I was recently recalling a story about a friend o mine, from Chile. He is a well educated and very personable. At the time we began to become friendly, he had only lived in our country about three years and although his english was excellent, he described how difficult it was for him to ubferstand the various ways we expressed ourselves. For him, english was a mish-mash of words and phrases thar had kittle or nothing to do with whatever the subject was being discussed. One example he gave, he had read in the newspaper that some important person had passed away. It took him a couple of moments to realize the author was referring to the persons death.

Christian movies are making inroads into peoples viewing. For years there has been this almost microscopic industry, commonly known as Christian Entertainment . It’s a diverse group (denominationally) and producers of this religious based content have been around for a long timer bur are now making inroads into the mainstream of film production.

Why is it easier to say no to something like “hard drugs” than it is religion? Anyone ever been in the position of being face to face with, say, a Christian, and if asked whether they believein god, sort of mumble and stumble through words finally claiming, to yo4ur embarrassment that that question is way too personal or some other idiotic statement? It might jusr be Sunday services, but for me, those are easier to get out o, “ I was raised Episcopalian, so,”. Or one I always enjoyed that a friend used to use, very effectively,”You’re what? Oh, one of those. A protestant. Well, I.m Catholic and evetyone knows the Catholic Church is the true faith.”

Ahh, rhe lazy days o summer. Where I live, it’s Monsoon Season, when we receive most of our yearly precipitation. It’s amost like clockwork: Clouds build up the early part of the day, culminating in what can be some violent Thunderstorms beginning around 3 pm, lasting for an hour, or two. Repeat the next day. Usually. Another summer event, which has nothing to do with weather ot an dramatic event, is the lack of views I receive. A few years ago, I discovered what I thought was some kind of anomaly in viewership. At that time, another blogger told me it was because it was summer and thar I would probably see an uptick to “norma” sometime in August. He was right.

Sticks and stones will break my bones but words shall never hurt me. Remember this rhyme from childhood? It is meant as a way to respond to verbal bullying from others, Supposedly it helps kids become more resilient to verbal attacks. It had been known, once, to deescalate issues between kids without any physical violence occurring. Then we entered the digital age where one person with ill intent can create a mob of online attack dogs, pressuring the victim into silence. We’ve called this tactic, in the past, Cancel Culture.