LEWISTON - Janet McGhee Flynn Rubinstein, 81, a resident of St. Mary’s Marguerite d’Youville Pavilion, passed away on July 9. Survivors include her daughter, Kathleen Flynn Kuritz and son-in-law, Paul Kuritz of Lewiston, Maine. She is also survived by her daughter, Jane Flynn Bosscher and son-in-law Scott Bosscher of Ada, Michigan. Her grandsons include Ryan Bosscher, and his wife Stacey, of Holland, Mich. as well as James and Christopher Bosscher who reside with their parents in Ada. She was predeceased by her son Thomas Flynn of Hampton, Va. Her son served in South Vietnam for three tours of duty with the United States Army. Following duty in Vietnam, her son served for many years as senior aide to General Alexander Haig, Supreme Commander of the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels, Belgium. Sgt. Flynn died in 1995 and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Janet is also survived by her son’s children Thomas Flynn of Virginia Beach, Va., and Sharon Flynn Mizroch and her husband, Brian Mizroch, also of Virginia Beach. Janet had four great-grandchildren: Woody Fincham Jr.; Andrew Mizroch; Alexander Mizroch and Madison Mizroch, all residents of Virginia. She is also survived by many dear Michener and Callinan cousins throughout the United States.
A few days ago when I was talking about Adam and Eve, my teenage son remarked that in school (a Catholic school, no less) he was taught that Adam and Eve were mytholocial, not real. I told him I thought they were both, first real , then typological, and eventually mythological. I had forgotten a key bit of information to share with my son. My pastor reminded me of it yesterday.
The college students Kathleen and I met when we were invited by Dartmouth College’s Tucker Foundation to show my film, A New Life, were delightfully passionate, thoughtful, kind, and seeking the Lord. But they seemed different from other Christians we have known. Reading Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be) (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2008) by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck may help explain how and why.
My film “A New Life”, based on the short story by Mary Ward Brown, has been chosen as one of five films to be shown at The 2008 Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival(BCIFF) Short Film category, August 7-9, 2008 in Houston, TX.
To God be the Glory and praise for such talented collaborators. With them, ( and my dear wife, Kathleen) a $500.00 budget can go a long way!
In Shakespeare’s Henry VI, as Jack Cade’s gang of comic villains are plotting the overthrow of the king, they discuss the utopia they hope to establish. The outlaw Dick the Butcher advises, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”
The line brought down the house.
But today, I salute one new lawyer, and ask God to grant him a long and healthy life free from the machinations of any Dick the Butchers.
“The farmer’s daughter” has been a symbol of female innocence and virginal beauty. The daughter of the Farmer family, the mid-twentieth century actress Frances, has been the subject of books and a film, Frances. Her story, both fictional and biographical, demonstrates that no one, however hard she may try, may escape the saving grace of God.
Consistently on top of the list of best American films, Citizen Kane is hailed as an exposition of the hollowness of the American dream—financial affluence and material luxury. Perhaps Orson Welles’ film receives its power from another earlier, exposition - human beings cannot create the Paradise they have lost.
Whenever the relationship between the media and Christianity is raised, the name of Marshall McLuhan is close behind. In addition to being a pioneer in the history of the media’s influence on culture, Mr. McLuhan was a devout Christian.