Movie Song of the Week: "King Herod's Song"

Wait! King Herod had a song?

Pensamientos Acerca de Televisión

Mom: “Dirty Money and a Woman Named Mike”

I had lost interest in this show during the first season and it wasn't until my youngest brother told me about this episode that I bothered to give it a second chance.

As for what happens in this episode:

Alison Janney's alcoholic character Bonnie Plunkett finally has a come to Jesus moment and guess who shows up? Frankly, I found it worth the time to watch this episode just to see Bonnie Plunkett's reaction to this week's surprise guest star. Boy, does that guy get around!

Quote of the Week

God did not wrap himself up in flesh, humbling himself to the point of birth in a stable and death on a cross, eating, laughing, weeping, and suffering as one of us, so that I can complain to management when a barista at Starbucks wishes me "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." The incarnation isn’t about desperately grasping at the threads of power and privilege. It’s not about making some civic holiday "bigger and better." It’s about surrendering power, setting aside privilege, and finding God in the smallness and vulnerability of a baby in a womb.
--Rachel Held Evans, "Mary, the Magnificat, and an Unsentimental Advent," Rachel Held Evans' Blog, December 05, 2017

¡Feliz Día de los Reyes!

Happy Day of the Kings! Or as they say in other countries, Happy Three Kings Day!

This day is the twelfth day of Christmas, also known as Twelfth Night or the Feast of the Epiphany in some countries. According to tradition, this day marks the anniversary of the visit of the three kings -- aka the three wise men -- to the birthplace of the Baby Jesus. In Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries, these three kings also come this night bearing gifts for the good little boys and girls of the Hispanic world. Why this tradition has not replaced Santa in the eyes of all those Anglo-Americans who are always proclaiming that "Jesus is the reason for the season" is one of those mysteries even the saints themselves cannot solve. Personally, I blame that silly War on Christmas...

¡Feliz Día de la Madre!

Happy Mother's Day to all my loyal readers. I hope you all enjoy the day as much as my own mother.

Movie Song of the Week: “I Don't Know How to Love Him”

From the 1973 movie Jesus Christ Superstar, it's Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene giving her side of the eternal conflict between sacred and profane love. My apologies if you find her lyrics a bit on the TMI side.

Trailer of the Week: The King of Kings (1927)

One of the earliest versions of the Christ legend to make it to the silver screen.