“Better is the end of a thing than its beginning.” Ecclesiastes 7:8a A month isn’t a very long time. But sometimes it can seem very long when you have entered a challenge with your sister to blog every day for a whole month. The month of June has been a…

This past Friday my wife and I visited the Creation Museum near Cincinnati, Ohio. It is well worth the trip! We had heard good things from many who have visited, and our expectations were exceeded. It was really exciting to see something so well done to glorify the Creator God of the Bible. There are [...]

The Score (2001) Directed by Frank Oz ***1/4 Heist movies are clever. And we viewers know that ahead of time. So for every new heist movie, some screenwriter is working to be especially clever, hoping s/he can fool us with…

Son of Rambow (2008) Directed by Garth Jennings *** It’s cute, but it’s not great. Despite a fun homespun story and an adorable lead actor, that’s the reaction this movie left me with. Set over a 1980s summer, this British…

Das Boot (1981) Directed by Wolfgang Petersen ***1/2 This legendary German epic begins with a drunken cabaret meltdown and ends with a sky to ground shoot-em-up. But it’s most famous for the three hours in between, when even the threat…

Code Unknown (2000) Directed by Michael Haneke **** Some movies are popcorn movies, good for a laugh or an edge-of-your-seat gasp. Others take a completely different approach, serving up a work of art as polished and inviting as any painting…

The final version of the hymn on which Paul S. Jones and I collaborated is now available as a pdf at the original post (and under the “Hymns I’ve Written” tab). Sorry for the delay.
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No, not my blog, but Portland Studios, the company I work for has released a new version of the blog. Ka-pow! Blog!

Last night Erin and I went through lots and lots of drawing and nominated a select few for a sketchbook for Comic-Con. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but this year Portland will have a booth at Comic-Con in San Diego. Here’s one page from it:

Most of the hard work for Comic-Con is done and what remains is the fantastic ramp up to the actual date of the convention.

Anybody heading out to San Diego this year?

Miss Sandy of Quill Cottage is hosting an “I Remember Laura” blogathon on Mondays through the month of June in memory of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author if the “Little House” series of books. There will also be an art swap going on each week in connection with the theme: Click on the picture for [...]