Amelia Student Ministries - Amelia Church of Christ

Those of you that know me, know that I am a huge movie buff. One of the greatest moments in a film usually comes when the title character gives what I call the “monologue moment.” It’s that one instant in the film where the character pulls his/her bootstraps up, tightens their belt, sucks in a deep breath, and says something to the effect of, “I’m not going to take this anymore!”

I found a clip on You Tube that brilliantly makes this point for me and does it in a great way. See if you can get all 40 films in this monologue:

Here’s the transcript of the monologue:

Shame on you. This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you’re going to let it be the worst. And I guarantee a week won’t go by in your life you won’t regret walking out, letting them get the best of you. Well, I’m not going home. We’ve come too far! And I’m going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. A day may come when the courage of men fails… but it is not THIS day. The line must be drawn HERE. This far, no further! I’m not saying it’s going to be easy. You’re going to work harder than you ever worked before. But that’s fine, we’ll just get tougher with it! If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination, failure is not an option. That’s how winning is done! Believe me when I say we can break this army here, and win just one for the Gipper. But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time: you’ve got to get mad. I mean plum mad dog mean. If you would be free men, then you must fight to fulfill that promise! Let us cut out their living guts one inch at a time, and they will know what we can do! Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions! You’re like a big bear, man! This is YOUR time! Seize the day, never surrender, victory or death… that’s the Chicago Way! Who’s with me? Clap! Clap! Don’t let Tink die! Clap! Alright! Let’s fly! And gentlemen in England now abed shall know my name is the Lord when I tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our Independence Day!

Here’s a fun thing for each of you to do on your Thursday. Try and take the Densa Quiz and see just how smart you really are.

By the way, I got 11 out of 12. See if you can get all 12 on the first try.

I read Brad Stine’s Blog pretty regularly. He is the most UN-Politically Correct Comedian I know, but also the most straightforward and honestly clean comedian I know. Regarding athiesm, here was the quote on his blog today:

“Nothing beautiful and awe inspiring ever came from an atheist worldview. If religion is a banquet of hope, atheism is Tofu injected Spam.”

Hey guys,
Just a reminder that our Annual Youth Christmas Party is this coming Saturday, December 13th, 2008 at 6PM at “La Casa de los Morrissey’s” (“The Morrisey’s house” for those of you who have never taken Spanish.) All you need to do is bring yourselves and prepare to have a ton of fun winning prizes, eating food, and sharing laughs with each other. It’ll be a great time.