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Christmas Movie Extravaganza

Our Hunt family Christmas movie festival was a blast. Saw 4 movies, and here are the official rankings and reviews. In order of preference.

 

Mission Impossible 4: Spellbinding suspense from the very beginning. Clean enough to take kids to and great action all woven into a gripping story line. Not a big Tom Cruise fan but gotta give credit where credit is due. This was an excellent experience. 

AHS Grade: A-

 

War Horse: Supposed to be the best movie since Gone with the Wind according to some reviewers, and it is a good story Spielberg has produced. Think Secretariat meets Forrest Gump and Saving Private Ryanas the story traces a horse's journey and its relationswhip with the people around it over a the years of World War I. But it really is a very long (2.5 hours) World War I movie more than anything else. Edit out 30 or 40 minutes and you   >>>>>   Read Entire Post

Help for "Dee Dee"

The founder of the Murphy Harpst Children's Center had a motto: "We'll make room." In a world where adults abuse and discard children, the need to make room grows larger every year.

For years, I have partnered with Murphy Harpst to serve the most traumatized children, little ones who have been violated by the very people who were supposed to care for them. Children like "Dee Dee."

Dee Dee came to the attention of authorities when she was just two, because her five year old brother needed treatment for aggressive behavior, and both children were in the care of their nine year old brother. Their mom was addicted to meth through all three of her pregnancies, and she had allowed the kids to be exposed to people who abused them consistently.

Still fed by a bottle, little Dee De could not eat solid food and would not allow anyone to touch her.   >>>>>   Read Entire Post

Christmas Eve Show - LIVE!

Will be doing my show live this weekend on SATURDAY (Christmas Eve) from 4:00-6:00 pm as a way to spruce up the Christmas weekend. You will also be able to hear the show replayed several times throughout the weekend on News Talk WSB.

Plan to listen live on Saturday on WSB to these two shows

Santa with Captain Herb  - 2:00-4:00

Allen Hunt Christmas Eve special - 4:00 -   >>>>>   Read Entire Post

Camping for Christmas

I get asked it a lot. What's your favorite verse of Scripture?

Easy: John 1:14 - the perfect verse for Christmas (CHRIST-MASS).

The Word became flesh, he lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory that he has from the Father as only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

You could even translate that: The Word became flesh and pitched His tent among us. God in Christ set up His tent right here by yours. As a Christian, I believe that Jesus, clothed in flesh, stepped out of eternity into this temporal world as the supreme Christmas gift from God. 

Have a wonderful Christmas, my   >>>>>   Read Entire Post

Journey Home

I've had a thoroughly Catholic week. First, an interview regarding my own journey on the Journey Home show. And then 3 days with several other Catholic lay people thinking about how we can partner together for good. Reminds me once more how glad I am to be home.

God is good. Merry   >>>>>   Read Entire Post

A Very Generous Christmas

Being a Christian, at its core, means to lead a generous life. A Christian believes that his life is not his own, that his life and everything in it belongs to God. A Christian follows Jesus, who is the divine embodiment of giving. When a Christian gives her money or her time, she imitates Jesus Himself, who emptied Himself to become a human being at Christmas. God made flesh. The most generous gift of all.

One man made me think about Christmas this way:

The shepherds gave their time. The wise men gave their money.

Joseph gave his reputation and good name. Mary gave her future.

God gave his most valuable possession. And Jesus gave His life.

Yep, Christmas is   >>>>>   Read Entire Post

Janitorial Redemption

Tommie Campbell blew his chances. Over and over again.

An all-state football player in high school, he received a full scholarship to the University of Pittburgh. Bad behavior and poor grades blew that chance in two years. He enrolled at a smaller college to play football, and again failed to perform in class. Blown chance #2.

Twice failed, Tommie went home, hung out in bars, and landed a job as a janitor at the Pittsburgh aiport for $8 per hour to pay his bar tab. He scrubbed toilets and swept the floors. Until he got fired 6 months later. Blown again.

One mentor still believed in Tommie and arranged for a tryout at yet another small college where the coach agreed to give Tommie Campbell one final chance. Most folks wondered why. Here was a guy with bad habits and a worse attitude.

Maybe it was the work ethic he learned scrubbing toilets all day, or maybe something else clicked   >>>>>   Read Entire Post

Sandwiches for Women Vets

Listeners are getting creative with ideas for sharing Chick fil A sandwiches in order to be a blessing. This week's winner is Janice. We will be meeting at the Rivermont Station Chick-fil A this week to use Chick fil A sandwiches to assist women veterans and their children. Well done Janice! Merry Christmas!

 

I was thinking last night around 2am how to multiply 50 sandwiches to help our friends in need and here's what I came up with.  

If I had 50 sandwiches to give away, I'd start an email blitz asking for people to trade in their "treasures" for the sandwiches.

They could donate anything of value (Their treasures) that I could sell on ebay and turn into cash to help Mary Hall's Women Vet program.  I am working with   >>>>>   Read Entire Post

Rebuttal to Compassionate Christmas

In response to my last blog post, which also was distributed to my weekly email list, I received one response that should be shared. Not everyone sees the world like I do, and this email from V proves that to be sure.

As a reader, you likely know how I feel - that helping kids is helping kids, whether they are citizens or not. But I always like to hear from those who disagree.

 

I am so disgusted with Christmas!  This has been brewing for many years.  I always try to buy gifts for children on our church Angel Tree.  I don't have a clue who decides which families meet the requirements but last year the kids wanted name brand toys, DS games, CD players, bike, skate board and Bratz dolls.  They wanted an outfit of clothes.  I have walked the aisles of Kmart many years with tears in my eyes because a child wanted socks and underwear for Christmas.   All of the   >>>>>   Read Entire Post

Mae West Christmas

Mae West said, "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful." When it comes to Christmas, perhaps she's right.

A new study shows that, when it comes to Christmas, lots of us don't like too much of a good thing. In fact, 35 million Americans dread being kind for Christmas. Scrooge (Bah humbug!) or the Grinch.

If December and Christmas overwhelm you or create a deep desire to escape to a faraway cave, please allow me one word of suggestion. Be kind but cling to one word. Simplify.

Remember that you control your life and calendar; no one else does. When it comes to December, less is better than more. Remember that you can choose not only to decline invitations but also to focus your gift-giving on things that matter. One family I know gives no presents but rather makes one large gift in honor of their friends and family to a ministry that serves homeless children   >>>>>   Read Entire Post