Movie: Transformers on DVD. My take: Shia LaBeouf is a legitimate actor. The script was not any breed of good. The special effects were the reason for the movie. And they were a pretty sweet reason, even on the small screen. Therefore, 6 out of 10 points have been given.
Music: Wintersong by Sarah McLachlan. My take: You have to like her style of music, and occasionally I do. Every Holiday iTunes playlist should include a medium sized dose of melancholy. And Sarah definitely brings the melancholy. Therefore, 7 out of 10 points have been given. (A quick explanation-I dug out this holiday CD a little early this year, because I was trying to get myself inspired to write a Christmas play for our youth group. And I enjoyed the CD, but I’m not sure that it got my creative holiday juices flowing.)
Book: Saint Thomas Aquinas The Dumb Ox by GK Chesterton. My take: I realized recently that there are quite a few brilliant Christian thinkers that I know almost not
hing about. I love Christian history, but I have studied patterns and movements more than I have studied individual stories. Our church ordered this biography for our new bookstore, and so I thought I'd start with it. There are many very informative reviews of this 1930’s classic available all over the web. You should definitely read those for more insight, if you're interested. But I will say that I found it very readable; I don’t always find Chesterton to be this accessible. I also thought that Chesterton did a very good job of whimsically teaching us how St. Thomas thought and how his thinking fit into secular and religious history, and how it was shaped by the ancients and how it shapes us today. The subject matter was brilliant, and of course, GK Chesterton’s dealing with it was brilliant, howbeit atypical, as well. Therefore, 9 out of 10 points have been given.
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