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By: Russ Matthews at Reel Dialogue
We journey back in to the mid-1970’s in this latest Minion adventure. The 11¾-year-old Felonius Gru (Steve Carell) knows he wants to be a super-villain.. Continue reading “Minions: The Rise of Gru [Movie Review]”
By: Stephen McAlpine
Our daughter’s just turned 21. We bought her a new turntable, with speakers and plenty of vinyl records. Vinyl’s made a comeback – big time. Seems there’s something magical, and tangible, about it. Continue reading “Vinyl is Back – Just Like the Christian Faith”
By: Russ Matthews at Reel Dialogue
Since Elvis’ untimely death in 1977, many reports of his lifestyle have made it difficult to differentiate fact from legend. Continue reading “‘Elvis’ is One of Luhrmann’s Best [Movie Review]”
By: Russ Matthews at Reel Dialogue
Toy Story is where it all began for Pixar. Despite a range of short films, this was how we all were introduced to this animation powerhouse. Continue reading “Lightyear: Pixar’s Back With its Toy Story Spinoff [Movie Review]”
By: City Bible Forum
On Monday morning I decided that I would take to all of our indoor plants with weed killer. Actually I didn’t decide that. I decided to feed all of the plants with liquid fertilizer, but inadvertently took the wrong bottle out of the cupboard and gave them all a liberal dose of glyphosate, a broad-spectrum herbicide. Continue reading ““Social Glyphosate”, aka Individualism, and How It’s Withering Our Society”
By: City Bible Forum
The proverb “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” has long been recognised as a problematic one. Continue reading “The Power of the Word: How Language Transforms and Transcends”
By: Russ Matthews at Reel Dialogue
When Michael Crichton’s science-fiction novel was initially made into a motion picture, the concept was the working of a brilliant imagination. Continue reading “Jurassic World: Dominion [Movie Review]”
By: City Bible Forum
Imagine being free from our problems for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Imagine living in a world where we could disconnect ourselves from the nagging personal foibles that encroach on our work life and professional development. Continue reading “Bring Your Grief to Your Workday! (Actually Please Don’t)”
Modern psychology research indicates that people who regularly give thanks are happier. Continue reading “How Are You at Being Thankful?”
By: Robert Martin, God in 60 Seconds
How do we have better relationships? Atheist philosopher Alain de Botton is critical of the notion, popular today, that claims that people are basically good and ‘angelic by nature’ because he says that this view of people is ‘highly troubling for relationships’. Continue reading ““Deeply Crazy” – A Way to Better Relationships”