Our family viewed “The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader” on it’s opening weekend; and our family rates it “two thumbs up.” We believe this is the best Narnia movie yet. There are some critics out there that complain that too many things were combined from the book, they are out of order, or skipped. How in the world do you smash an entire book down to two hours without making some sort of changes??? Movies are never as complete as the books, but as for staying on the theme, “The Voyage of The Dawn Treader” does a great job. Better than “The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe,” and much much better than “Prince Caspian” which was just kind of totally made up.
The viewings for the first weekend were down a lot from projected. I encourage you and your friends to go out and see this movie. If we want to see the franchise make more Narnia movies, the numbers need to be up. See the movie. They did a fantastic job; and you will really enjoy it. We need to let the movie industry that we support great family movies like “Narnia.”
On October 8, Jefferson High School in Boulder, Montana, had their homecoming. The football team rocked. The JHS Panthers whipped the Whitehall Trojans. Here is a video of their Homecoming Parade. Yes, the complete parade took about 5 minutes. Enjoy!
I’m getting excited about this film.Courageous is being made by a church in Albany, Georgia. This will be their fourth movie, the latest being Fireproof. Our family loves and has each of their previous movies. Check out Courageous’ web site HERE, and find their older films HERE. These are GREAT FAMILY MOVIES!
Billings Montana experienced a tornado on June 20, 2010. I had to travel to Billings on the next day to see if any equipment of ours (for my work) was damaged. Here is a short video I took of the aftermath of the tornado.
We spent Easter at home this year. Easter is always a good time of the year, as we remember what Jesus did for us. If you don’t know what Jesus did for us, here it is in a nut shell.
God created man in a prefect world
The first man and women rebelled against God and brought sin into the world. All have sinned and rebelled ever since.
The penalty for sin is death – physical and spiritual – eternal separation from God
God loves us so much, that He doesn’t want to be separated from us, though no sin can be in his presence
God took it upon Himself to come to save us from what we are powerless to do.
He was born a man – a sinless man. He was killed for our sin, and suffered the consequence of our sin
It didn’t end there, He also overcame death and rose to new life, so those that believe in Him will also be raised to life after we die.
We will all be resurrected when He comes again. Those who put there trust in Him will be raised to eternal life, those who continue to rebel against Him will be raised to eternal damnation.
He doesn’t desire that ANY should perish. He loves us so much, He wants us all to choose Him and Life.
Click to see more from Easter 2010
What will you choose?
Please, don’t take my word for it, read it your self in the Bible, from the beginning to the end, and …. BELIEVE!
Click on the picture to see a slide show of us coloring eggs and having a good time.
The youth of our church did a small “human video”. Click play and watch the video.
Our church had the Montana Mens’ Encounter in late February.Reggie Dabbs was our main speaker. Reggie has a powerful ministry to youth and the testimony of what God has done in his life is awesome! He also plays a mean saxophone. I took a short video, and here it is…
A while back, I posted a couple of pictures of a moustrap car that Katie built for Science Olympiad. Quite a few people have looked at those pictures while searching for “Reversible Moustrap Cars”. That prompted us to make a short video of how we made our moustrap car reverse. Click on the video below to see how we did it. Enjoy! By the way, this video was made with the great Openshot Video Editor for Ubuntu Linux.
It is amazing! Performers can come out at half time and disrobe, and there is hardly a whisper heard about it. Talk about a mothers love for her son (before and after he is born), and all hell breaks loose… literally. Hell does not like messages of hope and life, and it is showing in the media, in the feminists, and the liberal left. All these people who are crying out against it have not even seen it yet! We have to remember though, that they are not the enemy. For our war is not against flesh and blood, and these poor souls are confused and deceived. Lord, open their eyes to see The Truth, and The Truth will set them free!
All the controversy is around a commercial by Focus On The Family. Some information from Focus is below. The actual commercial won’t be available until it airs during the Super Bowl. A handful of private individuals put up the money for the ad, and Focus’ general fund was not tapped. God bless you Focus, and God bless America!
Focus Action Update™ Feb. 5, 2010
This week: The whole country is talking about the sanctity of life, thanks to an upcoming Super Bowl ad featuring star quarterback Tim Tebow and his mom.
Dear Friend,
By now you’ve likely heard about what’s been called the most controversial ad to appear in the Super Bowl in many years–a Focus on the Family® spot featuring Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother, sharing a message of “celebrate family, celebrate life.”
For the past two weeks, major television networks, news outlets and even Saturday Night Live have jumped into the dialogue. We’ve been accused by a few organizations of being anti-woman, intolerant, divisive, and spewing hate. But what’s most amazing about these charges is that they’re based entirely on conjecture–none of our critics has yet seen the ad! (Beginning on Sunday, after the game, you can access the ad on FocusOnTheFamily.com.)
In responding to these charges, Focus President Jim Daly has had the chance to share the true message of this ad in interview after national interview–and the sheer volume of coverage for our message of celebrating family and life has been worth far more than the cost of the ad itself.
Besides that, the media, in covering the controversy, has conveyed many more details about the difficulties surrounding Tim’s birth than we’ve been able to put in one 30-second ad. From the beginning, our goal has been to stimulate a discussion about the beauty of life and a mother’s determination to bear that life. Wow, is that conversation ever happening.
A “win-win” already!
The Super Bowl is the single biggest TV attraction of the year. What better way to reach what many estimate could be 100 million people with a life and family-affirming message? People seeking help with their marriages or children will see a message of hope during one of the biggest family gatherings of the year.
Please join us in prayer this Sunday during the Super Bowl that those people who need help with their families will contact Focus via our toll-free phone number, (800) A-FAMILY (232-6459) or visit FocusOnTheFamily.com. I also hope you’ll forward this message on to your friends so that they’ll know to watch for the ad and know why we aired it.
For faith and family,
Tom Minnery
Senior Vice President, Government & Public Policy
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