Category: Movies

• TWO THINGS I HEARD YESTERDAY

  Since I no longer work on Sundays, I find that I am a little more reflective.  When I pastored a local church, Sunday was a grueling marathon that required skill, determination, and preparation just to survive.  Now, though, I can hear more and listen better.  Here are two things that I heard yesterday that stuck…

  Jamie Greening

  June 30, 2014

  Bible, Church, Culture, Movies

  control, enemies, hate, Jesus, listening, love, love your enemies, Michael Corleone, reflection, Small Groups, Sundays, temptation, The Godfather, The Godfather Part III, worry

• MALEFICENT MOVIE REVIEW, NO SPOILERS (I PROMISE)

  So, the evil queen is not so evil?  Or so you think?  But maybe she’s is? Then there is that thing she did?  But there is more to the story. I am not a huge super-fan of retelling the old fables, primarily because more gets lost than gets added.  However, it is big business and…

  Jamie Greening

  June 5, 2014

  All, Movies

  Angelina Jolie, Disney, Elle Fanning, Frozen, Godzilla, Maleficent, movie reviews, nepotism in Hollywood, Sam Riley, Sleeping Beauty, X-Men

• TOP THREE BOOKS: BOOKS I SHOULD HAVE READ SOONER

  To quote Old Blues Eyes, Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention. A common regret is that every now and again I come across a book I love and kick myself over and over again for having not read it earlier in my life.  I never feel that way about…

  Jamie Greening

  May 22, 2014

  All, Books, Movies, Writing

  Anne Lamott, art, Bird by Bird, Books, I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Margaret Craven, Writing

• TOP THREE BOOKS: FANTASY

  This post was originally scheduled for next Monday.  However, some exciting things (like my new novel’s release) are taking precedence on Monday, so instead of bumping this one back further I decided to push it up to today.  I hope you will not mind. The problem with fantasy, like the problem with science fiction, really,…

  Jamie Greening

  May 16, 2014

  All, Bible, Books, Culture, Movies

  C. S. Lewis, Calvin Miller, Fantasy genre, Lord of the Rings, The Lion The Witch and the Wadrobe, The Singer Trilogy, Tolkien, Voyage of the Dawn Treader