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Movie Review: ‘Couples Retreat’ Is a Winner During and After
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Douglas Howe
Idol Chatter hangs out at the intersection of faith and culture, and such is the exact location of the current film “Couples Retreat.” This has enough laughs to get you through, enough awkward moments to make you squirm, enough drama to sustain your interest and enough text on the topic to send spiritually minded people…
One More Eulogy for Mr. Patrick Swayze
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Douglas Howe
By now you’ve heard that Patrick Swayze has died. He described himself as a spiritual “seeker.” And you’ve probably read or heard or watched quite a bit about his life. Allow me to add these few words, a few which may not be eloquent but which I’ve not seen elsewhere. 1. Patrick Swayze was a…
‘The Lost Symbol’: The Most Heavily Guarded Secret Since…
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Douglas Howe
A great international secret is being kept! According to “The Guardian” (United Kingdom), the secret is protected “under 24-hour guard in its own chain-link enclosure, with two locks requiring two separate people for entry.” What is the secret? The Ten Commandments? The Holy Grail? Area 57? The President’s Book of Secrets? Nope. Instead, it’s Dan…
Spiritually Speaking, We Need to Laugh and Jay’s Back
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Douglas Howe
Jay Leno is finally coming back to evening television, and, in my opinion, it’s not a moment too soon. We need to laugh more, go to bed earlier, carry less stress and treat each other better every day. So the nightly television line-up will finally have more than drama and newsmagazines. I think Jay Leno’s…
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