I read a very insightful book by Terry Hargrave, Families and Forgiveness: Healing Wounds in the Intergenerational Family (New York:Brunner/Mazel Publishers, 1994). Very insightful and on point with the philosophy held by this website. It is particularly helpful to help us understand why so often our high romantic expectations of wonderful family Holiday gatherings don’t […]
The Disney blockbuster Frozen is portrayed as a children’s movie but it is loaded with adult emotional themes. In the movie’s opening scene, the two young princesses, Elsa and Anna are playing with each other. Elsa has a surprising talent. She can make snow, create ice, snowmen, frozen castles, with a mere flick of her […]
OK, so here are some of my worst Christmas movies every. It is a scary list. For my tastes the list must include “A Christmas Story 2,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” and “Home Alone 3.” A few years ago there was a very poorly done horror flick, Black Christmas (2006-Rotten Tomato gave it a 14%–you […]
“What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?” (James 4:1-2) “Notice also that James does not place the word “evil” before the word “desire.” Although evil desires for wrong things can be a source of conflict, James is addressing something more fundamental. He says, “Don’t your […]
Thoughts on Suffering from Tolkien and Lewis “Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What’s happened to the world?” “A great Shadow has departed,” said Gandalf, and then he laughed and the sound was like music, or like water in a […]