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“Straightening, Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, where are they? Is there no one to condemn you’” (John 8.10)? “Save yourself,” the voice says in Latin, “from hell.” By the time the crew of the Lewis and Clark translate this broadcast,… Read moreSpooky Season: The Ship

“John came neither eating nor drinking and folks said, ‘He’s got a demon’” (Matthew 11.18). It was, probably, the Stephen King blurb on its cover. That’s likely what made me click on the book in the library’s Overdrive app. But… Read moreSpooky Season: The Demon

“They hadn’t laid down when the folks in the city of Sodom surrounded the house—from the youngest to the oldest” (Genesis 19.4). The screaming from the basement starts, as does the blood that seeps from the wall behind the headboard… Read moreSpooky Season: The House

“And so the Holy One sent them out of Eden to till the ground from which they’d been taken” (Genesis 3.23). Mars, as we’ve seen this summer, is a difficult and dangerous place. We’ve seen a population decimated by atomic… Read morePopcorn Summer: Cradle

“The signs that will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons, speak with new tongues…” (Mark 16:17). Released in April 1953, Invaders from Mars was shot for under $300,000. Dismissed as something that was nothing… Read morePopcorn Summer: Mind Control

“Does your anxiety add one inch toward your stature” (Luke 12.25). In June 1913, an explosion in Germany’s Bohemian Forest almost set off a war between the nations of Europe. Britain, France and others were certain the Kaiser had set… Read morePopcorn Summer: Anxious Times

“I don’t understand what I do. I don’t do the things I desire, I do what I despise” (Romans 7.15). Released in August 1958, It! The Terror from Beyond Space tells the story of a rescue mission that finds a… Read morePopcorn Summer: The things we do

“Looking up, he said, ‘I see people, but they look like walking trees’” (Matthew 8.24). This movie marks our fourth, this summer, first trip to Mars (I’m not counting Capricorn One since no one actually went there). It goes about… Read morePopcorn Summer: The view through the porthole

“Look at the crows, they don’t plant anything or harvest anything, they don’t even keep storehouses. Yet, God gives them food. Are you much different from birds” (Luke 12:24). In class once the Professor had us break up into groups…. Read morePopcorn Summer – Dilemmas and Crows

“Put your sword back in its place. Everyone who takes up a sword is destroyed by it” (Matthew 25.52). Albert Einstein, as best I can verify, once stated that while he had no idea the weapons that would be used… Read morePopcorn Summer: Swords, Sticks, and Stones