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    Vol 16 No 4 New Man eMagazine January 28, 2009

Backyard 'Braveheart': How the Burns family created
a full-length epic film
When Aaron Burns and his family decided to make a family-friendly action movie as an alternative to the “junk” they found in Hollywood, they decided to dream big and trust God. Despite having almost no film experience, the Burns family finished their movie four years late. They call it Pendragon; and it’s an epic action film with a Christian heart, set in Britain’s Dark Ages. Imagine Braveheart crossed with Facing the Giants. We sat down with lead actor/co-writer/co-composer/co-set designer Aaron Burns to find out how one family could accomplish such a huge task.
 
New Man: How did this whole thing get started?
 
Burns: Well, four years ago my family and my dad’s brother’s family got together and decided it would be cool to make a movie. We have a decent-size backyard with a forest and we like to do things out there. We had made ... Read More

The Fine Line Between ‘In the World’ and ‘Of the World’
By Kary Oberbrunner

Skating rinks.
 
Who doesn’t love these wonderful, wretched institutions? I think I started and ended more middle school “relationships” there than I care to remember.
 
The distinct sound of the air-hockey puck smacking against the table, the smell of buttery popcorn at the snack bar, and the feel of those worn tan skates with ... Read More
How to Stop Your Hunger For Lustful Images
By Doug Weiss, Ph.D.
 
Question: What can I do to kick this hunger for pornography? I'm so ashamed and frustrated. Sometimes, I just wish I could cut off my manhood. Seems like my life would be much less complicated if ... Read More

MaleBox: Obama and Tebow

President Barack Obama continues to be an extremely divisive figure in the Christian community, as evidenced by the often harsh responses to last week’s blog post that were both pro- and anti-Obama. However, it seems everybody loves Tim Tebow.... Read More

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3) What team won the very first NBA game?

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EDITOR'S BLOG
The Amazing Story of 'Pendragon'
I try not to write about articles in a current issue of New Man too often, because ... Read More

What Barack Obama Must Learn from the Barak of the Bible
By J. Lee Grady

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Correction from the Editor:
In last week’s issue of New Man, we mistakenly printed the name of the author of Leadership RE:Vision as Jim Leybert. His name is Jim Seybert. New Man regrets the error