Harold and the Purple Crayon
If you haven't seen it, you should - even without kids. It's not just a movie adaptation of the book(s). It takes place after the stories in the books. Zachary Levi is great as a little boy in an adult's body - I know he did that in Shazam but this is a much better movie, with a much better script.
If you have seen it, anyone else catch any biblical themes? I remember reading the first book to my boys 30 years ago, but come to find out it's a whole series of books. Back then, I never noticed anything particularly theological, but would be interested if anyone else is seeing it.
Off to Garrett today for the last of my weekend class sessions this semester. Unfortunately I won't be able to do The Journey from there this Saturday, so we'll have to skip another week. Sorry about that - The Journey will return on the feast of St. Clement, Nov. 23rd.
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
This is Michael Knowles' commentary on the murder of Charlie Kirk, and directly on the press conference about the arrest - In the middle is a great speech by the governor of Utah - overall excellent stuff if you have 1.5 hr to spend on it
with some Florida colleagues - all of them Protestant, but with varying traditions on the Eucharist - it was encouraging to hear how there are some Protestant denominations that have a real respect for the Sacrament (and I'm not talking about Anglicans or even Lutherans):