Sometime in the next few days, TV listings and internet sites will begin to burst with Christmas-film suggestions. But before we get swept away in a flood of Scrooges, wonderful lives and Red Ryder BB guns, how about a few films for Thanksgiving? Here’s a six-course movie-meal for the upcoming holiday: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Forget Thanksgiving; it’s been Christmas since November 1st, or so it seems in stores and in the fast pace of this month. Everyone I talk to feels like the season is flying by, and we’re all trying to keep our heads above water. There’s no more prepping for the week ahead; you must plan a
Here we are, a week before Thanksgiving (as of me writing). How is this even possible? As I drove Ty to school the other morning, the sunrise was remarkable. The scenery we saw just told us it was mid-November. It would have been the perfect photo for a November calendar. As we crested farther up
Pass the salt, please. Did you remember to add lots of butter? Of course, you did. What’s popcorn without butter and salt? What’s a movie without popcorn? And what’s a movie without these great books about Hollywood and TV? It’s been said that the great director Alfred Hitchcock was obsessed with having beautiful blonde women
Every year, on the fourth Thursday of November, Americans gather friends and family to sit down for an hour-long feast. That’s right, Thanksgiving dinner. A ready-made excuse to put on your stretchy pants, eat and drink to excess, watch football, and eventually pass out into what many people call a “food coma.” Food coma, or
Note: This is the sixth article in a series called Overcoming the Five Failures of Us. Previous articles are always available at http://www.webbweekly.com. When Jesus addresses the church in Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29), He calls out the church leaders for tolerating the wicked influence of a woman named Jezebel. The scandal was not Jezebel. The scandal
Note: This is the fifth article in a series called Overcoming the Five Failures of Us. Previous articles are always available at http://www.webbweekly.com. Jesus reveals the failure of syncretism in Revelation 2:14-16 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak
Last year, around this time, we had an accident happen, and an eight-year-old at the time who was very upset. My phone rang, and it was Kenzy on the other line. I could hear her crying in the background. “Kenzy Mae. What’s wrong, honey?” I asked. She was trying to tell me but just kept
You were nowhere near prepared enough. Oh, sure, you had all your important documents in one place. Your valuables were put away, the car was gassed up, extra water was onboard, and you were ready for whatever happened. Now, of course, you can never totally plan for the worst, though with “The Longest Minute” by
In the post-pandemic world we now live in, it’s safe to say that function and comfort have supplanted style and form in many ways — most particularly, for me, in the choice of footwear. I have given up the ghost on high heels, preferring flats and lug soles. Also, with the concerns over the environment
For the month of November, I thought it would be nice to write about being thankful. This is a scary world we are living in, and if we dwell on the hate and cruelty of this world, it could really get you down. We need to focus on things we should be thankful for. From
Somebody needs to mop up this blood. You can’t just leave it on the carpet or floor or sidewalk or alley. There are teams who clean that sort of thing, and they need to be called. Someone should sweep up the glass, pick up the detritus of a calamity, and calm the family and the
