Archive for November, 2007

Two officers shot among 5 injured

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Today, I was coming home from an interfaith meeting on how to address the systemic problems of crime and the like in our city.  As I approached our home, I saw a span of 8 blocks that were behind a police line, mine being one of them.  Luckily, Rachel was ok, but it struck me as ironic that as I was sitting in a meeting about crime, it was taking place at home.

The police would not let me drive in, so after a while of searching I finally made it home.  Would you pray for the two officers and…

Some thoughts on The Golden Compass

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

I’ve been looking forward to the debut of a movie called The Golden Compass since I saw the previews in August, so last weekend I read the book on which the movie is based. I enjoyed it. Quite a bit. It’s a well-written, highly creative, and engaging story. I could barely put it down. There were some themes that made me mildly uncomfortable, but on the whole, my anticipation of the movie to be released on December 7th only increased. Then this week I received an email warning me against watching the movie, calling it the “anti-Narnia” and “the work of…