The New York Times is now giving page space to the current troubles in The Shire. It’s likely that the smart money is on Jackson still getting the job. We’ll see. Why do I care? I love that book. If I could, I would keep The Hobbit off the big screen because of the way the movie will rob so many young people of the opportunity to imagine it all for themselves. (more…) Read more
Here’s Frederica, entertaining and insightful as always, with her take on Catherine Hardwicke’s The Nativity Story. (more…) Read more
Today, NPR posted… of all things… a review of the album that was a turning point in my life. (more…) Read more
When I worked for the City of Seattle’s Department of Construction and Land Use, one of the directors hung pictures of Buddhist temples and Buddha statues all over her office and even outside her office for passers-by to enjoy. I found this strange, since I was told that I couldn’t have a little desk-top Christmas tree in my work space during the holidays because it was a “religious symbol” and could offend my coworkers. Then, when I put up a... Read more
I’ll be interviewing Mike Rich, screenwriter of Finding Forrester, The Rookie, Radio, and The Nativity Story, this afternoon. The guy’s being interviewed by all kinds of religious press publications. I’m sure he’s heard some questions a hundred time. So I’m sitting here listing questions that he might not have heward. I’m curious… what would YOU ask him? What do you want to know about The Nativity Story and how it was made? (more…) Read more
Christianity Today‘s David Neff, in the new issue: “This film … runs from the horror [of Herod’s bloodshed] and quickly reverts into Silent Night”-happy ending mode. The shift from the realism of Mary and Joseph’s life in Nazareth to the romantic iconography of the Nativity scene seems to be a surrender to the romantic structrure of the plot. The gritty reality of village life in first-century Palestine is abandoned in favor of Christmas-card sentimentality, with wise men, shepherds, animals, and... Read more
Anne wisely decided not to sit back and relax on several inches of snow. But I chose otherwise. Read more
Click on the ad* to see the large-sized version. Here comes the 2007 Glen Workshop! *This is the first time a photograph of mine has ever been used in an ad. And it was just a spur-of-the-moment snapshot out the window of Over the Rhine’s car…. Thanks to Mary Kenagy for surprising me with the honor!) Read more
If you haven’t seen Promises, find it and rent it. (more…) Read more
The Washington Post on Jim Wallis… (more…) Read more
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