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La La Land Now Streaming: How do we decide between his dreams vs her dreams vs steadfast love?
If you only watch the first half of La La Land (just released on DVD), you’ll find yourself swept into the blue-sky, sunshine, and citrus colors of Hollywood dreams. The opening big production number on the jammed LA freeway introduces us to Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), off to a prickly start but eventually falling in love and cheering each other on. He wants to revive the lost art of pure jazz in his own club; she wants to become a famous Hollywood actress. Part one concludes with Seb and Mia’s Boy-Gets-Girl kiss in an iris fade so typical of bygone Hollywood Happy Endings. But, as in…
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FYI: A New Resource for Leaders
Today I want to make you aware of a new resource called "Rooted." It's a youtube channel from my former student, Haley Lee. She created it to help theologically minded women think and thrive through the partnership of spiritual and intellectual growth. I've posted an example here—a video in which she explains the difference between complementarians and egalitarians. She did another one recently about how to choose a Bible translation. You can see more and subscribe at youtube.com/haleyleerooted.