Bible Study
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Seeing with Fresh Eyes
Do you have that one movie? That one villain? That one scene you can’t wait to see, knowing that the bad guy is finally going to get what’s coming to him? In her younger years, my daughter loved Disney princesses, and one antagonist she still talks about to this day is Hans from Frozen. She loved how he finally “got his” by ending up in a pile of horse manure in Frozen Fever. In fact, I’m not sure she’s ever really stopped laughing about that one. You may remember Veruca Salt from Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. She was so spoiled and demanding, it was with pleasure that I…
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Falling Short
If you’ve never watched an episode of The Twilight Zone, you…well, you’ve probably slept better than people who have. But there was one particular episode that I always liked the best. In “The Hunt,” (S03E19) an old man named Mr. Simpson and his dog Rip go off one evening to hunt for raccoons. Rip dives into some water after one of the critters, and the old man jumps in after him. They both wake up the next morning next to the river. Spoiler Alert: You soon learn that both actually drowned, and Mr. Simpson finds that his wife is sadly planning his funeral. Unable to communicate with her, the pastor, or the…