A few months ago I had an opportunity to go to an Andrew Peterson concert in St. Louis. For reasons that seems supremely reasonable at the time I declined going, but since I habitually kick myself for it I think I still qualify as a raving fanboy. Andrew Peterson is a skilled lyricist and while some people say his voice isn’t that great I think it sounds like a normal person’s voice and is thus endearing. Last year Andrew Peterson collaborated with Randall Goodgame to make an album of songs for children. I bought it for my niece Lily as birthday present, but then she wouldn’t lend it to me (Actually, I didn’t ask. 650 miles is along way to lend a CD for a week.) so I never got to hear it. Josh and Adiel, knowing my distress, bought the album for Noah for his birthday and so it would be in the house for me. Okay, maybe that last part wasn’t intended, but regardless Slugs and Bugs is now on the premises. And I am so happy.

The album starts out very silly. They sing about postmen, tractors, bears, playing ball inside, and piggy toes. They sing about bizarre parenting tasks like burping and making a child eat beans. The songs are goofy and clever and very singable.  Andrew and Randy are obviously…

I have recently discovered that I am a hopeless romantic. I love watching people fall in love; I love watching people who are in love. I like watching the awkward newly-weds and I like watching the sweet old couple. I don’t like the genre of Romance, but I delight in love stories.

Last week I watched a truly great love story movie. The Italian movie The Tiger and the Snow was co-written, directed and starred in by Roberto Benigni who also co-wrote, directed and starred in Life is Beautiful.

Roberto Benigni plays Attilo de Giovanni a professor of poetry in Rome. He’s vague, scatter-brained and excited about everything he does. Every night he dreams he is getting married to a beautiful woman, the woman of his dreams. And then at a poetry reading…

(I realize I’m probably preaching to the choir here, but hey, who doesn’t love a good rant?)

I think everyone here at Moving Truth agrees that as Christians we have the great privilege and responsibility to mimic our Creator by being creative and sharing that creativity with the world. What I have been recently struck with is the thought that it is also our responsibility to improve our efforts in our art. God never wants anything to stagnate. If we are to be growing in our knowledge and love for Him doesn’t it follow that we are to grow in our creativity, too? I’m not saying that we should all join a class or buy a stack of instructional books and attempt to reach impossible standards , but rather that we should…

Photographing Small Objects

First, the idea is to have an even soft light that will bring out the details in your objects. In order to achieve this, you will need a light box. These are very simple to make…

First of all, A Very Merry Christmas to all our readers! We hope you are enjoying the holidays. David and I are actually enjoying he holiday together in Peoria IL, trying not to get on each other’s nerves too much (you know how brother-in-laws are)!

I know we have been slow in rolling out the articles, but I did want to let everyone know we have…

We are pleased to report that the webmaster (that’s me) has finally devoted some time to implementing features that have been MIA for a little while now. Link submissions are now fully implemented so head on over to the Link Submissions Page and submit away! It is exciting to…