wall-E

Wall-E a Disney and Pixar movie is now out and I think I will go see it during my vacation. Here are two things that I read about this movie and found interesting.

Seth Godin (great blog to check out) on "Bravery and Wall-e"

and

Paul Edward's (from Townhall) "Wall-E's Indictment on Liberalism"


Here is a trailer

Jesus in China

On Tuesday night there was a PBS Frontline program called "Jesus in China."

Here is a sneak preview of the program





I think you can watch the entire program at the PBS website here.

American Idol and the 2008 Presidential Election

OK, I usually mock people who watch American Idol. Almost everything about the popular Fox hit repulses me. I guess I have to admit I haven't given the show a try, but I don't care to anytime soon. However, I thought this blog from the Weekly Standard was interested and amusing as it compares the winner of the American Idol to John McCain. Sadly, by the time November comes around the campaign will have wore us all out and we will be ready for an American Idol showdown between the two front runners.

American Idol and the 2008 Election

The American Idol finale last night provided a ray of hope for the McCain campaign. How is that, you ask? Follow along with me on the most tortured political analogy of the decade. If. You. Dare!

Okay, so the Idol final pitted David Cook against David Archuleta. For non-Idol watchers, Cook is a 25-year-old (which is ancient in Idol years) semi-professional rocker who was making ends meet as a bartender. He's got a very interesting voice and a ton of stage presence. He's also in possession of some fine musicianship, with a good eye for arrangements and a taste for the sometimes off-beat.

Read the entire article here.

Prince Caspian -- Your Thoughts?

It has been 2 1/2 years since the first Chronicles of Narnia movie came out. It was December 9th to be exact and I didn't have to look that up, not because I am a movie fanatic but because I (and many at Grace Church) remember the night with much grief. On December 9th, 2005, the night of the release of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," Bethany and Hannah Pearson and Angie Carlson (teen in the Grace Church youth group) were involved in car accident that took the life of Hannah and severely injured the bodies of Bethany and Angie. Their recoveries are miracles of God to this day!

Today (May 16th) is the release of the second move -- "Prince Caspian." (here are the local listings of show times for this movie)

I guess that many of your will go and see this move in the next few weeks and I would like to get your thoughts and observations about the movie. Here are some suggested questions:

Did you like it? Dislike it? Why?
Do you think the movie gives an accurate portrayal of Lewis' book?
What lessons do you think it teaches us?
How does it point us to follow Jesus? Or not?
What was your favorite part?
Where did they mess up in the theatrical version?
etc.

Please write your thoughts in the "post a comment" section below. I would love to hear your observations.

Below is the trailer of the movie from Youtube.