An Open Letter to all Churches that have Marquee’s on Their Signs:
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I implore you in the name of our Lord to go right now and destroy your signs that contain marquee writings on them. It is like the cocaine of church life…no one can ultimately resist putting up messages that ultimately embarrass most of your congregants and bring shame upon the name of Jesus. You have proved unable to resist the urges of an angry Pastor intent on keeping Christmas with a capital “C.” Or the nice secretary that no one has the heart to tell her that her “message” on the sign is ridiculous. Or the deacon in charge of church signs who steals trite phrases from other “church-sign-addicts” for his church sign. Therefore…remove the sign. NO MORE MARQUEES! Please.
Your fellow believer,
Sam
This sign has been up at a Catholic church close to my house ALL Christmas season long! Seriously. Are you kidding me?!!? This is the message you want to communicate to the community during Christmas?!?! Don’t get me wrong…no one appreciates a good joke or even an off-color somewhat crass use of sarcasm and humor like me! But this…really?!?! Do we need anymore help with the perception of “works” righteousness or an exterior superficial faith. Come on!!! (By the way…it looks like someone else didn’t like it and threw a rock threw the sign…just for the record…it wasn’t me) 
Ironically, right across the street is a PUBLIC SCHOOL!! And this is the message they put on their marquee. Which one these two signs are more Christian?!
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Two thumbs up from Kelly and I. It was an excellent movie, and while I hate to admit it (and why I’m not sure…maybe it is jealousy), Brad Pitt was outstanding in his acting as Benjamin Button. It is a long story. The movie is three hours in length. But it is an excellent story. And I’m saying that as a dude that appreciates good explosions and gratuitous humor. None in the movie. And yet…still good.
Valkyrie: This is Tom Cruise’s movie about a corp of German officers who attempted an assassination of Adolf Hitler. Two thumbs up from Kelly and I as well. Good action. Haven’t been a big fan of Tom Cruise for several years. But I thought he did a good job in this movie. I love movies based on a true story. Mr. Collins from the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice played Adolf Hitler! 
Seven Pounds: Once again, two thumbs up from Kelly and I. (That has to be a record too – three movies that Kelly and I agree deserve two thumbs up). The genius of this movie has been the marketing and trailers. They have given nothing away. We went into the movie curious because of Will Smith and the trailers we had seen, but the trailers gave us NOTHING in regards to plot. For some reason I like that. Too many movies in the trailer give you the whole movie or let you see every funny part in the movie. Here is the deal about Seven Pounds (without giving anything away)…you have to make it through the whole movie to like it. It is a journey of a story. Not a lot of action, not a bunch of suspense, no thrills (at least until the end). So you have to be committed. But it was worth it. It has an IRS agent in the story (I thought my dad would be interested).
