tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177842042012-01-10T06:48:45.801-08:00Summit 2.0Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-3727624610707990312008-09-01T11:45:00.000-07:002008-09-17T11:46:20.494-07:00

It seems like whenever people get to talking about politics, they become more heated than they normally do about other things. Many Christians get more excited about these things than they do about talking about and living like Jesus. In a time of recycled and heartless music, there are few artists that portray the heart of a poet and of a servant. Chris Rice is one of these few. I thought I

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-44296387814901319052008-08-04T21:16:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:19:18.645-08:00

In this movie and book based on a true story, Chris McCandless is a recent college graduate who seeks truth and freedom by traveling and hitchhiking his way to Alaska. He donates his $24,000 savings to charity and heads out before anyone in his family knows what he has done. He gives up his earthly possessions in order to find peace, something he believes his parents lack because of their focus

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-72924107413554289612008-06-10T19:55:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:19:18.794-08:00

This classic fairy tale comes with many ingredients of a great story. It is filled with sword fighting, giants, romance, Rodents of Unusual Size, betrayal, revenge, and the passion true love. The story begins with a young farmhand Westley and his true love Buttercup. Westley goes off to find a way to support his love, but word comes back to Buttercup that he is dead by the hands of the Dread

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-61570348631945049202008-05-10T11:31:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:19:19.001-08:00

In most classic love stories the idea of fate taking its course to bring two people together is an aspect of the story which is in the background. In Serendipity, it is the obvious spoken theme, with each character giving their views on fate and signs on how they make decisions. John and Sara meet one Christmas Eve in New York while purchasing a gift for their significant other. The circumstances

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-69270967558186824732008-04-19T15:51:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:19:19.145-08:00

A River Runs Through It is a beautiful story, not about fly-fishing, but of family and acceptance. Norman and Paul Maclean are the two sons of a Presbyterian minister in rural Montana. One son (Norman) is reserved and educated. The other (Paul) is rebellious, and though all he ever wants to do is fish, the boys and their father have this one thing that keeps them together. Reverend Maclean has

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-2406359358169903212008-03-29T10:43:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:19:19.246-08:00

This classic Dr. Seuss story has been brought to the screen in animated form. Though it is a story for children, the implications of it apply to all ages. When Horton hears a passing voice seeming to come from something as small as a speck of dust, he sets out on a quest to save what he believes to be an entire community living on that speck. Of course, to everyone else he looks like a fool,

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-36203028504762142812008-02-20T19:10:00.000-08:002008-12-08T21:19:19.407-08:00

Many times it seems that good things come from the least expected places. It may be because good things become even greater when we are not looking for them. Or perhaps it is when we are not focused on ourselves when those good things become obvious. The phrase "good things come in small packages" is pretty well known. Well, this seems to be the theme of Simon Birch. Simon Birch is a physically

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-33151363886363361702007-12-29T19:30:00.000-08:002008-12-08T21:19:19.612-08:00

Finding Forrester is the story of Jamal Wallace, a young, talented man growing up in a rough neighborhood, who finds the friendship of a reclusive famous author, William Forrester (played by Sean Connery). Jamal Wallace is influenced by misguided, yet well-intentioned friends and has tough surroundings, but is given a chance to succeed by a prestigious private school, with the unexpected help

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-46658361134361031372007-11-25T15:56:00.001-08:002008-12-08T21:19:19.829-08:00

In this children's book movie adaptation, the Baudelaire children become orphans and spend the next portion of their lives dealing with a series of unfortunate events, as the title suggests. They are placed with various foster families by what might be considered by us to be a sort of DHS program. The children come from an extremely wealthy family, and after first being placed with their unfit

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-18702221786758507712007-10-14T20:40:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:19:20.005-08:00

In this fantastic film scientists have discovered how to genetically create dinosaurs using blood drawn from mosquitos encased in fossilized amber. The project is spearheaded by John Hammond (played by Richard Attenborough) and basically turned into a massive, dinosaur-filled theme park. In order to get other perspectives, he brings in a paleontologist (Dr. Grant), a botanist (Dr. Sattler), and a

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-28689399252095786222007-08-26T20:15:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:19:20.131-08:00

I've been tossing around in my mind people's fascination with celebrities. With all the recent law troubles with people like Paris & Nicole, Michael Vick, et al., we find ourselves bombarded with news coverage of their every step, while other news gets pushed to the back pages and is considered small news. I see record companies having to go to great lengths to stop people from stealing music,

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-32467792200331032482007-07-30T07:42:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:19:20.228-08:00

Hot Fuzz is an enjoyable, strange comedy from the cutting edge of the British film industry. The experience of watching this movie is like shoving an A-Team episode into a blender along with Army of Darkness and Faulty Towers. On the one hand, you have a film in which thousands upon thousands of rounds are fired (all in the last 20 minutes of a 2+ hour movie) and not a single person is killed.

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What if you had all the time in the world or the chance to relive the same day over and over until you got it right? How would you spend your day? In Groundhog Day we are given a glimpse into such a situation.Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is a television weatherman who for the past several years has been given the task of reporting the groundhog ceremony in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, which he grows

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-63564732026962578762007-06-18T19:49:00.001-07:002008-12-08T21:19:20.473-08:00

So often people spend their time trying to figure out God. We see bad things happening all around us and good things happening to bad people and we wonder how fairness and human logic come into play on while God is in charge of things. In The Illusionist, Paul Giamatti plays an inspector who is fascinated with a magician, played by Edward Norton. Throughout the movie, despite criminal charges

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-74239387642843418202007-06-16T19:16:00.000-07:002007-06-16T19:48:29.332-07:00

Some interesting things came from the conception of this blog. It initially was created as an online branch of the coffee shop ministry from the Cascade Hills Church of Christ, where thoughts began and, through the conversations we had at The Blue Pepper, were discussed, picked apart, formulated, reformulated and put online to be put on display for all to snicker and sneer at. Since we refocused

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-1146081422696934882006-04-26T12:53:00.000-07:002006-04-26T12:57:02.713-07:00

Summit is taking a break for now. We want to be wise in our ways of sharing God with people and make a good use of our time. We're looking at better ways of reaching more people with Summit. We think it is a wonderful tool and want to make it even better. Thanks to everyone who poured so much effort into this and who contributed their time and thoughts. Meanwhile, continue to leave comments. Let

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-1142453275123305462006-03-15T11:50:00.000-08:002007-06-16T19:39:43.244-07:00

For the next two weeks, we will be taking a look at some presumptions about society and utopia in film. We chose a more recent suspense/thriller to look at for the next two weeks: The Village. This is a film that has to do with some of our assumptions about what our heaven could be. We will explore some of our own assumptions about heaven, and take a look at how this film interacts with many

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-1141252484353388792006-03-01T14:18:00.000-08:002007-06-16T19:39:53.044-07:00

Over the next two weeks we will watch the comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. How can we engage a movie like Dodgeball – without any obvious connections to spirituality – to an important discussion about life and faith?We chose this film because it uses a bunch of “misfits” to relate some ideas about perception, identity, perspective, vanity, and satisfaction. All of the different characters

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-1140032958256869582006-02-15T11:29:00.000-08:002007-06-16T19:40:08.234-07:00

These next two weeks we are using a film that doesn't have as obvious connctions to faith, but some profound thoughts on life and death, growing up, friendship, and making choices.Stand By Me offers a view through the eyes of four twelve-year-old boys in 1959 rural America (filmed in Oregon). This movie uses a very literal “Journey” theme, as well as a brotherhood, and coming of age look at life.

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-1139895489982861532006-02-13T21:09:00.000-08:002007-06-16T19:40:20.552-07:00

Summit the last two weeks have had some great conversations about God through the eyes of Batman. Specifically the movie Batman Begins.In this film, Bruce Wayne constantly struggles with the fact that he has to give up his very identity to be able to serve his fellow man in need. He does this by assuming his alter ego (Batman) and fighting for the innocent people who cannot fight for themselves.

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-1137652497518159102006-01-18T22:19:00.000-08:002007-06-16T19:40:53.178-07:00

For Summit tonight we watched the first half of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The discussion was great, and we want to use this blog as a place to continue the conversation, look deeper at the questions, find new questions and more insight into how God interacts with us and the journey we take in order to find and understand Him better.Throughout the film Indiana struggles with the

Tim Lewisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-1136845248636045912006-01-09T14:06:00.000-08:002006-01-18T00:52:38.390-08:00

Since the beginning of January, you have probably noticed that our Summit coffeehouse has been in extreme flux on a week-to-week basis. The past few weeks, however, have given us an excellent opportunity to "renovate" Summit so that it will continue to be a place where faith conversations can take place in a safe, comfortable atmosphere. What's changing?Beginning Wednesday, January 18 Summit will

Dwayne Hiltynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-1136274053345090232006-01-02T23:17:00.000-08:002006-01-02T23:40:53.356-08:00

Happy New Year to all of our readers!With the new year comes all sorts of new starts, new relationships, new journeys, and new goals. Almost every person I know makes some sort of resolution for the new year ahead. Some are small things and others are, well, colossal undertakings. I once read somewhere that something like 85% of the U.S. population make resolutions for each new year. Of those 85%

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As I was planning some things for our Home Community tonight, I kept getting stuck on a particular passage in the Bible. We are reading through Mark together and will be asking questions about a story in Mark 9 where Jesus heals a boy possessed by an evil spirit. At one point, the boy's father says, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"Since reading that, I've been thinking about faith

Dwayne Hiltynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-1134853331731983772005-12-17T12:45:00.000-08:002005-12-17T13:02:11.743-08:00

Thanks to everyone for coming and being open to asking questions and dialoguing. There won't be Summit at Spoons this next week, but we want to encourage more conversation online through the new year. We'll probably post a question or two to discuss, so feel free to post anytime and talk with each other. We'll come back in 2006 and keep the conversation going over a cup of coffee and a cookie. (

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In a recent conversation that I had (ok, two weeks ago), the individual I was chatting with read the following quote from Henri Nouwen:"Hospitality, therefore, means primarily the creation of a free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them a space where change can take place ... The paradox of hospitality is

Dwayne Hiltynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-1131575030184394422005-11-09T14:01:00.000-08:002007-06-16T19:45:11.642-07:00

Our apologies to those who have visited the Summit blog recently only to find nothing new under the sun. The past week has included some ironing out of Summit themes as well as figuring out how to generate a larger community of discussion on Wednesday nights.With those in mind, we're hoping to continue and expand the recent dialogue we've had about approaching life and faith with the imagery of

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Summit is almost here! We are excited and anxious for Summit’s opening night next Wednesday, November 2 at Spoons (4093 Commercial St.) from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Summit is designed to be a friendly, informal atmosphere where people can relax, kick back, and talk about God and culture over a cup of coffee. Each week, we’ll explore some spiritual theme through the realm of culture (movies, music, art,

Gunslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954431264355780241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17784204.post-1129157645296033622005-10-12T15:51:00.000-07:002005-10-12T15:54:05.300-07:00

Welcome everyone to the Summit blog. We want to have different avenues of discussion that allow people to be comfortable with discussion topics of God and our culture. Feel free to leave comments and questions, being respectful of other people's opinions, questions and feelings. We hope this will be a place to continue or begin discussions that happen at the Summit coffee house.

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