Monthly Archives: June 2019

“Alexa, will you please forgive us?”

My Featured Blogger this week is Phillip Mullins of the oddly named blog site Phillip Mullins. Actually, Phillip, does have a theme: it’s science, technology (he formerly called his site “Second Rate Scientist”), family, kids, faith, life and… Well, OK, … Continue reading

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Tuesday Happy Break

It’s Tuesday and there’s a ton of work ahead. But then there’s this… (Click on any image to enlarge or start slide show) OK, back to work, but with just a hint, perhaps, of a silly, irrational smile.

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Only One Life

I avoid “Christianese” like the plague. I can speak it fluently, but it’s not my native language. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a bona fide Jesus follower. It’s just that those who speak in code seldom reach anyone but themselves. … Continue reading

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Perfect Love

“And he will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers.” ~From Malachi 4:6 (the final verse of the Old Testament) Happy Father’s Day!

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All That Matters

“Love is a perpetual motion machine, the only one that has ever been invented. The more you use it, the more it produces.” ~From the in-the-works novel Over-the-Rhine. “All that matters is faith expressing itself through love.” ~Galatians 5:6

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Music from My Movies

Do the Notzilla! I wrote three songs for the closing credits of my new feature film Notzilla, each in a different early 60s pop style, and each devoted to the national craze set off by an escaped kaiju (giant monster) … Continue reading

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Real Diversity!

83 YEARS AGO, G. K. Chesterton, one of the great thinkers, writers, philosophers and wits of the 20th Century (and one of my all time heroes) passed away. Two years ago, I cited his views on diversity and family, but … Continue reading

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“Street Fighter Tales” – Concept Art for Action X Team

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My Featured Bloggers this week are Sara Ferreira and Gisela Martins, two gifted Portuguese artists who blog under the name Star Two. I have been consistently impressed with the imagination and talent so richly displayed in Gisela and Sara’s work, … Continue reading

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Fat Cat

Two True Parables: Part One We didn’t look for cats. They would just show up and say, “I live here now, and you’re going to feed me.” It was a pretty sweet deal, though. They were free, they were cute, … Continue reading

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Dear Humans

“You were called to freedom, but do not use that freedom to indulge the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. For the entire Law is fulfilled in this one command: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” ~Galatians 5:13-14 … Continue reading

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