Dad the Hero

....and the WILD WILD WEST!
Check out the trailer here.

Filmweaver's Feature Film

From the creators of "Heartwood Dagger," comes a new adventure film!

Filmweavers has just finished the first complete draft of it's upcoming feature length film: Aeolus' Treasure."

Florida

Florida Marriage Amendment: If you live in Florida or know someone who does, please send them this link. Signatures are needed to bring the amendment to the ballot.

FACTS - True or False?

Throughout history, evolutionary "facts" have been called into question as a result of further research. Here's Creation Moments, shedding the light of truth on false evolutionary claims.

NEW from Apple!!

Click here to read all about it.

Visit the Apple home page to see other new updates and products.

Fireproof Interview

Christian Cinema did an interview with Alex Kendrick and Kirk Cameron about their work on the upcoming film, "Fireproof." Read it here.

Homeschool Hornet Nest

If you like to debate or just like to read debates, especially about Homeschooling, you should checking into this blog post I came across. Here's a tidbit from the first post...

"Here's what I see with homeschoolers (and I welcome feedback and input).

1. They have learned so much more Bible and theology than other kids their age that they don't seem to know how to relate to those kids who are "Christian," but aren't as deep. At least, they can't relate on a spiritual level without being scornful.
2. Church groups are very educational for them. Learning is great, but education is best tempered by rubbing shoulders with others not the same.
3. Grace is often lacking towards others not on the same spiritual path.
4. They don't know how to speak spiritually to different levels.
5. Pride? Hubris?
6. Very spiritually mature, but not socially mature when it comes to other Christians.
7. Have difficulty having fun spiritually."

People's response to these questions have been very interesting to read.

Hornet's Nest 1
be sure to read the comments afterward...then proceed to

Hornet's Nest 2

I found it to be highly thought provoking. I encourage you to take a read and take notes to think on.

Right to Die?

“What we’re doing is not really giving people a right to die, we’re giving doctors a right to kill," he said. "It’s a right or a power that history has shown that doctors can’t manage very well.”

I found this article to be interesting and theologically accurate. A warning that must be heeded.

Apple & Adobe

Watch the keynote speech by Steve Jobs tomorrow afternoon on Apple.com

There is a rumor floating around that Apple is going to buy out Adobe....I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

The 2008 Trail Dance Festival

JOEL'S JOURNEY WINS - BEST OKLAHOMA DOCUMENTARY!!!
Praise the Lord!! picture used from the TD website

Wow! What an event :) quite different from the Christian perspective of SAICFF. There were approx. 100-200 people in attendance for the award ceremonies and over 50% of the award recipients weren't even there...which cuts down on the excitement in the atmosphere.

This festival gives ratings (based off of MPAA criteria) for the films that it screens. Interestingly, out of 73 films screened, 27 were rated R, 31 rated PG-13, 13 rated PG and only 2 rated as G. Joel's Journey got rated as PG, probably because of the Christian theme and for the strong questioning of the medical community...I don't really know. Some of the films had reasons cited for the rating given, most common was 'Language' and 'Violence.'

5 of the documentaries were made in Oklahoma and 3 were nominated for "Best Oklahoma Documentary," the others ran in "Best Short Doc.," and "Best Feature Doc." Joel's Journey was up against...
-"Joined at the River" - PG-13 - (1hr 23 min) a film about the border between Mexico and TX (I think)
-"North of Austin, West of Nashville: Red Dirt Music" - R - (59 min) A gritty look at the home spun music genre that is Red Dirt. Produced by the Cameron University Summer Documentary Class. (from Lawton, OK)

Needless to say, based on the overall "flavor" that this festival seemed to lean toward we were very skeptical that we had much of a chance of winning at all, but dad reminded us that, "Miracles do still happen." Obviously, we were very pleasantly surprised to have Joel's Journey win its category. Miracles DO still happen!!

Here we are waiting for it all to get going!

Ropin' Cowboy

From left to right:
Anthony Foreman (Festival Director) - Daniel and Caleb Morris (Music compsers) - Yours Truly (holding the trophy) - Trail Dance Mascot (in her full costume)

THANKS EVERYONE!!
All Glory goes to God!! I would also like to say thanks, to those of the Morris crew who made the 2 hr trip down, to Caleb & Daniel for the immense amount of work they put into writing the wonderful soundtrack, to the whole Morris family for standing firm on Biblical principles of life, to my family who supported and helped out with the project, to the many people who provided feedback on the movie and also thanks to Anthony Foreman for all his hard work on the Festival, for selecting Joel's Journey into the festival and for honoring us with the award!!

Special thanks to dad for being the stand-in paparazzi for us :)
We used the video mode on a still camera to capture the winning announcement...see it here! (it may take a second to load)