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...Cooper City, Fla., receive regular traffic year-round. Others, like the one from Impact Community Church in Elk Grove, Calif., draw visitors with specific sermon topics. Barry Smith, senior pastor at Impact, started an online confession board last spring to enhance his four-week sermon series on the theme of secrets. The idea, says Smith, "was not so much theological as psychological"--a way to aid people carrying the shame of long-held secrets. For at least two of his congregants, the effort was transformative. A former prison guard--let's call him Jack--had been unfaithful to his wife...
...exploits on the football and swimming teams, in 1969; and immediately enlisted in the Navy, where he qualified for the SEALS underwater demolition team. During his campaign for Governor, he made much of his military service, at the intended expense of his opponents. A radio ad, set to the theme from the movie Shaft, contained the lyrics, "When the other guys were cashing government checks, he was in the Navy getting dirty and wet." He boasts a Vietnam Service Medal on his personnel record, although he has consistently refused to explain what he did there...
...waltz in an unexpected 5/4 time, was performed with light playfulness. The form of the movement is a simple scherzo and trio, one part more lively and one more sedate, and both were played with grace and beautiful phrasing. There was particularly good communication between the wind chorale theme and the pizzicato accompaniment of the strings, which gave a sense of dance to the entire movement. The third movement, a joyous “Nutcracker”-esque march, is the emotional highlight of the symphony. Although the brass became a little overpowering, the movement ended so strongly that...
...your emotional sleeves, and I’ll see you at the end,” he said.From the start of the piece, the orchestra played with more passion and clarity than they had shown during the first half. Zander took great liberties with the tempo, stretching the lyrical themes. The orchestra always had direction and variance; turbulent peaks of speed and activity collapsed to lush, calm melodic sections. The English horn was especially strong, playing a famous second movement theme with purity and nuance. Occasional cracks in the winds and brass did not take away from the overall sense...
...you’ve never had a girlfriend. That’s how you get gay.” Unfortunately for the audience, Rex’s role in the movie does not figure prominently. “Sex Drive” follows this theme throughout—getting the peripherals right, but lacking central content. The audience will probably walk away with the memory of minor details, like the soundtrack, which fits perfectly with a number of scenes in the movie. The way Instant Messenger graphics pop up like a thought bubble next to Ian while he?...