MInTheGap

Life Without the TV

It’s interesting how much time you find you have when you live life
without TV.  Yes, we do have movies, and collections of shows on DVD,
but you find that you have much more time to talk, read, and get things
done around the house.  Our church is doing a read through the Bible
program this year, and I find that I have more than enough time, and I
am short on excuses why not to do it!

So, if I haven’t already encouraged you, try going without for a week–
see if it that makes that big of a difference.  And if you haven’t
already, try reading through the Bible in a year– It’ll give you a new
appreciation for the Scriptures.

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The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited

Having recently received the Dick Van Dyke show season 1 DVD for a gift (which I affectionately call my DVD
DVD), I have enjoyed two of the discs worth of tv goodness. Seeing
these characters in innocence and clean comedy is incredibly refreshing
and humorous in itself. The episode where Rob and Laura are having
Ritchie, and Laura calls Rob to say that it’s time to have him and she
looks like she just came out of a salon, not having contractions every
five minutes is great.

Then I watched last night’s revisited. Unlike what I hoped, they
resorted to what has happened to every classic show they think needs
some punching up to fit in with the times. They added Rob swearing, and
made a joke out of it– how that he started that after getting cable
TV. And they have a couple of mild sexual innuendo jokes.

Though most of the faces were the same, and the clips were great, it
felt awkward because of this– like a loss of innocence. Writers try to
recapture the magic of these shows, but fail to see what really
attracts us to them– a time where we didn’t have to swear to find
something funny, or joke about sex to keep people interested. Writing
was creative and original, and the characters we found called us to be
higher and more noble.

I think I’ll stick with my DVD DVDs.

The Passion Review

Well, I saw the passion this past Friday. Here are some random thoughts:

Is the Devil really a woman?
That was the first time I thought of Jesus being roughed up on the way to trial.
What was up with the kids that turned into evil beings chasing Judas?
and the evil looking child the Devil held while Jesus was being whipped.
Do you really think Jesus was corny enough to build a table for nowadays back then?
Where were Jesus other sibilings in the scene with Mary? Maybe they were out at the market.
Could you come away with a message other than– man, he was really beaten up?
Did Simon of Cyrene carry the cross the entire way behind Jesus (as the
Scripture says) or part of the way with Jesus (as in the movie).
Where was the Roman soldier who said “Truly, this man was the Son of God.”
Did the earthquake break the temple floor as well as rip the curtain?

So, what message did you get out of it?