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Category: Arts & Entertainment / Topics: Arts & Entertainment • Faith • Movies
All That Glitters…
Posted: March 21, 2026
The fireplace mantel in our family room on Oscar Night…
All that glitters is not gold.
The silver screen finds us
focused on aliens and vampires,
monsters and demon hunters
and the untimely death of a child.
Such movies are not for the faint of heart.
But in a world of sinners,
we should not be entirely surprised.
Life is more than a ping pong game.
It’s one battle after another!
Secret agents have weapons!
Yet if looks could kill, we’d all be guilty.
We are, after all, flawed and broken people
longing for redemption,
seeking love, acceptance and forgiveness
in the context of community.
If only we could find those things,
our future would be golden.
And, come to think of it,
that’s what the Good News promises!
How many movie references can you find in the above poem?
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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Posted: March 21, 2026
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