Called Out of Your Comfort
In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins is pulled into a world far beyond the comfort of his lovely little hobbit hole. He never imagined himself in a
In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins is pulled into a world far beyond the comfort of his lovely little hobbit hole. He never imagined himself in a
“Fight Song” by Rachel Platten emphasizes overcoming suffering, enduring, reclaiming life. We might think of suffering as just being an act of our will to
In the movie Hook (directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1991), an adult Peter Pan returns to Neverland to save his children from a long-forgotten enemy. With
“His heart is just not in it.” That’s an accusation some sports pundits throw at players when their effort doesn’t match the intensity of the
A zero-tolerance policy for mistakes at work is detrimental to the team. Whilemost companies would never implement such a strategy, many managers createan environment like
In Anne of Green Gables (directed by Kevin Sullivan [Sullivan Entertainment: 1985]), Anne and Diana become “bosom friends” who remain close throughout their lives. Anne,
The movie Finding Nemo (directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich [Buena Vista Pictures, 2003]) is a great illustration of God not giving up until
The movie Everything Is Illuminated (directed by Liev Schreiber [Warner Independent Pictures, 2005]) tells the story of an American Jew on a quest to find
In the children’s book Eric Says Thank You, young Eric has a great breakfast of toast one day and thanks his mom. This leads to
Sometimes, being faithful to a promise doesn’t necessarily end up looking the way you think it will look. That’s what happened that first Sunday on
Old Faithful is a natural example of consistency. This famous geyser erupts an average of every ninety minutes with incredible consistency: https://geysertimes.org/geyser.php?id=old+faithful. However, even the
Can you imagine being lost at sea? The waves are tossing your boat back and forth. As you try to grasp where you are, you
Old Faithful is a natural example of consistency. This famous geyser erupts an average of every ninety minutes with incredible consistency: http://www.geyserstudy.org/geyser.aspx?pGeyserNo=OLDFAITHFUL. However, even the
“Not everything you read on the internet is true,” Abraham Lincoln is often quoted as saying.
The documentary Almost Holy covers the work of Gennadiy, who calls himself “Pastor Crocodile.” His mission is to take homeless and drug-addicted children
Frodo is one of many heroes in The Lord of the Rings. One overlooked hero is Samwise Gamgee, his hobbit companion and friend who faithfully
In the book, God’s Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights, Charles Marsh shares the stories of men and women of faith and how
In the opening scenes of the Pixar movie Up, Carl and Ellie’s marriage is summed up by just a few moments, with no one speaking,
In the film The Fellowship of the Ring, the elf queen Galadriel says, “And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost.