the classic preadolescent boy’s fantasy

Sam Witwicky, the all-American kid played by Shia LaBeouf in Michael Bay’s “Transformers” movies:

"The fantasy he lives out is the classic preadolescent boy’s dream of defying adult wisdom, saving the princess and getting to make all the noise and mess he wants in the service of a noble cause."

Arts & Leisure
Babies to Heroes: A Field Guide to Big-Screen Men
By A. O. SCOTT and MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: July 27, 2011

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/movies/male-archetypes
-in-the-movies-big-baby-to-brave-boy.html

People Do What You Expect

"My experience with people is that they generally do what you expect them to do."

~ Mary Kay Ash
Founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics

Prayer - Dag Hammarskjold

Prayer

Give me, O my Lord,
that purity of conscience
which alone can receive your inspirations.

My ears are dull,
so that I cannot hear your voice.
My eyes are dim,
so that I cannot see the signs of your presence.

You alone can quicken my hearing
and purge my sight,
and cleanse and renew my heart.

Teach me to sit at your feet
and to hear your word,
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever. Amen.

~ Dag Hammarskjold (1905 – 1961)

We need to hear your voice

"We need to hear your voice."

~ Rev. Aisha Brooks-Lytle

Let your speech be always with grace

BibleWorks
July 6, 2011 - Wednesday Morning

Let your speech be always with grace. (1 Col 4:6)

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. (Pro 25:11,12)

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. (Eph 4:29)

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
By thy words thou shalt be justified. (Mat 12:35,37)

The tongue of the wise is health. (Pro 12:18)

They that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. (Mal 3:16)

If thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth. (Jer 15:19)

Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, ... see that ye abound in this grace also. (2 Cor 8:7 KJV)
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there is darkness in all of us, but we can overcome it

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, review
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/8619487/
Harry-Potter-and-the-Deathly-Hallows-Part-2-review.html
By Philip Womack
10:00PM BST 05 Jul 2011

Our central threesome, too, do not disappoint. Radcliffe’s erstwhile plankishness has transformed into a heroic stoicism; Watson has perfected the requisite winsome, fearful look, panting and gasping with the best of them; and even Grint can now do “emotional”, pulling off a big scene in which one of his brothers is slain.

This is monumental cinema, awash with gorgeous tones, and carrying an ultimate message that will resonate with every viewer, young or old: there is darkness in all of us, but we can overcome it.

*Philip Womack is the author of The Liberators and The Other Book

to see if they could get along ...

Mark Twain used to say that he once tried an experiment of putting a dog and cat in a cage together. After some adjustments, they got along.
So he added a bird, a pig and goat. Again after some initial adjustments, they got along.
Then he put in a Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and Catholic, and within minutes there was not a living thing left.

~ Quoted in Phillip Yancey's What's So Amazing About Grace?,
Zondervan Publishing, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1997, p. 33.

Women's Heart Attack Symptoms

Are Men and Women Different?
By Dr. Mehmet Oz
The Oprah Winfrey Show | June 03, 2009

Dr. Oz quote:
"Most men having a heart attack have shortness of breath, break out into cold sweats and feel severe pain or discomfort in their upper body," he says. "One-third of women feel no discomfort in their chest, which can cause them to wait longer to go to the emergency room."

Dr. Oz says women who are having a heart attack may feel shortness of breath, weakness, flu-like symptoms, indigestion and nausea. If you think you might be having a heart attack, Dr. Oz recommends calling 911 immediately.

http://www.oprah.com/health/Are-Men-and-Women-Different_1/10

pumpkin pie and lavender

Are Men and Women Different?
By Dr. Mehmet Oz
The Oprah Winfrey Show | June 03, 2009
quote:
The way something smells also affects the sexes differently. Dr. Oz says research has found that the smells of pumpkin pie and lavender make men feel more sexual, while ladies get excited by the scents of cucumber and licorice. "Smell is important because it signifies to us at a very deep level that we're in a home—in a safe environment," he says.

http://www.oprah.com/health/Are-Men-and-Women-Different_1/9

Wanting vs. Creating

commentary on Romans 7:
“What a person wants is salvation. What he creates is disaster”

~ Ernst Käsemann
(Commentary on Romans; Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Co., 1980, p. 203)