Movie Review: The Genius Club

By Donald James Parker 

I received my copy of The Genius Club with great anticipation. I'd been waiting for its arrival for several months. As soon as I got in from the mailbox, the DVD went into the machine (well – after a bit of wrestling with the adult-proof packaging).  My blood was pumping double-time and my cerebellum (or should that be cerebrum) was ready for an intellectual treat.  My review would be written right after I finished watching. Unfortunately, the reality of great expectations set in before I reached “The End.” Whenever there is something I consider wonderful before it's seen, heard, read or tasted, I’m afraid I raise the bar for the judgmental process. With my out of the ionosphere hopes for total enjoyment, my excitement was dashed like a football fan watching his team get trounced in the "big game."  I put the review on the back burner with the possibility of it falling off the stove altogether. I was bummed because I really wanted to like this one a lot. Just to make sure I was not off base, I surfed the Net to find another review of the flick.  The one I found was very well written and said exactly the same thing that was in my rough draft sketched out in my memory cells. 
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Artist Spotlight: Least of These

By Ryan Mulkowsky  

I had the pleasure of seeing this group in concert a couple of years ago, and right away I knew I was in for a time of great music with a Christ-centered message. Least of These is a Southern Rock band hailing from Knoxville, Tennessee, with Mark Smith on lead vocals, Daniel Byrd on guitar and vocals, Larry Byrge on bass and vocals, Robert Fritts on drums, and Jared Meredith on keyboard and vocals. The group formed in 2005.  Their goal was to travel and play mainly outside of the church. They call themselves a “ministry-based” band and they want to spread the love of Jesus Christ to those who don’t know him.
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Book Review: Truffles by the Sea

Book by Julie Carobini  
Review By Donald James Parker  

Truffles by the Sea sports the most delicious cover I've seen on a novel. An oyster shell made of chocolate floating in a sea of molten chocolate carries a little beach chair, umbrella, a glass of lemonade, and a book. That beach chair just seems to invite you to plop down into it and start reading the book lying open on its arm. Ironically it was the chocolate in the story that caused me the only problems I had in reading the book. Gabriella, our heroine, has a tendency to run down to the candy store and buy chocolate whenever life is not going well for her. Let me suffice it to say, she is given plenty of reason to visit the chocolate shop. I've not read about a person with more troubles since I last picked up a Dicken's novel.  And she always seems to be spending the last of her money to make the purchases, the part that grated on my frugal soul.
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Movie Review: Tribulation (part 3 of the Apocalypse series)

By Donald James Parker  

There’s often criticism that the majority of Christian movies deal with the same subject: the end of the world involving the rapture and the tribulation.  Perhaps this is a valid gripe because there truly are a lot of them. However, I believe that the three most interesting events in world history are the birth of Christ, the death of Christ, and the end of the world.

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Artist Spotlight: Ryan Wilkins

By Austin King  

If you needed one word to describe Ryan Wilkins, although it wouldn’t quite do him justice, that word would be inspiring. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Wilkins burst onto the music scene in 2004 with his debut self titled release.

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