{"id":3491,"date":"2013-04-04T18:59:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T22:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=3491"},"modified":"2013-04-04T19:03:38","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T23:03:38","slug":"a-life-lesson-from-roger-ebert-1942-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/04\/a-life-lesson-from-roger-ebert-1942-2013.html","title":{"rendered":"A life lesson from Roger Ebert (1942-2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words of note.<\/strong> I didn&#8217;t always agree with his politics or even his movie reviews (though <a href=\"http:\/\/rogerebert.suntimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/19900309\/REVIEWS\/3090304\/1023\">he did praise <em>Joe Versus the Volcano<\/em><\/a>, one of my personal favorites) but this quote from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/17320958-761\/roger-ebert-dies-at-70-after-battle-with-cancer.html\">Chicago Sun-Times obituary of Roger Ebert<\/a> suggests he did attain a wisdom in his life we could all learn from.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2018Kindness\u2019 covers all of my political beliefs,\u201d he wrote, at the end of his memoirs. \u201cNo need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn\u2019t always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v0s1jpA6y3g\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v0s1jpA6y3g<\/a>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Words of note. 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