Mama Buzz writes today:
“Bunny loves her big brother :). Whenever he’s around, he gets most of her attention! Last night, she was crying and wasn’t stopping even though I was with her, then Buzz came out to say goodnight and she stopped and was all smiles for him, lol!”
You can see “That’s MY big brother!” on her face in this photo from today.
This seems to be the theme of our week-end. Last night, Dearest and I watched “Courageous”, which is all about male spirituality and the importance of men fulfilling the roles God has laid out for them as protectors, providers and spiritual leaders.
It’s good drama, not dry or preachy. Dearest hit the kleenex at least 3 times. 🙂
http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Courageous/70202144?trkid=5966279
It’s by the same people who did Flywheel, Facing the Giants, and Fireproof, if you liked any of those. I own them all and I’m really fussy about what I’ll have on my DVD shelf.
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Buzz and Bunny are so cute and lovable!
Another sibling story… When we had our second baby (a boy), our first (a girl) was not impressed, to put it charitably… until she discovered that she could make him smile and giggle. Then she decided he was pretty nice to have around, after all. (That was more than a quarter century ago, and today they are still best friends.)
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My first two were oil and water, until they both became Army wives and married guys who enjoy each other. It’s such a joy to me having them finally be real sisters!
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Seems the opposite happened to our daughters and it is painful to watch them decide to go through life without their bestest.
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I’m going to put this here, since it’s sort of about God.
Professor Richard Dawkins is an outspoken champion of atheism, author of The God Delusion, and dedicated admirer of Charles Darwin.
During a radio interview recently, he accused Christians of being ignorant of the Bible, then blanked out on the title of Darwin’s most famous work and blurted, “Oh God”, in frustration! LOL
Some days later, when an Archbishop called him an atheist, he said that was wrong. He considers himself an agnostic, because he is not “absolutely confident” that God does not exist. !!
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2105834/Career-atheist-Richard-Dawkins-admits-fact-agnostic.html
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Chrissy, I thought you might enjoy this column in the Milwaukee Examiner. My brother wrote it, and it’s very thought-provoking.
Dr. Dawkins’ Birthday Roast
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Wonderful article! And he’s your brother. 🙂 I bet you’re as proud of him as I am of mine. It seems serendipitous that you encouraged me to read this today.
“Not only is Dawkins a poor philosopher, he proves to be a poor historian as well, when he describes how the morality of his “twenty-first century” people developed. When he talks about historical discussions of “legal theory and political and moral philosophy” and claims that these are things that “do not come from religion” he is just plain wrong. He is the victim of a propaganda campaign that began with the (so-called) Enlightenment and now permeates and distorts our racial memory.”
I just watched the first episode on the 3rd disk of our American Heritage series, which is all about this exact thing!
I can’t recommend these disks highly enough. FASCINATING history lessons in small 20 or so minute bites if you fast forward through the repetitive pre- and post-commercial commercials. The fact they left these on the DVDs is the only complaint I have. Well, that and I would just love to run a COMB through that woman’s hair, but that’s another issue altogether.
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Thanks for the recommendation. Will have to look at getting these.
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“Courageous” is a great movie!
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Is is a family movie or grown up?
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It’s a bit intense at times, but in a good way. It includes some real-world conflict between good and evil, including some interactions between gang members and police officers, but all well done and with a purpose. My personal opinion is that most teenagers (age 13+) can handle it well, and some kids ages 10-13 could, depending on their maturity level, but for those under age 10 I’d hold off and let them watch it when they are a bit older. Your mileage may vary.
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Thank you!
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