Unfortunately, cinematic trouble ensued during the crucial moment of The Matrix film. As a result, we watch movies together at home where she can roam and I don’t have to secure her to a chair with duct tape. She hates going to the movies because she has difficulty sitting still for more than 15 minutes at a time. I didn’t tell our friends that early in our marriage Becky and I came to an understanding regarding cinema. I’m not a fan of this genre, but I love my friends and Becky was a good sport.
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Years ago, friends invited Becky and me to see the “cyberpunk” science fiction movie The Matrix. It’s quite a yarn, but you should not wait for me to be discovered by Hollywood and the movie version! Check out “Mantis” at Amazon or more reliably from my publisher,. The book is actually a story of revelation and redemption made possible through unique means of communication. However, “Mantis” is unique for science fiction because there is a strong spiritual message in my novels. My recently published novel “MANTIS” is perhaps best classified as one of future history. And though I did not care for the dystopian fiction of the Hunger Games, I loved the book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradberry. There are many genres of science fiction including apocalyptic stories like “The Road Warrior” or sci-fi horror like the movie “Alien,” neither of which I like. I’m not talking about Flash Gordon shtick or fantasy genres like Harry Potter. His colleagues were shocked to see his lips moving silently because it was customary at that time to have scripture read aloud.Īs most of my readers know I am a fan of science-based fiction (aka science fiction). Interestingly, Saint Augustine often read scripture silently to himself. Last year I “reread” the Bible using an app that read scripture aloud to me. If you read aloud to yourself the experience is quite different than hearing scripture. The two are just different ways of presenting a story. While that may be true in some cases, I would counter that sometimes the movie is better than the book. One often hears the quip that the movie was not as good as the book. That day I learned two lessons: the secret of braiding hair, and that God’s spirit wrapped around partners completes them and makes their marriage strong. Many times, you learn from your mistakes, and as the braids kept unraveling, Becky showed me that a third strand secures the other two just as the Teacher in Ecclesiastes taught three millennia ago. There wasn’t a lot of braiding going on in my childhood. Becky came from a family of four girls and I came from a family of three boys. That was painfully obvious to me when I tried to braid the hair of my young daughter. The apostle Paul taught that we all have different gifts. Although the world is vastly different than when my girls were growing up, I believe the timeless wisdom of Proverbs 22:6 remains relevant. These wise observations note that marriage is the best design for life, and a successful marriage requires communication and commitment.īecky and I have two girls, who, I am happy to report, are launched, successful in marriage and have children of their own. I begin this essay quoting my lovely wife and scripture. I have jokingly told my wife that if we ever appear on the Newlywed Game (it won’t happen) always answer “three” for me.
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Often, two choices are not enough and four or more choices are too many. I am trinitarian philosophically and spiritually.
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Two are better than one… Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.Ī cord of three strands is not easily broken. To have a great marriage requires hard work.