From the monthly archives: September 2011

Per­cep­tion

Per­cep­tion forms from observ­ing a need through any com­bi­na­tion of senses.  You may see pain, you may hear cry­ing, you may feel the warmth of sun­rise, you may smell the coun­try­side or you may feel an empty long­ing for some­thing more.  Take in each piece of data: sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.  Turn […]

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Courageous

On September 29, 2011 By

Four men, one call­ing: To serve and pro­tect. As law enforce­ment offi­cers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, David Thom­son, and Shane Fuller are con­fi­dent and focused. Yet at the end of the day, they face a chal­lenge that none of them are truly pre­pared to tackle: fatherhood.

While they con­sis­tently give their best on the job, good enough seems to be all they can muster as dads. But they’re quickly dis­cov­er­ing that their stan­dard is miss­ing the mark.

When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their father­ing. Can a new­found urgency help these dads draw closer to God … and to their children?

Filled with action-packed police drama, COURAGEOUS is the fourth film from Sher­wood Pic­tures, the moviemak­ing min­istry of Sher­wood Bap­tist Church in Albany, Geor­gia. Riv­eted movie­go­ers will once again find them­selves laugh­ing, cry­ing, and cheer­ing as they are chal­lenged and inspired by every­day heroes who long to be the kinds of dads that make a life­long impact on their children.

Pro­tect­ing the streets is sec­ond nature to these men. Rais­ing their chil­dren in a God-honoring way? That’s courageous.

In The­aters Sep­tem­ber 30

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Adventure

On September 27, 2011 By

Appar­ently, 46 degrees is cold — espe­cially at night, when you’re try­ing to sleep, out­side, near a river, on a cliff, when you were expect­ing an overnight low of only 60.

Of course, I’m get­ting ahead of myself.

Hi, I’m Ken­neth, and I just escaped life to sleep in the moun­tains.  I mean, Okla­homa moun­tains, which […]

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Make It Count

On September 22, 2011 By

They may for­get what you said, but they will never for­get how you made them feel.

Time

Take time to do the lit­tle things.  Buy flow­ers, send a card, smile, tell a great joke, share some­thing you learned.  These things will be remem­bered over the long haul and will help you build great rela­tion­ships with […]

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White Flags and Red Flares

On September 21, 2011 By

The temp­ta­tion to wave the white flag of sur­ren­der is strongest the day before you real­ize your heart’s desire.  Have you been here before? White flags are so easy to find or make, so lit­tle effort to wrap a white shirt on a stick and hold it high.  This isn’t to say you shouldn’t have […]

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Good Enough Isn’t

On September 20, 2011 By

Let me tell you — there are days when I feel like giv­ing up.  There are days when I just want to drop every­thing and move on.  There are days when hope seems lost.

Then there are days when I feel like giv­ing more.  There are days I want to pick up the pieces and mend […]

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But…

On September 19, 2011 By

…But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known…” -Daniel 2:28

I’m thank­ful that I believe in God. I’m even more thank­ful that He believes in me.

I don’t know about tomor­row;
I just live from day to day.
I don’t bor­row from its sun­shine
For its […]

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Are You Here?

On September 18, 2011 By

In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to per­form­ing daily acts of trivia.

How often do you find your­self here — Just pass­ing each day by, wait­ing on the next prod­uct, the next pay­check, or the next pro­duc­tion? “Surely,” you say, “there must be some­thing more to life than this!” There is.

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