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A Monster Calls-Movie Discussion
I discussed the book here, before the movie came out, focusing on the hard truth Connor has to tell—that as much as he doesn’t want to lose his mom to cancer, he also wants and end to the pain—and in … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Peterson, Anselm Society, Bono, Book Discussion, Book Review, Cancer, Chrisitan Review, Christian Art, Confession, Coping mechanisms, Felicity Jones, Grief, Lewis MacDougall, Loss, Movie Discussion, Movie Review, Patrick Ness, shame, Sigourney Weaver, Siobhan Down, Stacey Tuttle
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The Zookeeper’s Wife – Book Discussion
The movie, The Zookeeper’s Wife, will be out soon, so I rushed to read the book beforehand. (I have included a list of quotes from the book here—some are heartwarming and inspirational, others are more fact driven.) The story starts … Continue reading
A Monster Calls – Book/Movie Discussion
A Monster Calls is a story about suffering, grief and loss. It doesn’t just deal with grief and loss, however, it deals with shame— the shame young Connor was feeling over his conflicted feelings about his mom’s struggle with cancer. … Continue reading
The Girl on the Train – Book/Movie Discussion
I want to confess up front—I did read the book, I did not see the movie. I was on the fence about seeing it after reading the book anyway, but the parental advisory on IMDB pushed me over the … Continue reading
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Discussion
In September theaters will release the movie version of Ransom Riggs’ book, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. I thought I’d give a little head’s up on the story line and a few ways to think about the book/trilogy for … Continue reading
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Tagged Abilities, Addiction, Battle over good and evil, Christian Review, Discernment, John Eldredge, Library of Souls, Miss Peregrine, Mother Dust, New Creation, Peculiar, Psalm 139, Ransom Riggs, Sacrifice, Shepherd Project Ministries, Spiritual Gifts, Waking the Dead
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Assisted Suicide – Thoughts
With the recent Me Before You best-seller and movie which focuses on the topic of assisted suicide, I thought it might be helpful to take a second to address the topic. First off, this article by Stephanie Gray is well-worth … Continue reading
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Tagged Assisted Suicide, Book Discussion, Christian Review, Emilia Clarke, Hope, Jenna Coleman, Jojo Moyes, Louisa Clark, Moral Dilemma, Movie Discussion, Quadriplegic, Sam Claflin, Stacey Tuttle, Tough Deci, Joni Eareckson Tada, Nick Vujicic, Shepherd Project Ministries, Stephen Hawking, Theory of Everything
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The Power of Priming
I was just reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Blink. In it, he talks about how our subconscious mind affects our decisions and behavior, both for good and for bad. In it, he wrote about priming. “’Priming’ refers to when subtle triggers … Continue reading →