Mark Wilson

4 days ago | patheos.com | Mark Wilson

With all the strife, turmoil and unpleasantness permeating the news, its good to step back and escape to another world. Cinema provides that escape. And the movies of the early 80’s are great examples of that kind of escape. The movies that Gen-xers’s  kids and grandkids watch on DVDs and streaming are the movies we watched in the theaters first run, all fresh and new on the big screen. The late 70’s and 80s were the films of our generation that still are watched by the newer generation.

1 week ago | patheos.com | Mark Wilson

We all have stress in our lives. The news of the world can come crashing in on us and weigh our brains down with anxiety and woe. Sometimes people feel the need to get away and escape into another world. TV is all fun and good but sometimes you just want to leave the house and sit in a darkened room with complete strangers and watch a big screen spectacle while eating popcorn, Reeces Pieces and drinking a Coke. Movies have been always been exciting.

1 week ago | patheos.com | Mark Wilson

Dreams are weird. They never make sense. Not usually. But sometimes they do. I think I figured out where one of my more interesting dreams came from. Several months back I woke up from a dream wondering‘Why Did I Dream About That?”In the dream I was in Galveston Texas with my wife. Kristin and I were in a gift shop and I picked out a sweatshirt for $35.00.

1 week ago | patheos.com | Mark Wilson

I’m Catholic and the pope is the leader of the Catholic Church. I’m an American and the president is the leader of our nation. Back in the 19th century the reigning pontiff and the reigning president had this to say about the unity of the church and the unity of the nation. June 16, 1846 – The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy. Inter MultiplicesPleading for Unity of SpiritPope BI.

1 week ago | patheos.com | Mark Wilson

June 12, 2025 is a combination of a day honoring fathers for Fathers day and the Holy Trinity for Trinity Sunday. June 12 is also the anniversary honoring another group of people namely the boy scouts. In the midst of the fierce battle raging in Europe during World War 1, on June 15, 1916   United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.