In the powerful movie, Ulee's Gold, Peter Fonda plays a tired man who is a beekeeper by day. He runs the old family business of collecting and selling the golden honey that pays the bills. It is exhausting work for a man now in his late sixties. Ulee does most of it by himself because he cannot afford ...
... ’s own recounting of the incident, “She said to me, ‘Why don’t you just get a chameleon and let it crawl across the screen?’ (Peter Braunstein, “Ms. America: Why Jane Fonda Is Mirror of The Nation’s Past Forty Years,” American Heritage, July/August 2001, 31.) What Fonda’s daughter didn’t know at the time was that even the creepy chameleon, known for its skill at changing color, has what is called a “rest coloration,” a colored state that is its true self. (I first discovered this ...
... discussion. What you would like is some relief. And if not relief then at least some tips for survival. Here in the heart of I Peter, that is what we have, a way to endure the sufferings of life. This is not an essay on social justice. It is a letter ... The real question is, “How can a Christian woman survive in a pagan family?" Is that not still the question? When Jane Fonda became a Christian her marriage to media guru Ted Turner dissolved. When Turner's daughter was asked why, she replied, “Daddy couldn ...
... our accountability, our lives are almost useless in the cause of Jesus Christ. We are like the character Pierre, played by Henry Fonda in the movie WAR AND PEACE. After a night of misdoing Pierre shrugs his shoulders and prays, "I have sinned, Lord, but ... and pleasing to God..." The total steward will use his spiritual gifts for the sake of others. He will believe with the Apostle Peter this truth, "As each has received a gift, employ it for one another as good stewards of God''s grace." Bruce Narramore tells ...
