Personal blog of christian
writer & fallible mom
Katy McKenna Raymond
in Kansas City, Missouri
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- That’s It
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- A Woman’s Train of Thought Has No Caboose
- However much we own, we are all still living on borrowed time
- After all, when restaurants shrink portions, they don’t shrink prices.
- As with everything in life, balance is key.
- Slow down, you move too fast…
- Yeah, I know. I have issues.
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Two Witnesses
There’s a Scripture verse that says something like, By the word of two witnesses let everything be established. I’ll tell you this: that’s just what I did.
My pastor, Tom Nelson of Christ Community Church in Leawood, Kansas, and my good buddy, author Lisa Samson, both recommended the movie “Akeelah and the Bee.”
Because I thought the bee was a bumble bee, I had resisted even the notion of going to this movie. What’s the popular fiction title with the word bee in it? I have such a strong aversion to bees that I can’t even think of the name of the book!
Yeah. It’s like that.
But when I heard from these two witnesses (both people I trust very much) that the bee is a spelling bee, and that Akeelah is a little girl, well—that changed everything.
Please, please don’t miss this movie. We thought we were showing up in time for the twilight hour price, since the show started at 5:30. The girl said, “That will be $17.” I said, “I am going to try to behave like a grown-up about this, but that’s a freakin’ lot of money.” Then I told Doug that no movie was worth $8.50 per ticket.
But I was wrong! I can’t wait till Akeelah comes out on DVD, so that I can watch it again and again.
I think I’m finally cured of my fear of bees.
- I LOVED the movie, and I went the first day that it came out! It has gotten wonderful reviews, which is great, but it's too bad that it has not really gotten the publicity that it needs to do well. I am a huge fan of the yearly Scripps Howard spelling bee, but this movie is not only about that, it's so much more. It's about community spirit, not giving up, and working towards a common goal. I will be first in line to get my copy on DVD and can't wait to show it to all my 7th graders next year in class!
Posted by Bridget on 06/09/06 at 11:36 PM
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