In a desperate foray to find something well made and worth watching, we have been revisiting movies of yesteryear, which in today’s society mean anything more than seven years old. Recently, we immersed ourselves in Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake of King Kong, and when it comes to escapism, you can’t do much better than this:…

Have you noticed how everyone has a mission statement these days? Ironically, the central term (mission) has been applied for years by for-profit corporations, who have statements that look like this: “Our passion and goal is to provide quality products and services to our valued clientele, resulting in a climate of advancement and fostering a…

Recently, someone sent me this quote by Marc Barnes of Bad Catholic: “Somehow, a hostile hatred of God is closer to love than a bored and boring apathy, for it strives — at the very least — to meet His gaze and live.” Rare, or non-existent, is the person who has made it through life so…

As an intelligent person, I know that the Make a Million NOW! type books only make a million for a limited number of people, not the least of which are the authors. Nonetheless, there’s always that little bit of aggressive, greedy American in me who thinks, “But what if they really work?” “What if it…

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