by emma | Mar 24, 2009 | Film
Went to see Age of Stupid last night at the GFT…
Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?
It made for sobering viewing… a vision of a world where we wipe ourselves out. Yet it closes with hope, that this is simply what could happen, but it doesn’t have to be that way. I think it was all the more powerful because much of the footage was real. I recommend you check it out if you get a chance, great movie.
by emma | Mar 22, 2009 | Everything Else
A recent email from The Daily Stat caught my attention. It was titled ‘Hero Index’, and noted that Barack Obama has replaced Jesus Christ atop a list of America’s heroes. The poll, conducted in January by Harris Interactive, asked a cross-section of American adults whom they admired enough to consider heroes. Barack Obama, John McCain, Chesley Sullenberger, God, Billy Graham, Mahatma Gandhi, Condoleeza Rice, Sarah Palin, General George S. Patton, and Bill Gates all made the list for the first time in 2009.
Thought it was an interesting list, and it got me thinking about who my heros are. Granted, there are a few semi-famous people on that list- perhaps examples is a better term? – Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Teresa. But mostly, my heros are people I know: ordinary people doing extraordinary things with their lives. People like Jay & Kellie, like Levi, like Scott, like Sara.
Your shout: who are your heros?
by emma | Mar 21, 2009 | Everything Else
So proud of our boys!! I seriously think that was the best rugby match I have ever witnessed, down to the wire until the very last minute. Wales played fantastically also, but needless to say I’m happy with the outcome!
GRAND SLAM!
by emma | Mar 21, 2009 | Musings
The monitor glare lights the space around me. An American worship band are providing the soundtrack via their mySpace. A physically distant yet emotionally close friend, provides me with a sounding board, via iChat.
I’m typing as I go, trying to make some sense of the emotions and the thoughts running through my head today. I weep as I realise what I have just typed. I weep for something I have never known.
How can you miss something you have never had?
I fear making the same mistakes. I fear becoming the same person.
And I struggle to hold those ideas in tension, to reconcile them. I struggle to let Jesus work. I struggle to let him take the pain. I struggle to let him do new things in our relationship. And at my most honest, I struggle to believe he will.
Some days it’s harder to cling to hope than others. Thank goodness we don’t walk this alone.
by emma | Mar 20, 2009 | Everything Else
“What can you do tomorrow that will allow you to take one step closer to the dream God placed in your heart a long time ago? Stop dying slowly.”
[Los]
“God’s not looking for ways to judge you… God is looking for ways to save you.”
[Brian, via Kirsty]
“In a world whose complexity overwhelms me, lead me to simple truths today. Where connections outpace relationships, lead me to love.”
[Twitturgies]
Ally’s post on The Island.
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