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Bringing this to the top again, should you need some reading material for the long weekend.
John pulled together a great group here, and you should check out their work. Link down below.
Oh, and some guy named Plain Runner contributed.
Announcement, friends! The little writing experiment we cooked up some several months ago has borne some truly delightful fruit...
On March 18, a number of us agreed we would set out to write short stories all inspired by one and the same image – namely, Rembrandt’s “The
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@Rquietlyreading
May my brothers and I endeavor to enter this kind of list.
Thanks for the encouragement.
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@kentbanishearl
Incredibly executed across the board. Everyone is all in. Craft and art melded as one beautiful indistinguishable moment. That overhead tracking shot is one of my all time favorites.
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@ChivalryGuild
Brutal honesty. Given how ridiculously sexualized our culture is, I would almost say a young man can’t be told this soon enough.
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@Strangeland_Elf
Perhaps the most tiresome argument in the whole panoply of atheism, as vastness alone proves anything about meaning.
An oasis is relatively small compared to the Sahara desert, but it’s the difference between life and death.
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@ChivalryGuild
Solid show. Struggles a bit at the end, but mostly because they were lacking source material for the final season.
Excellent cast.
Also, a beautiful look at a marriage of flawed people; people who hurt each other and stumble to communicate, but nonetheless hang together.
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@thinkingwest
This was Lewis’ great follow on from Chesterton’s “they need to know dragons can be killed.”
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I am here to be radicalized by the good, the true, and the beautiful.
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@TheMuppetPastor
You can make an idol of your intellect and you can use the Bible to puff yourself up. This is what Paul warns about and it’s what the Pharisees did.
The Bible wasn’t the issue.
You can also make an idol out of “compassion,” or any other trait you want to be seen for.
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@ChivalryGuild
That he cannot finish his work tells me he has no good end in sight, and he knows it.
This is because he is mired in his supposedly more complex, more real world.
It also tells me he is selective with his history.
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@tillwehvfaces
It speaks as clear as ever. This is what the Bible means when it says God has “given men over” to their desires.
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May the night be as a calmed lake, and may you glide to morn in its peace.
May your only trouble be too much wonder to bear witness.
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@DuckieLouise
Something tells me you have a kindness shield. Stuff like that just ain’t getting through.
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@TheMuppetPastor
Sing us a song, you’re a skeleton
Sing us a song, blue guy
For we’re all in the mood for a churchy joke
And He-Man’s apparently shy
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@Partisan_O
These should be rules for all interactions. Direct, composed, honest, respectful, compassionate.
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@iowahawkblog
@DougTenNapel
Ritchson was a palpable force in that first series. There is something about Reacher as a character that goes beyond just “strong man wish fulfillment.” He taps into that deep frustration we all have with a failing system that refuses to see itself.
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This is the tiresome pedantry of current fantasy. Yes, a secondary world should abide by its logic and decent writing should bring people along.
But the notion that every little spring and gear of a magic system must be understood and explicated before the story can be embraced
Screenrant does not understand Narnia.
Here is what they said about the “problems” that Lewis is said to have left for Gerwig to “fix.”
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My son is 29, and I have two daughters, 25 and 22. I adore the adults they’ve become, but I would give anything to go back to those young days. Our house was brimming with activity and we were always on the verge of a mess, but love was true, laughter was frequent, and God was
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@TheMiddleborne
These people do not understand the role orcs played in Tolkien‘s work. They keep trying to press them into some post modern metaphor where “good is a point of view.”
Imbeciles and hacks.
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@thinkingwest
“Aim at Heaven and you will get earth ‘thrown in’; aim at earth and you will get neither.” - C.S. Lewis
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It would be difficult to explain how much I love these two images.
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@jacqueboatman
This one is especially poignant because he and Lewis had drifted apart in the latter years. But the love and respect could never be undone. The world owes so much to this friendship.
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If you ever want to read a truly beautiful short story, look up Tolkien’s “Leaf By Niggle.”
One of the most profound pieces I think I’ve ever read. It touches on time, eternity, and the true artist’s longing to be faithful.
I come back to it every time I feel that sense of
Is it just me or does NGL make you think they are saying Niggle? And then I’m left wondering what it means to Niggle.
I imagine it’s a shivering motion brought on by obsessive observation of those of whom we do not approve. 🤔
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Someday, I may share details, but not tonight. All I can say is this one day has aged me at least a year. I’m well, but my heart is hurting, and my body is not far behind.
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@Hieraaetus
This is something I’m trying to be conscious of as I write. As others have pointed out, the fantasy shows we’ve seen of late have no real distinction in their locales. Every city, town, or village is the same melting pot, looking and sounding just like modern LA.
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@TheMuppetPastor
@farmingandJesus
We shamed the white Knight. We told him he had complexes and was really no different than the bullies. We took something innately good and throttled it in its crib.
It will take a rare man to say, “Screw it,” and do what must be done.
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My wife and I were married even younger than this. I regret that I was a self-centered boy in a man’s body, with no purpose or plan, and a Uhaul full of excuses.
I don’t regret the age of “I do” one bit.
I was 24 when we got married.
Sometimes people ask me if I regret getting married at that age.
The answer is yes. I really don’t know what I was thinking.
I should have married her a couple years earlier.
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@GraduatedBen
That last line haunts me. The only thing that haunts me more is that so few realize it.
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@thinkingwest
I’m sure you’ve read it, but How The Irish Saved Civilization had some good insight on the sort of ‘monastic evangelism’ that spread back to the continent after the fall of Rome.
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As far as branding goes, I have no real plan here… and I rather like it that way.
Life, Love, God and Good Work.
That’s what I’m about.
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Q: What happened to Hollywood?
(part two in a broken, but sort of ongoing series)
A: They forgot how to have fun.
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Psalm 27:13
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!
I read this psalm at my mother’s bedside yesterday afternoon. Shortly after I finished, she took her last breath. It has been a hard six months as we sought to help her through the
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X Pro Tip:
If, in a fit of guilt over too much screen time, you delete the app from your phone, just know you will lose all your drafts.
😖
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@DuckieLouise
I’m humbled by this. Tell your husband he has encouraged me to be a better listener.
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@DuckieLouise
We may not be able to go home again, but I believe with all that is in me that Home is coming to us. Nostalgia is actually a future longing.
The joys now settled in our memory (if no where else) were only the mile markers.
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@torc
The fact that fans have been able to construct solid cutdown versions of The Hobbit is an indicator that the spirit was there and the core scenes and characters were captured.
No one is doing this with ROP. No one can.
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I have a few mutuals whom I reply to regularly and I’m certain they never see the notification.
Then again, they’re likely busy with real life and are awash in replies as it is.
Or, they have me muted. 😒
Happy Monday, friends.
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@_kruptos
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. - Proverbs 31:26
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Gaston is essentially a bully. You can see it in the way he treats Maurice and LeFleau.
Even his disposition towards Belle is along those lines. He is determined to take her despite her definitive refusal.
The beast posed no threat to the village, and in fact, Gaston knew
I know this is engagement bait that I’m falling for, but I hate Gaston almost as much as I hate Scar. The most evil Disney villains.
Anyway. Yall need to check your ideology against Gaston’s severe disrespect for Belle’s dad.
Obv I have *my* millions of reasons for despising
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I came to the Bible to be a better man. There I discovered the better Man already walked among us. And He would have me walk with Him, forgiven.
The great authors won't save you, but they may help you save yourself
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@dytolkienwisdom
I am ever grateful to God for this man. I love that he embodied both duty and dreaming. Because of this, his world is real, and his wisdom cannot die. His work changes everyone who will listen.
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Just opened my first box, and man are these beautiful. You can tell a high level of care that went into them: the printing, the stock, the gilded edges. They feel like something from another era. Looking forward to the next collection.
Cards of History
@GodPlaysCards
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A little over four years ago, I began writing what would become my first novel. I confess I had hoped to have it out in the world by now, but the story turned out to be bigger than I expected, and the learning curve far steeper.
I am so much closer now than I ever was before.
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@LaocoonofTroy
This was inspiring. We grew up with movie stars who had been more than that; who had lived varied, vast, often hard lives before acting. You sensed *that* in their work.
H’wood now produces largely actors whose only experience is watching other actors.
I miss “real” fiction.
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Without going in to detail, it has been a draining weekend, both physically and emotionally.
I am grateful for a place like this at a time like this. Just seeing the posts from my mutuals and being able to engage a bit is refreshing.
Thanks, everyone.
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By hand, heart, and eye
I have not hard sought
Goodness, truth, nor beauty
Yet here I was brought
Where you would strive in me
Staying all the same
Your work uplifting
My unrested frame
And so I’ll walk on
Downhill in Your care
And the little brown church
Will go with me there
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“He who has no sympathy with myths has no sympathy with men.”
-Chesterton
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But for a young dad with a couple young daughters, this was wholesome, exuberant fun.
And, therein lies a second lesson. “Don’t abuse your audience’s goodwill.”
I often wonder why the studio has not moved mountains to make a true High School Musical Reunion movie,
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I climbed to the church
Never seeing before
And there on the rock
I unlatched door
Within were the pages
Of prayers long since writ
The thankings in ink
Of memories still lit
Yet with naught to scribe
I raised up my eyes
To mountains, to trees
And then to the skies
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I have achieved a delicate equilibrium.
The secrets of time and space beckon.
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I had the opportunity to meet one of my mutuals and fellow creatives this morning. This has occurred a few times now, and I am humbled by how blessed these interactions have been.
There are true people here doing good work.
God is kind.
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Inevitably, we end up retelling the stories we love. It’s that love that makes them new.
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On the back of that success, they were able to get a full theatrical release for the third movie.
A ton of lessons there, not the least of which is, “start small, but give it your all.”
Yes, it’s cheesy. Yes, it’s not everybody’s thing. And, yes not all movies should be this.
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Well, friends, it seems the time has come, and I find myself in need of a man or woman with a certain set of skills.
There is a world waiting in veiled pages, you see. A land like our own yet wholly new and unexplored. There is adventure and danger to be had in these places,
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Spent some time here. Rested and ready to get back at it. Hope you’re all doing well.
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@TheMuppetPastor
I sometimes worry that I’m becoming too sentimentally ecumenical, but the simple truth is that we who love the Christ revealed in the Scriptures, who believe His Word and are living in accordance with it by the power of the Spirit, we need each other and the world needs us.
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So, it’s January 17, and I’m listening to “If Every Day Was Like Christmas” by Elvis Presley. Because, why not?
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“So, Plain Runner, how’s that writing career coming?”
<notices nearly 10K posts in 2 years>
Um… 😒😔
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@TheMiddleborne
“Until the world is renewed.”
My, how that lodged in my heart the first time I read it.
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But I also know that time seems lost to us.
It doesn’t have to be.
People want joy and simplicity again. They want to go back to idealized youth *with* their kids. This is what good family movies can do.
No cynicism. No deconstruction.
Just a love of better days.
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One of the best things about being on this platform… meeting new people and discovering their work.
It’s been a long time since I read a sci-fi epic. This looks like a good place to start.
“After Moses” by
@MichaelFKane
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And the director, Kenny Ortega, was an experienced pro at this sort of thing. For all intents and purposes, this could have been a throwaway curiosity of tween TV, but instead, it spawned a glee filled Summer sequel - stop what you’re doing and go watch the opening number - and
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My son turned 29 today. I love him immeasurably, and I am proud of the man he’s become.
But a time machine would certainly be welcome right now.
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Much to do in the days ahead: writing my mother's eulogy and officiating her service, crafting a short story for the Fall, making the last pass through my first novel before we go to layout, drawing a map for said novel, pulling together the final pieces to publish.
All that to
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Hi, Everyone. Posting this short story ahead of Christmas. If you’re a fan of Bradbury’s “Something Wicked,” or Lewis’ “Screwtape,” it’s in that vein.
Roughly a 20 minute read. Any time spared is appreciated, and comments are welcomed. Blessings.
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@hilcrowder
@roguedoe
I’ve read a lot of Lewis over the years. Somehow I missed this.
Thank you.
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@_kruptos
Whoever these “dads” are, I suspect they recognize the wreckage of unleashed p*rn, yet somehow, they’re trying to “conserve” the lad mags of their youth.
Grow up, boys.
The little voice that says you can tastefully look at other men’s daughters is a liar.
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I confess, I’ve never really understood what is going on in Genesis 6 with the Nephilim. But I know this:
Men have been trying to live forever apart from God for a long time.
It is an odd feeling, living and watching as cybernetics and attempts to cheat death are embraced.
It is as though I am standing at the forest edge watching a city of sad scientists holding together their failing flesh whispering “Do not die.”
A world of modern Prometheans.
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@Partisan_O
Pincer move, intended or not. The center may hold for awhile, but time marches on.
Stay faithful to that good day. Pray for the youngins.
He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away. - Job 12:23
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@TaraAnnThieke
@duncanreyburn
I serve in a youth ministry at church, and a 9th grade girl was telling me some of the things boys say to her… in a largely conservative town with “good schools.”
I was heartbroken.
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@AnthonyEsolen
When I was 16, I was at a play with a girl. About midway through, I asked if I could hold her hand. Later, she said she thought that was cool.
We never kissed or even dated afterward. But that hour or so was magic.
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I do believe I’ve reached maximum disenchantment with almost everything that now passes for popular culture.
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I present to you High School Musical 3 (2008).
Look at this. Uncomplicated, innocence bursting with youthful energy.
This series started with a little direct to cable movie, and caught like wildfire. The characters were as stock as it gets, but the actors were game,
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What is your favorite black and white movie?
(aside from “It’s A Wonderful Life”)
What is your favorite black and white movie?
Not necessarily my fave, but one i love…
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My high school dreams are gone
My childhood sweethearts are gone
Life is a day and it doesn't last for long
Life is more than money
Time was never money
Time was never cash
Life is still more than girls
Life is more than hundred dollar bills and roto-tom fills
Life is more
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The truth is that only men to whom the family is sacred will ever have a standard or a status by which to criticise the state. They alone can appeal to something more holy than the gods of the city; the gods of the hearth.
G.K. Chesterton, “The Everlasting Man”
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Alright, you are all glorious fun, but I must tend to the order of the day now.
Bible
Chesterton
Commute
Work
Commute
Family
Write
Read
And, yes, somewhere in there I shall find time for food and hygiene. And I need to buy some clothes. And call my mom. Oh, and go for a walk.
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@motherpilled
@sword_mommy
C.S. Lewis once remarked that he did not enjoy the presence of very small children. Yet - and this is the heart - he recognized it as a deficiency in himself, and committed to fighting against it.
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This is who we are at our most elemental. Every one of us is trying to get back to the garden. Whether through learning, riches, religion, drink, song, or pleasure, we are fighting our way through a deluding forest, bloodied and torn.
Yet there is only one way past the fiery
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First SW movie I saw in the theater. I was 6 years old. Before my mom passed I made a point of telling her how vividly I remember that day with her. I suppose I should write about it at some point.
Went to The Empire Strikes Back in concert tonight. I'll probably have some random thoughts tomorrow as this was the first time I've seen it big screen. (Seen ANH and RotJ but always missed Empire)
Anyway all I'll say tonight is that the OG Star Wars movies are perfect 'Red
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@Avonleebythesea
Yeah, God seems to have fashioned boys in such a way that we’re always looking straight ahead. Anything coming in from the side is lost.
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You are still a promise
The heartbeat of God
You may have forgotten
But He has not
You are not your ashes
You are a flame
Do not ask the shadows
The light of the world knows
Your name
-Nichole Nordeman
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Whatever days remain, whatever miles pass, I will never forget hugging my son at the airport this morning.
Life is full of these letting gos.
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This painting resurfaced on my timeline (thanks
@BarbaraBrendt
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I have a short story I’m supposed to be writing!
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@jmasseypoet
@MellonFdn
Here’s my
Poem
I spent no real time
On it at all
But since this
Passes
Let me suggest
A sturdy ladder
So you can
Get over
Yourself
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