I don’t normally read this, but today I opened up the “One Bread, One Body” book of reflections on the day’s Mass readings and today’s reflection seems to correspond nicely to what I have been talking about recently. The readings for today are from Romans 14:7-12 and Luke 15:1-10. I haven’t been to Mass yet today, so this will give … Read More
Instead of Fred Claus…
Why not go see Bella this weekend, encourage others to go, or bring new people to see it with you for a second time? Yes I am still in “Bella mode,” trying to help promote the film. It has done incredibly well so far. Last weeks numbers were probably even more impressive as it was up against two big budget … Read More
The Swell Bella Fellas, on a Mission for God
The movie has been out for two weeks and achieved enormous success for such a humble work of art, with an ever growing fan base. But I wonder, even among the fans, if we truly recognize the God-send that is Bella and the little production company that could, Metanoia Films. Bella is a beautiful and moving picture (yes, I finally … Read More
Bella Vids
Playing around on You Tube I found a few videos on Bella. The first here is of Eduardo Verastegui, talking about his desire to use his talents to make a difference. At the end he talks about an interesting thing that happened while he was doing research for the movie. It’s a wonderful story of life! BELLA WINS 2007 SMITHSONIAN … Read More
Bella Does Wella!
Ok, that was lame, but the movie did do surprisingly well for only being released is 31 theaters – $1.3 million’s not to shabby! And now, along with the Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award, Bella can add the prize for best Drama at the Heartland Film Festival in Indiana. Critic’s haven’t been too nice to the film, most likely … Read More
Is Mike Huckabee Fooling Everyone – or is He Worth Looking At?
With Sam Brownback out of the race, I have been looking at the other Republican candidates to see who I will throw my weight behind. Mike Huckabee has been making his way up the ladder, slowly but surely. His impressive win at the Washington Briefing recently has gotten many people talking. Social conservatives are hungry for a viable alternative to … Read More
Raising Adult Stem Cell Awareness
A new blog has started, Adult Stem Cell Awareness, dedicated to raising awareness of the many advancements in adult stem cell technology. They are now asking for motivated bloggers to consider blogging periodically about adult stem cell research since the main stream media refuses to acknowledge its success. I try to do this every chance I get. If you are … Read More
Cures Without Cloning Initiative Update
Missourians Against Human Cloning held a press conference Friday morning criticizing Carnahan and the ballot language she approved for the CWC initiative. You can see video of that here. Now Carnahan’s approved language has drawn dueling lawsuits. That’s right, I said dueling, meaning one from both sides. It was inevitable that CWC was going to have to challenge the language, … Read More
Star Parker Rocks My World
I was able to watch a little bit of the Values Voter Summit today on C-Span. And I turned it on right as Star Parker was speaking. She’s so fun to watch. My dad got to know her pretty well when he was working at Vitae Caring Foundation and she was a frequent speaker for them and he would rave … Read More
Blunt Gets $250K from ESC Research Supporters
The St. Louis Post reports that Republican Gov. Matt Blunt received $250,000 this summer from the Supporters of Health Research and Treatments. That’s one of the political-action committees set up by supporters of Amendment 2, and Missouri Pulse reports that Blunt has raised just over $1 million in the last quarter. So the pro-ESC research donation accounts for 1/4 of … Read More