Lots of couples get married this time of year. But will those marriages be around in another 10, 20, or even 50 years? No matter what opinion people have about marriage, when a couple demonstrates longevity and endurance, it makes the news and nearly everyone admires them for it. Especially in a culture that disdains longevity and commitment. But hardly anyone expects a marriage to last 82 years. That’s right. On March 31, D.W. Williams,…
The Bible asserts that belief in God as our Creator is the front door to understanding everything else about Him (Heb. 11:6). Hollywood just gave us evidence to back that up. After being stalled for two years, Universal Studios finally released “Mary Magdalene,” in which Rooney Mara plays the title character and Joaquin Phoenix portrays Jesus. As far as quality goes, Richard Brody, a reviewer for The New Yorker, describes the film as “a sludgy,…
Last September, Geoffrey Owens, the actor best known for his role as Elvin Tibideaux in the Cosby Show, was photographed bagging groceries at a Trader Joes in New Jersey. Suddenly, he was famous again. And not in a good way. The photo tumbled across the internet and generated hundreds of unkind comments and insults toward Owens. Rapidly actors locked arms to defend Owens, to denounce “job shaming,” and to reflect on the value of work.…
The HBO series Westworld, based on the 1973 Michael Crichton film, revisits one of the most complex themes in science fiction, Artificial Intelligence (AI). The term “AI” distinguishes the natural intelligence of animals and humans from that of machines. Think Alexa and Siri. We tend to be just as afraid as we are fascinated with AI. In science fiction, the portrayals of advanced AI range from robots who are confused (Star Trek TNG, and Bicentennial…
It’s the stuff of fairytales. May 19, Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor will wed Rachel Meghan Markle. Prince Harry and Meghan, that is. The royal prince and the American actress. Of course, the only way you would not know that is if you have been asleep for the last two months. Media have been rife with fluffy exposés masked as news documentaries recounting the life of Meghan Markle and how she ascended to the glory…
As if it were news, SouthernLiving.com has announced that God made us to enjoy creation, and we thrive when we do. Well, they didn’t give God any credit, but they affirmed this basic truth in an article published online April 11. Science, the blog offered, confirms that we should “visit the beach regularly” because it’s good for us. According to the article, when we go to the beach on vacation, it’s not just the fact…
Three weeks after Billy Graham crossed the confines of time and entered eternity, so did physicist Stephen Hawking. In this life, both were focused, effective, influential, and intensely missional. And then both met their Creator. One was embraced, his arrival anticipated and heralded in heaven. (Psalm 116:15). The other was dismissed, forever tragically separated from the Creator he had spent his earthly existence denying. And both determined that destiny in this life. Hawking, who suffered…
April 22 was Earth Day. Earth Day was born in 1970, and the movement still claims to retain its purpose of promoting climate and environmental literacy. The Earth Day Network takes credit for most legislation designed to protect the environment and endangered species. Most of that legislation is sound and depicts a genuine stewardship of the environment. The problem arises when we forget there is a thin line between protecting the environment and worshiping the…