My good friends John Paget , Drew Ward, and Chris Elisara just entered this great video into a contest run by the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU). They entered the contest because they believe in the design principles of new urbanism and wanted to do a film on the subject. If they win they [...]
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A couple of days ago Pat Loughery sent me a link to the trailer for the film The Garden. You probably realize that I am not a film buff because I rarely blog about what I have seen or want to see but this is definitely one that catches my imagination,. Thanks Pat for the recommendation. [...]
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This is hilariously funny but unfortunately I think that it is the way that many outside the church view Christians. A sobering thought for us to ponder as we continue our journey through Lent.
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Someone just gave me the link to this delightful Irish series of videos. It includes the original Oscar-nominated short, from Brown Bag Films based upon the 1960s recordings of young children telling Bible stories in a classroom to their schoolteacher. You may have a little trouble with the accent but the humour carries through in [...]
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For those that are in Seattle, here is something you might like to check out.
Quest Church and Q Cafe is privileged to partner together to host a screening of the new film, ”Black is for Sunday,” from the non-profit international organization, Invisible Children. Film will be shown on Monday, March 31 – 7-9pm at Q Cafe with some [...]
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My good friend and colleague Eliacin Rosario Cruz just informed me that Persepolis will soon be out at an animated film. Check out the trailer on his blog
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What a weekend. Friday evening Andy & Helen Harrington, good friends from Canada (though originally from England) came through on their way to California. It is always wonderful to have time to catch up with friends and Andy and Helen are special people. Andy Harrington heads up Youth For Christ in Vancouver [...]
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If you are looking for a good film to discuss duing Lent try Chocolat – seems quite in keeping with my aversion to the idea of giving up chocolate for Lent.
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