Especially in the fast-paced world we live in today, it can be accurately said that we spend most of our lives in a sort of reaction to the world we live in. How we define our days, and even our lives, is based on the external elements that make up the world around us. Our day is usually filled with us reacting to circumstances, and … Continue reading How To Love Being Alone – The Hidden Strength In Solitude.
So for a little diversity on this segment, I (The Rattler) will be contributing to the music Monday today. And to make that diversity even more significant, I present you with some offerings from the Epic genre. I am a lover of Epic music. Maybe due to the same thing that moves me as an artist. It’s ability to capture the vast enormity of the … Continue reading Music Monday: Alibi Music, Mysterious Pop
It might be humanly impossible to explain my absolute disdain for Hollywood’s current obsession with sequels and remakes. Mere words alone, cannot begin to encapsulate my utter displeasure at this trend in what has amounted to a chronic exercise in creative atrophy. A trend so commonplace, that I have to sit down for a while, before I can think of a single project that came … Continue reading Watch: Before Attempting Dodgeball 2, Vince Vaughn Should Heed This Seinfeld Observation On Sequels.
Let’s say you start with a 3d animated Children’s series. You then follow that with three warrior angels, whose investigation leads to a discovery that means an all-out war for mankind. Meanwhile, a fallen angel is wanders between heaven and hell, fighting for mankind, as a castaway from both worlds. These are just a few of the creations that come from the mind of award-winning … Continue reading Imagine Fearlessly: Interview With Brannon Hollingsworth.
Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) recently offered a summary of the popular cry “let’s go Brandon” in a comment that went viral. When a reporter pretended a crowd expressing their displeasure with the President was merely cheering the winner of a Nascar race, the minced oath for “f*** Joe Biden” was born. The term and the attitude behind it were broken down by Rowe as follows: … Continue reading Tongue Firmly In Cheek: A Review Of What Is A Woman?
Should The Gospel Coalition acknowledge its pedophilia problem? If the answer is no, why not? What if their parents were child molesters? What criterion should we use to decide that members of the organization are not responsible for a family history of pedophilia? This question applies not only to TGC, but to every pastor and congregant who has advocated for those living now to atone … Continue reading Searching For The Devil’s Grandchildren: The Gospel Coalition “Debates” Wokeness.
Warning: May contain Spider-man: Far From Home spoilers. C.S. Lewis once stated, that man’s original sin was not sex. It was the attempt to entertain the idea that we could be God. Eventually, it doesn’t matter what manner of paradise we are placed in. If what the heart gleans from that, is that we can be untethered from the limits placed on us by God’s … Continue reading Far From Paradise
I once worked in a small media production outfit, where one morning, I sat in a meeting with my boss. He had to make a decision to embark on an ambitious new direction for the small business (he was the owner), he wanted to know one thing before we move forward. “Is there something God is asking you to do, that you are currently not … Continue reading What Needs To Come First
As the current tension in the culture rises, the slacks stretch even tighter, it’s no easy task counting the entire cost of where we are today. Obviously sometime in the future, a larger perspective will emerge. Until then, we can at least observe some few obvious casualties in our current culture war. The likely biggest casualty in this rising tension, is becoming as clear as … Continue reading Trust Lives Beyond Expertise.
Back in 2004, Condoleezza Rice was invited to speak at Rutgers University’s commencement. This was met with a vicious protest by both students and faculty. As a result, she backed out of speaking. While unfortunately, this giving in to the heckler’s veto was not the only one of it’s kind, this event specifically, came to my mind this week as I watched Gina Carano, interviewed … Continue reading A Fair Shot At Growing Up
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