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Thanks to God for my Redeemer
Thanks for all Thou dost provide!
Thanks for times now but a memory,
Thanks for Jesus by my side!
Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime,
Thanks for dark and stormy fall!
Thanks for tears by now forgotten,
Thanks for peace within my soul!
Thanks for prayers that Thou hast answered,
Thanks for what Thou dost deny!
Thanks for storms that [...]

Jim set this up with the tripod and timer. In the first one, the camera missed him. In the second one, I’m blocking Jeremy. We should photoshop them together!

One of the many benefits of blogging I’ve reaped is a renewed interest in homemaking. I’ve wanted to be a stay-at-home-mom all my married life, and I [...]

My grad students and I recently went to hear the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform John Adams’ new opera, Dr. Atomic. It was a splendid performance in every way, but the best part was, thanks to Mark Buller’s insistence, we ended up seeking out Adams and found him afterward, getting to congratulate him, shake [...]

Today, November 29, 2008, would be CS Lewis’s 110 birthday. In his honor, here is a quote from The Screwtape Letters, a book written from a devil about humans and the spiritual world. A good friend of mine said once that every Christian should read this book once a year. I think I am inclined to agree with her. “Even of his sins the Enemy [God] does not want him [the Christian] to think too much: once they are repented, the sooner the man turns his attention outward, the better the Enemy is pleased.”A good reminder about whom it pleases…

Get Smart (2008)Directed by Peter Segal***1/4Get ready for Get Smart. Does it have anything at all to add to the spy genre? Not really. The spoof genre? Hmm…maybe one or two things. Is it hilarious? Yes, at times. Is it…

Changeling (2008)Directed by Clint Eastwood***It’s a tricky act to keep drama from veering into melodrama. Especially when you raise the stakes so high, they’re through the roof. I’m sure Clint meant well on this one, but the overall impressions I…

Toys (1992)Directed by Barry Levinson***Allegories can be fun. Unfortunately, they can also have that “obvious” quality — sometimes, if you get the connection early on, the point becomes overdone rather than more powerful. That’s what happens in this otherwise-very-visually-creative movie…

Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.****I remember reading the awkwardly funny story of a guy who went into the video store (decades ago, when it was a video store) looking for the movie Slaughterhouse-Five. The clerk squinted for a moment, and…

Seen at Jungle Mom’s:

What Your Thanksgiving Meal Says About You

When it comes to the holidays, you follow and love the big traditions. You look forward to them every year.
You see the holidays as a time to think about what’s important to you. It’s a good time to reflect and regroup.
You like the aspects of the [...]