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9 May 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Could it be that the world of Barbie is sheer hell,and for a movie ticket as an audience you canwitness sheer hell, as close as it gets?"Werner Herzog I have a theory about movies. It isn't ironclad, and if it was a scene in a movie, my theory wo...
4 May 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Hungry ghost is a term in Buddhism, and Chinese traditional religion, representing beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way."Wikipedia There's a scene in Kill Bill, Vol. 3 in which Bill wakes up from his own assassina...
2 May 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The heart is deceitful above all things, anddesperately wicked: who can know it?"Jeremiah 17:9 Many people are chanting "death to the regime" in one form or another these days. Personally, I believe chants of "death to the regime" should be as be...
2 May 2024 4 minute read 8 comments Allen Taylor
Over the years, I've observed people from many walks of life refer to someone else as arrogant and, to be honest, I've even hurled the accusation myself a few times. On the flip side, I've been the target of the same accusation. A recent confrontatio...
30 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Bleeding Heart" contains 3 chipped, plastic pearls of wisdom from the thrift store: 1. Don't fall in love until you fall apart 2. The sharp tongue is actually dull, and 3. Your shallow grave is deeper than you think If you fail to apply these...
25 Apr 2024 5 minute read 12 comments Allen Taylor
Older Christians with a sense of humor may remember a magazine that was published from 1971 through 2008 called The Wittenburg Door. If you're interested, the Door has recently revived itself into an online publication. You can check it out here. Of...
25 Apr 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!"John Keats ASMR exists in the cultural demilitarized zone between human interaction and total isolation and detachment. It is a no-man's-land of soft-spoken librarians and role-playing whisper chicks,...
18 Apr 2024 2 minute read 4 comments Allen Taylor
This morning, Theresa (my wife), Hawthorne (my dog), and I woke up in a Walmart in Virginia and hit the road. We arrived in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in the early afternoon, just in time to attend our granddaughter's piano recital this evening. That e...
11 Apr 2024 6 minute read 16 comments Allen Taylor
We're all sinners. We know that much to be true. Some of us are saved by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Yay for us! Nevertheless, there are some sins that are so outlandish that they are completely incompatible with the Christian faith. I...
4 Apr 2024 3 minute read 29 comments Allen Taylor
Today's message is short because I don't believe it needs to be complicated. As I've spoken to people about their faith, I've made the observation that there is sometimes a misunderstanding about what faith is. With that in mind, I've observed three...
