The FENX and the Forbidden Wing: A Potal into my distant past

Among the many activities and incidents while in Michigan recently to see my brother get married, one found me at the doors of Annapolis Hospital in Wayne, Michigan.  Fortunately I wasn’t there because of some biological incident or medical malady, but rather to meet some wonderful people who work in a Family Medical Residency program [...]

The FENX and the Native Son: Fragments of the Gospel in the Thudercats Reboot

“Don’t let your pride get in the way of forgiveness” – Lion-o, Lord of the Thudercats I have memories of watching the original Thundercats alongside the Silverhawks when I was very young, and when Cartoon Network aired both series together when I was in High School.  Last fall, Cartoon Network launched an updated reboot of [...]

The FENX and The Fox: The “non-role” role of a Racing Jacket in the Origins of The FENX

Not all Jackets are created equal, they just aren’t; it’s a fact of life.   I happen to know this because I own one of the coolest jackets ever; it’s so cool that it was probably the understudy for Luke Skywalker’s jacket at the Yavin awards ceremony in Star Wars Episode IV:  A New Hope (I [...]

The FENX and Giving Life: Maybe I should have asked for that Midichlorian Count…

To break the chains of routine or elude the bonds of habit, sometimes people do something spontaneous, acting on a whim.  It’s never been better captured than in the words of Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory:  “What’s Life without Whimsy?”  I did a bit of that this week when I decided to give [...]

The FENX and the First Book: The Question of Job

Reading through the Book of Job again, as I was two years ago when I first wrote what follows, we’ll see if my thoughts have changed… I just finished reading though the Book of Job. It’s a fair assessment to say that Job is a pretty depressing book and certainly not on a typical top-ten [...]

The FENX and Scott Pilgrim: A Hero for the 21st Century vs. The League of Evil Ex’s?

Author’s Note:  Thoughts on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (via a Facebook note) after it’s release in 2010; great movie. Anyone who knows me knows that I really enjoy heroes, comic books, and video-games. Now if someone can successfully turn that into a movie, I am all in. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is all [...]

The FENX and Chris Rush, Part II: One year and many miracles later.

If you had told me 365 days ago that I would have a small role in helping a movie get made, I might have called you crazy or asked if you had overdosed on pixie dust.  Had I done so, today, I might have had to eat my words.  One year ago today, I came [...]

The FENX and Thinking Long: When the Sowing Turns to Reaping

Capitol Hill is not an easy place to plant oneself.  The hours can be arduous and the scenarios frustrating.  It is in this nexus of power and ideology that staffers find themselves.  A lot of time can be spent working hard to sow ideas, meet objectives, fix problems, and fight injustices – with no guarantee [...]

The FENX and The Autobots: Thoughts on Transformers: Dark of the Moon *minor spoilers ahead*

“Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons” – Transformers Theme Those words, familiar to many a Transformer fan for nearly three decades, have never rung as true as they do in the case of the new Transformers movie, Transformer: Dark of the Moon. Of the three films, this is by [...]

The FENX and Wounds: Thoughts on a piece of wisdom from A.W. Tozer

Over the last few months I’ve begun to listen to sermons given by Matt Chandler, lead pastor of The Village Church in Texas. This morning, as I was listening to his sermon series on Habakkuk he quoted something he attributed to Martin Luther while it’s really something offered up by A.W. Tozer: “It is doubtful [...]