An Open Apology
This post has a way of re-appearing on this blog every so often. It has been a working document for 13 years now. I read this apology at The Vineyard this weekend and many people requested that I post...
View ArticleA Filmmaker's Dilemma - What to Cut?
We are busy putting the final touches on the Hitting the Nuts DVD. (It comes out April 15th.) As a result, we have been able to resurrect a few of the scenes that did not make the final cut to use as...
View ArticleEndorsement: Love Wins by Rob Bell
I hesitate to write anything about the book Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived because of the inside-evangelicalism controversy over it. Not to mention,...
View Article38 Proverbs for 38 Years
Well, I'm calling it. I have now officially moved from my mid-thirties to my late-thirties. For what it is worth, here's a life lesson for each year I have muddled through. (I figure I'm old enough now...
View ArticleIt's Maundy Thursday - Feeling "Maundy" Yet?
"Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos"Yeah, I didn't know what that meant either. It's Latin. I looked it up. It's the Latin translation of the Greek text in John 13:34....
View ArticleA Christian Response to Recent Events
The geo-political/pop-cultural events of the past few days are a mirror into the human story. 2.4 billion people recently watched a Royal Wedding. I looked at the pictures. It seemed super fancy....
View ArticleNot all of us believe in the "Rapture"
Well, I almost made it past rapture-pa-looza without commenting. I am going to be short and sweet here. I have no desire to be controversial on this topic. Many of my Christian and Non-Christian...
View ArticleTime to Make a Movie!
We are happy to announce that principal photography will begin on our next film, A Strange Brand of Happy, on August 15th. The movie is a romantic comedy starring Rebecca St. James. It's very funny,...
View ArticleHow to Disagree Like a Christian.
We Christians disagree about most everything, especially us Protestants. It's in the very label we go by - Protestants are the those who "protest." One of us protested 95 Catholic positions 500 years...
View ArticleMovie News from Delta Flight 845
If I had to guess, I am 30,000 feet above Missouri right now. I am headed "home" if there is such a thing for me anymore. Of course, my real home is where my wife, kids and beagle hang out. Which is...
View ArticleHitting The Nuts Wins at Las Vegas Film Festival
I am back in the friendly skies headed home to Cincinnati. I miss my bed. We had a great week in Las Vegas. Personally, it was great to be back. Aidan, my 9 year old, said that he felt like he was home...
View ArticleThe Spirituality of Creativity
I have received interesting emails and Facebook messages following this past weekend's teaching at The Vineyard. It seems as though a lot of people needed to hear one of two things: 1.) That it is just...
View ArticleCast Announcement: A Strange Brand of Happy
We just released this press release about 15 minutes ago. We are all very excited about the cast assembled. There are many more talented people involved in the movie not mentioned in this short release...
View ArticleSo You Want to Be an Author? Actor? Pastor? Etc?
I get a lot of emails from people wanting to become something they are not yet. What I mean, is they want to become an author, a screenwriter, an actor, a filmmaker, or even a pastor. These are all...
View ArticleA Strange Brand of Happy Shoots Today!
Making a movie is a journey in three legs. The middle leg is the most chaotic, fun and collaborative. It is the part that most people think of when they think about making a movie. It starts with...
View ArticleWeek Two of "Strange Brand" Begins Today.
Week one of A Strange Brand of Happy is safely in the can. We have a great team that really started to gel toward the end of the week. We spent four days in Norwood shooting at at duplex owned by a...
View ArticleJoin me?
There are two events very close to my heart this coming weekend. If you live near Cincinnati, I'd love to invite you to both. The Vineyard's Prom for adults with special needs is this Friday. I have...
View ArticleWhy I Make Movies
I finally have had time to reflect a little on the last two months. It has been rather intense on the creative front with pre-production and production of A Strange Brand of Happy and the premiere of...
View ArticleSteve Jobs on Death (and Life)
"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be,...
View ArticleThe Other Prince
I haven't really looked at my book Between Two Kingdoms for about a year. Debbie had been reading it to the kids over the last few weeks. (They were so excited to read their dad's book that they...
View ArticleWhy Halloween Matters
Today 161 million people in the United States are celebrating Halloween. That makes it our second most celebrated holiday behind Christmas. (Or third highest if you count the Super Bowl as a holiday.)...
View ArticleBook Review: The King Jesus Gospel by Scot McKnight
I just finished reading The King Jesus Gospel by Scot McKnight, one of my two favorite books of the year. (The other is The Lost World of Genesis One by John H. Walton, which coincidentally was quoted...
View ArticleIs My Favorite Bible Story Biblical?
My favorite Bible story probably shouldn't be in the Bible. I love the story of the woman caught in adultery found in John 8. I think that I have publicly told every story about Jesus found in the...
View ArticleGoat on a Cow!
Have you ever seen a goat standing on a cow? Me neither. I have professed my love for Radio Lab before. This may be my favorite ever. Listen to the link below:Published by Joe Boyd for Rebel Pilgrim
View ArticleMy Last Blog Ever...
...on Blogger.Thanks for a great 9.5 years, Blogger, but we all knew this day had to come. WordPress just gets me. I'm leaving you. Let's not drag this thing out. We will always have the early 2000's...
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