Blue Like Jazz Movie Trailer
This was probably one of the more formative books in my own spiritual development. And now Steve Taylor has made a movie about it. God I want it to be sooooo good. (ht)
The Way Of Grace
“There are two ways through life the way of nature, and the way of grace” This could be one of Pitt’s best. Terrance Mallick is a really great storyteller.
Reconciliation Is Possible
One of the more important books I have ever read is No Truth Without Forgiveness, by Bishop Desmond Tutu. The book shares the process South Africa went through to engage reconciliation after apartheid. Tutu and Nelson Mandela came up with the idea for a new process of reconciliation that brought the offender and defendant together. As long as the offender …
My Brush With The Manson Family
Sometimes its really hard to let go, isn’t it? Almost twenty years ago, I was a young, budding filmmaker in Hollywood. I had spent almost four years in Hollywood working on commercials, getting my feet wet. But then I made the decision to go back and finish school. Upon return, I was the highest level senior in my film program …
Change vs. Tradition
Does the soul of any movement lie in its traditions or its courage to change? And is the cost of change always tradition? I was watching the movie, The Queen, with Helen Mirren, a Miramax film about the battle between Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth during aftermath of the Princess Diana tragedy, and it reminded me of the struggle between …
