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Who Owns Your Body? The Hunger Games and Political Rebellion

April 9, 2012 in Blog, Film & Television, Influence, Pop Culture, The Bible with 2 Comments

In The Hunger Games, Katniss uses her body to resist the Capitol's story of power and control. She becomes our model for resisting today as well.

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LOVE (Fruit of the Spirit)

April 6, 2012 in Blog, Sermons, Teachings with 0 Comments

Jesus' Resurrection opened up the Tree of Life to us once more. The fruit is for the healing of the nations. So what does Christian fruitfulness look like?

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Good Friday 2012

April 5, 2012 in Blog, Sermons, Teachings, Worship Elements with 0 Comments

Based on the Seven Deadly Sins, this guide to Good Friday remembers the Cross and invites a congregation to reflect prayerfully on what Jesus' death means today.

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Book: Letters to a Future Church

April 4, 2012 in Blog, Book Reviews, Spirituality with 3 Comments

A short, easy read that will challenge and inspire you. Let all with ears hear what the Spirit says to the Church!

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The Hunger Games: Bread and Circuses and Voyeurism

April 2, 2012 in Blog, Film & Television, Pop Culture with 4 Comments

Watching The Hunger Games is problematic for a number of reasons...Since the rebellion 74 years ago, the government of Panem has staged Hunger Games once annually. The purpose of the games is ostensibly to remind the districts of the cost of rebellion, to showcase the Capitol's strength and to celebrate the high cost of peace.

But like every Empire, the real reason the Capitol stages the Games is to distract and entertain its citizens. To distract them from the Capitol's injustice.
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The Hunger Games: We Are the Capitol

March 26, 2012 in Blog, Film & Television, Pop Culture with 1 Comment

While we sympathize with Katniss, we're actually more like the Capitol. We'd do well to heed the story's warning!

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The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth

March 22, 2012 in Blog, Sermons, Teachings with 4 Comments

Sloth is a laziness of love, not of work. Sloth is refusing the demands Love makes on us. The remedy? Follow Bono's advice: Walk on!

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If 50 is the New 30, then is 30 the new 21?

March 21, 2012 in Blog, Influence, Pop Culture with 6 Comments

Extended Adolescence is just part of the larger evolution of our culture's script. Rather than criticizing, we all need to work together to figure out what's coming next.

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The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath

March 15, 2012 in Blog, Sermons, Teachings with 0 Comments

Anger can be good, but only if it follows a true judgment. Mostly we let our anger follow our prideful judgments of the world. This disordered anger is Wrath, and it's deadly.

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The Lorax

March 14, 2012 in Blog, Film & Television with 4 Comments

With a strong message about the dangers of Greed, The Lorax is a fun, funny film with a big heart and a powerful, timely message. Not the best of the Seuss films, but definitely worth seeing.

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