Being a movie director is cool because...
...you get to work with professional actors who know exactly how to deliver what you want, the first time. (Hey, that made me laugh.)
...you never have to go very far when you want to reach out and strangle the writer who wrote this stupid script.
...it's a job title that never fails to impress.
...you get to spend a lot of time around your gorgeous lead actress.
...people stop saying, "Are you guys still making those stupid movies?" and start saying, "Hey, I can't wait to see your movie!"
...you get a bunch of underlings with titles ranging from "First Assistant Director" to "Script-Holder Guy."
...people's destinies rest in your hands ("Sorry, but no, we'll have to keep doing takes until we actually get it right.").
...you get more time than you could ever want to work on qualities such as patience, humility, and kindness.
...you never wake up bored on a Saturday going, "Man, I have nothing to do today!"
...you get to work to fulfill your vision and then see it on screen.
OK, so I caved and threw a heartwarming, nauseating one in there at the end. What are you gonna do, sue me?
As much fun as I may have with the idea of why being a movie director is cool, I know that God has put me in this position for reasons that I mainly can't even comprehend. I have learned so much while working on this movie -- about movies and about a ton of other things. Mostly I have learned the lesson that I will continue to learn over and over again until He calls me home: that I am a sinful man in need of a Savior. Praise the Father for sending One.
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hahaha, that's great.....
ya know we prolly *could* sue you for that, if we wanted to... :P
~Emy
"Praise the Father for sending One" Amen.
"you get to spend a lot of time around your gorgeous lead actress"
it's a good thing you're going to marry that lead actress, then.
Thanks, my love.
~your favorite assistant director
little cuz,
first off your fired!!!!!!!! You know
me can't resist firing someone. And my lawyer will be gitin in touch with you call me sometime and get ready for the mud bowl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your big cousin who looks out fer ya
p.s. if you want to relax call me and
i'll take ya hntin
Than, Than, Than,
I, personally, am NOT ready for the mud bowl. Besides which the fact that there probably won't BE any mud. Anyways, nice to know you read this thing. :P
And, your lawyer would be???? :P DAVE???? :P
Alright, well, I guess Luke needs a lawyer too then...you don't think Matt would take the job, do you? :P
okay, fine, I'll stop.
You're a mess, you know...
Hannah
Everyone else,
that dude up there is my...um, crazy cousin...so, Lana, don't kill him, okay? :P
~Hannah
Hannah-
Was that Than?
What is the Mud Bowl?
Yeah, I kinda could tell that he was your cousin ;^P and that he was also cra- never mind, don't want to get myself into trouble with my future extended family ;^P
Don't worry, I don't make it a habit of killing crazy people, because it is with such people that movies are made. Or at least begun. ;^P
Luke, darling, how much more filming do we have until we're done? (don't forget about getting those other small roles filled soon, so we can get those scenes done when our other major actors are available...)
If I killed all the crazy people I know, we would have a *VERY* small youth group..... :P REALLY, REALLY small....... in fact, I wouldn't even be in it. :P
But I second Lana's question.... what is a mud bowl?????
I second her other question, too (I do that a lot, no? And why? I have no idea... isn't once enough? :P) how much more filming?? I can't wait to watch this thing I've heard so much about!!
~Lady Emy the Blonde~
The Mud Bowl is the annual Hobbs/Caswell family Thanksgiving football game. Somehow, even after our monstrous dinner, we manage to drag ourselves outside every year to play. It's pretty fun. We call it the Mud Bowl because even though it's usually not muddy when we play, there were two muddy Thanksgivings in a row where we got filthy dirty.
As far as filming goes, well, we'll see. Inching closer...
Okay, okay, okay. I'll explain.
The mud bowl is...well, in my opinion the Hobbs/Caswell attempt at football. They have their own "bowl" which is like a football game...sorta like a championship or something. And, the first year they did it it was muddy...so it's the "Mud Bowl"...You have the "Orange Bowl", "Cotton Bowl", etc. etc. etc. We have the "Mud Bowl". :P
Anyways, yeah.
Lana,
Yeah, that's Than, and you might as well say he's crazy. (we still love you, Than!!!) As for getting in trouble with them...Uncle Gary's the one you need to be scared of. :P Seriously, though....
Anyways, yeah
Namarie.
Hannah
Wow, cross-posted with Hannah; that's not something that happens often. So yeah, there's two explanations for ya.
Hannah, you weren't supposed to tell her about Uncle Gary yet! I don't want to scare her off.
Uncle Gary sounds scary, I should run away while I have the chance. Oh wait, there went the chance and I'm still here. Oh well. Guess you're stuck with me.
I love you, too...
ya'll are too funny..... :P mud bowl sounds..... gross....
~emy~
btw, Luke, if there's anything I can do to help with this "endeavor" thing, I'd be happy to, as long as it doesn't require singing.... :P
~Emy
Emma, I have heard, from sources I will not name here, that you sing rather well...
You should consider it, at least.
Emma, I wasn't the source...I PROMISE!!!! Please, please, please don't kill me. *ducks as Emy throws objects across room at real source...* Don't kill- Never mind...
Luke informed me today that I should sing...so if I do..you're next.
And, Lana...about Uncle Gary...You really...Well, never mind. I shouldn't tell that story to you..
~Hannah
Well, maybe your un-named sources are wrong..... ever consider that? :P
Yeah, *sure* it wasn't you Hannah... mmhmm, I'll believe that when pigs fly..... YOU should sing, Hannah.......
~Emy
If I sing, you're next!!!!! :P So, maybe I will.....*cue evil laugh*
:P
~Hannah
idk about that.... you sing, and i'll.... clap. :P i'm telling you i'll do anything but sing.... well, i'm not gonna dance either, but this is a baptist church, so no worries about that, right lana? :P lol... sorry.... okay, anyway....
g2g,
~emy~
I would dance...
;P
seriously though, praise dancing really is a beautiful (and enjoyable!) way to worship.
Barging in on the conversation, hey everybody! I agree on all points in this movie director coolness! Mud Bowl sounds fun!
Hey Meggy!!!!
Good grief, I need to talk to you about Emma...she needs discussing, no? :P
Anyways, yeah...I've...yeah.
Anyways, gotta go....
~Hannah
Worship dance would be cool; you oughta start it at our church when you get here, darling. Seriously; a lot of people would really like it. It ain't prohibited or nothing.
It isn't prohibited? Really?
It would be accepted? Hannah is always so dogmatic about "baptists don't dance", whenever I spin around the kitchen, I assumed praise dancing would be like, considered bad or something...
I dunno if I'd be qualified to start it myself, (I mean, I've only done it a little, I've never really studied it, much less been in charge!) but man, I sure would love to do that.
It would be *soooo* cool.
oops, sorry for starting the whole dancing thing again... lol...
Meg and Hannah, yeah, ya'll need to discuss me and see if you can come up with anything that I can't come up with when talking to one of you... we should find a way to do a three-way phone conversation, or Meggy, you should get a gmail account and we could do three-way chats!!! that'd be fun!
~Emy
Yeah, I should do that I spose. Whaddaya doin tomorrow Nan? I could call then... free long-distance is awesome! On the dancing subject, worship dance is cool, but does anyone know anything about square dancing? There's a homeschool gym day and ya learn how to do it. I said baptists don't dance. It sounds... a little... shall I say... stupid?:P Heehee!
Square dancing sounds stupid but is way fun! Yes I used to do it. Grant it I was 10 the last time but it is way fun!
Worship dance. I still can't see how it is worshipful for anyone but those dancing and then what is the need for instruction. It makes a feeling well up for some who watch it but is that truly necessary? Is that something that we should try to invoke? I know I just opened a can of worms but I think it is worth examining.
Oh and by the way, I once read about the whole "Baptist don't dance" thing and it turns out that it was inregard to ballroom dancing. That kind of dance caused for a guy to be able to put his arms around a girl in a way that, if they were standing still, would be scandelous. I know for a guy to put his arm around a girls waist isn't considered heinous now but it was then (I consider it wrong). You also have to take into account that a lot of the time girls would dance with guy who were about the level of pond scum just for the trill of the dance. (We don't/shouldn't do other things b/c they make us feel good. Right?) That isn't right. Besides that, dancing was often associated with Balls/dances of dubious repute. So for a Christian to have danced could have cuased for " a brother to stumble". I think that is all I remeber. I could be way wrong but I know that is why many Christians didn't dance.
;)
Ack, so much to debate about dancing, and so little time!
I agree that a lot of kinds of dancing are very wrong, impure and everything, I'm not debating that at all.
But, I know that some baptists frown on any form of dancing, because "baptists don't dance" without regard to who or what or when or how or anything. And I certainly do not think the Bible supports that.
About praise dancing, "can it be done for anyone who is not doing the dancing." I don't see how it is really that different from someone singing a song in front of people.
Some people may do praise dancing for the men to see and praise them, but some people may sing for the same reasons. When I watch girls dancing modestly and humbly to praise God, I praise God too.
The heart is certainly important, the true motive: why are you dancing, why are you acting in the play, why are you singing the song, hey, we can even ask why are you leading songs or preaching? It is all for God's glory, or at least it should be.
BTW, a lot of people do dance to praise God in privacy. Well, okay, maybe not *that many*, but I know some do. It's a private thing, like praying in your closet, you know.
Some people may be called to sing, some to act, some to write, I think others can be called to dance.
BTW, there are several biblical precedents for dancing before the Lord, in front of people. Miriam, when Moses led the isrealites out of egypt, for one. David, dancing in his ephod when they returned the ark of the covenant, for another.
"I'll become even more undignified than this."
Okay, I am getting carried away, so I had best close off here...
I hope you don't think I am mad or anything like that, I certainly am not, and I like having discussions like this; it's good for us to dig and see what we believe and why. If I sound passionate, it's because I think that praise dancing is such a beautiful way to worship...
Luvya Lady, and I'd be glad to further discuss this with you.
Luke, darling, sorry for hijacking again...
I love you, namarie, melda!
Luke I started it so blame me.
First off in no way have you offended me. I kinda said what I did with the point of discussion.
I would have to agree with every point that you have made. My reserve with dancing in church would come with what you said about show. I know that there are many people who dance from the heart and others for the applause of men. For some people it must be worshipful to watch the dance. For me it has never been more than entertainment and I fear that that may be for many others as well.
Let me address your point about dance being the same as song. Think of it this way. When one sings a song I can understand the words. I know what they mean b/c generally it is in English, correct? When I watch others dance how am I to know what they are saying? If you can't understand the meaning of my song then it is best that I sing soly to the Lord. The songs sung in church are to be for he edification of the body of Christ. If I don't get the song how may I too worship with the song's singer? I can, of course, have a worshipful attitude when watching or listening but how much better is it if I am able to praise God unified with the one singing or dancing?
Do I think dancing wrong. No of course not. Do I consider it dangerous, in a manner of speaking, yes. I think all too often people get lost in the emotional high of the dance. All too often the churches that have that kind of worship service are ones that are not Christian. (IF you dance as a habit in services you get clumped in with othes)In fact I know of one in town that stresses the arts and dance especially that out and out declared that we CAN NEVER know whether we are saved or not. Back to the point. I think that it can be distracting from true worship in a coprate setting. It can make us look very much like some club or organization. We don't want to look like the world.
As for privately, I dance, not well, but sometimes that is the only way to let it out. More often than not I find some song but sometimes(rarely) I will dance. I consider private dance a wonderful thing. Even have a worship dance at a special occasion, sure go for it. If you don't sing but have a God given talent for dance then "Danse,danse,danse,danse in God's honor / let His praises ring through out the earth"
Ok so did any of that make sense. I have this problem where my mind runs faster than my fingers and my ability to put it all in order.
Luv you too Lana. ;L
I read the study Rebekah posted on Lana's blog. Very well-done and the author made some good points, but it bothered me that his chief argument is basically one from silence. That's not a dismissal of his argument; it provided some great food for thought and I plan on examining both sides of the issue more closely. I think certainly our freedom in Christ allows for dancing, even corporate dancing; the issue is whether we should exercise that freedom in a church setting or not.
Ok, getting my $0.02 in here...
lady - you mentioned something to the effect of many people not 'getting' dance, therefore, it can't be edifying.... I know - that wasn't the exact quote....
I am not a poet, I do not (change that to NOT) appreciate poetry. Should poetry never be read?
Shocking - but, some people are not blessed by music.
I'm with you - I don't 'get' praise dancing. People waving their arms with fabric - what's the point? (I'm just not an artsy person, I guess!) BUT, when I watch my daughter, knowing her love for her Savior, worship through praise dance in a corporate setting - I am edified and blessed by that, to the point of tears. So, to dismiss one form of worship, because not everyone is edified by it - is a bit silly; we'd have to dismiss ALL forms of worship.
Can people 'praise dance' for the wrong reasons? yes. Sadly, people can do anything - even in church - for the wrong reasons.
Mrs T
p.s. I'm pretty sure there will be dancing in heaven :-)
I agree that when you watch someone praise dancing you can tell if they are truly doing it for their Savior out of love and a desire to serve him.
But, alas, Lady, it was I who started it... I am the guilty one. :P As always.... right Nan?
~Emy
And everyone worships differently. Some people are not blessed by music, and I was surprised to find that my former next-door neighbor, Mrs H found watching the dance worshipful. As I see it, there is no "right" or "wrong" way to worship, as long as your focus is where it needs to be, which can be the hard part sometimes. No one can say one person's way of worship isn't right as long as they're sincere and loving God all the way through! But, like Mom said, they don't always, but then, nobody does.
Ok, Luke, you need to post again and lets all reset!:P
Love everybody!
I think different people worship different ways. And, I think dancing could be a way to do that. But, personally, I don't enjoy dancing...I just don't. Weird, yes.
But, Baptists don't dance...Why? Because as you have said before that some forms of dancing are bad. I think also we want to remove the temptation just to be watching someone dance...and not really worshipping ourselves. (in the context or praise-worship dancing...) That's just my two cents...
and, yes, Emy, you're always guilty!
Meggy, I'm home this afternoon...
Namarie...
~Hannah
I have to say that while "Baptists don't dance", there are a lot of Baptists that do dance, and I do *not* think that all forms of dancing are bad, at all. Only guy-girl forms of dancing are bad, IMO. Worship dance, ballet, etc, etc, etc., I don't see anything wrong with. I think it has a lot more to do with personal convictions than it does religion or denomination. Luke, Mr. Baptist PK, maybe you could get us a site that states the official Baptist beliefs or whatever so we could see for ourselves the real "rules" for this or whatever?
~Emy~
Emy,
So, I can't???? :(
I'm going to anyways... :P
www.sbc.net
So, yeah. Have fun!!!!! That should have most of it...you need more, you let me know. :)
~Hannah
yes u can, Miss Baptist PK... :P lol... i didn't know if u knew it or whatever......
kk i'll go see it
~emy
I agree with mrs. T (who actually happens to be *my momma* sorry Meggy...)
Just because dancing doesn't edify you doesn't mean it doesn't edify anyone. I think we've established that it does help some people to worship.
Back to what Lady said, I don't think that dance is the same as singing. But, one must admit that there is something more to a song than words. Otherwise, why wouldn't we just read it? that's probably kinda beside the point, but maybe not completely.
Must something be in words to edify the body? We can understand the meaning of a painting, without words. Instrumental music is often used in worship. You may not be able to put the meaning exactly into words, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have meaning. Many people can worship through dance, and I believe others can worship through watching it.
My point in comparing it to singing is that I think there is a great danger of singing songs for show. I think that many people probably do it in sin, whether it is solos or leading. I have known a worship leader whose attitude was very prideful. Singing along with her, I often cringed, the spirit didn't feel right. But, I don't think having a worship leader is wrong because of that one bad experience. And many people sing along in church just to sing, with no thought of truly worshipping. But, that doesn't mean that singing in church is wrong, and if anyone said it was, I imagine anyone reading this would probably be quite taken aback.
It was also said of praise dancing, "All too often the churches that have that kind of worship service are ones that are not Christian."
I don't know whether or not this is true. The only church I've been to that has worship dancing is mine. We aren't a perfect church, I know none that are, but the people at our church are in love with God and desire to serve Him and spread the gospel, many of them anyway (we do have our share of lazy ‘Christians’)
Our church has girls in the back praise dancing on many Sundays (pretty much every Sunday that the leaders aren't helping the nursery...)
And occasionally, for special occasions, some girls may do a dance in front of the church, the same way we sometimes do 'special music' (AKA: a solo.)
As for whether or not dance moves you personally to worship or whether it should, I do not know, nor do I think that it really matters after all. I know it does move some people. What edifies you may not edify someone else, and vice versa.
I think that people should praise God the way they are called to.
Dancing, to me, is (among other things) a form of celebration. That's why I like to praise dance, in public or by myself, that's why i can't stand still during a worship service, hey, that's why I want to have dancing at my wedding reception! (well, that, and maybe, well, you know... there's something about My Luke in there, too.)
Hmmm...
Anyways, LUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!! POOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!
~your annoying little sis
Sorry Hannah, is this making you uncomfortable?
Actually, I think it's kinda constructive...
Lana,
No, it's not making me uncomfortable....I was just thinking deeply. Something unusal for me!!!! :P Jk...
It is very constructive....
Namarie...
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