Saturday, 25 April 2009
-
Currently
Seven Pounds
By Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper
see relatedThis I Used to Believe
Again I have had the experience of having God talk to me through Public Radio. That is blasphemous on some level to someone, but this tends to happen. So today while running errands and heading to Davis I was listening to a show that for the most part I do not like. It is called "This American Life."
However, today I was struck by two stories they reviewed within a "This I Used to Believe" spoof of the other boring NPR bit called "This I Believe."
So if you decide to click on the link and listen (or download) the show:
At 16:00 Listen to Act 2 called: Team Spirit in the Sky.
Synopsis: This past Christmas a story swept the internet about a football coach of a Christian high school in Texas who inspired his team's fans to root for the opposition team; a team from the local juvenile corrections facility. Among the thousands of emails that the coach received in response to his actions, one stood out to him. Trish Sebastian mentioned her loss of faith, and coach Hogan got a message from God that he was meant to bring her back. We Eaves drop on the phone calls.
This bit is fascinating in many ways. First, this coach at first goes about his initial discussion, I feel, in a very uncompassionate and matter of fact way. He tries to prove an apologetic that she doesn't care about either way because it is an emotional and metaphysical issue that she is wrestling with. The second discussion goes much better. In the end, she is thinking a lot more about the existence of God.
At 38:00 Listen to Act 3 called: Me Thinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much.
Synopsis: When Molly was in 7th Grade she learned what abortion was--and it sounded to her like murder. Her mom, a pro-choice activist made it her mission to change her daughter's mind. And went to extrodinary lengths to do so.
This act is fascinating in that a parent who is VERY pro-abortion seeks to force her child to accept her beliefs in a fashion that appears to be very militaristic. Something a secular humanist would think Christians do to their kids today.
-
recommend
- recs 0
-
share
-
email
- sent 0
Post a Comment
- Back to vangelicmonk's Xanga Site!
- Note: your comment will appear in vangelicmonk's local time zone: GMT -08:00 (Pacific Standard - US, Canada)
Comments (3)
I'm sorry that you generally don't like "This American Life" because for the most part, I've always felt that it was a mostly uplifting show. The main reason why I decided that I wanted to share the conversations with them was because of an episode they did a few years ago called "Act V" about prisoners at a maximum-security facility who were learning rehabilitation through Shakespeare, and I thought that what Coach Hogan had done for the kids at Gainesville State was something similar to that.
Anyway, thanks for your thoughts.
NPR, eh?
I have a friend, who when I tell her I heard something cool or funny on NPR, tells me, "Hey, why are you listening to the liberal station?" She's a liberal.
Anyhow, every now and then, I'll venture a snip of "This American Life." I normally can't stand more than five minutes... but sometimes they do something right.
These two stories sound interesting... certainly the last one. I may wander over and listen.
@roamingchile - Yeah, you should listen to them both. Especially since the woman from the first interview I recommended commented above. lol. She found my blog by searching through google. Small internet world.
Personally, I would donate to NPR if for every dollar I gave, they would return 2 dollars back to the tax payers (government). I think then conservatives would feel more comfortable giving.