Chris's Musings

This has been a pretty slow year for me for posts to the blog.  I do want to finish out 2014 with a post, and as I think about "what would be the best thing to write to close out 2014?" it dawned on me to recollect on the top memories I've had throughout the years (both good years and not-as-good years).  I have really thought about how precious time is throughout this year, and how we shouldn't waste the moments we've been given.  I also believe that we should take time to look back and remember God's faithfulness to us through our lives, both to thank Him for how He has blessed us but also to remember and look forward to the future knowing that our lives are in His hands. So, I thought I would close my blog in 2014 with my top 2 moments from the past years - since 2000.  Please enjoy :-) 2014 1. Kenya medical mission trip - getting to meet my sponsor child and being blessed beyond belief in the home visits 2. Two incredible outings with my nieces

Last night, in the busyness of the Christmas season, I got a few friends to come out to watch the new Moses movie:  Exodus, Gods and Kings.  I had been intrigued by some of the previews, the hype around the movie, and the fact that "Batman" would be playing Moses.  In some ways, I was hoping that the movie would stay somewhat true to scripture, unlike the Noah movie which completely butchered the Noah story and made it more about environmentalism instead of sin... and honestly Russell Crowe's Noah was a terrible movie. Without attempting to spoil the movie, Exodus was in my opinion actually a decent movie, assuming you take the Bible out of it.  In some ways, Ridley Scott attempted to remake Gladiator in Egypt with Christian Bale instead of Russell Crowe.  The scenes with the plagues were very well done and there were some really cool battle scenes during the beginning of the movie (I did say that it did feel like Gladiator in a way). So... if I were to respond to t