She Looked Normal in Her Picture – A Short Story
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Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I’ve got something special to share. It’s a short story I wrote titled She Looked Normal in Her Picture. It takes online dating, preconceived notions, current events and throws them together into one bizarre first date. I exhaled a breath of happy relief into the night air as I saw Naomi […]
GEORGE LUCAS IN LOVE: The Inspiration for STAR WARS (sort of)
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With Valentine’s Day approaching I needed to share with you a love story, so here it is: George Lucas in Love. This is probably my favorite short film of all time. From 1999, this short is a parody of Shakespeare in Love. But instead of William Shakespeare suffering writers block until he falls in love, […]
AMERICAN GOSPEL: The Story of Religion & Liberty in the United States
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A couple years ago I picked up Jon Meacham’s book American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation. It’s an incredible story that covers the history of religion in the United States from colonial times into the early years of the 21st century. At this time of deep division in our […]
Laughter, Tears & Springsteen in THUNDER ROAD
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Public speaking is hard for a lot of people, especially when they’re doing it off the top of their head, and especially when it’s at a funeral. That’s all on full display in this short film titled Thunder Road. As the funeral director says towards the end of this short, “It’s important to remember that […]