ThunderStorm

Ephesians 6 (NIV) 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Children Learn What They Live   If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy. If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel guilty. If a child lives with impropriety, he learns to feel shame. If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient. If a child lives with encouragement he learns confidence If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate. He a child lives with fairness, he learns justice. If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith. If a child lives with approval, he...

I like superheroes. I really do. So when faced with the challenge of deciding which hero to stand behind, I am at a loss. As you probably know by now, the two major superhero comic book and graphic novel companies are DC and Marvel. They both have their niche areas: DC is more dark and gritty and is not afraid to dig out the dirty details of the heroes' past. On TV, the cartoons appear cute and innocent (e.g. Teen Titans) enough until you are horrified by the actual truths about those characters when you grow older. They make great TV franchises but sub-par movies (with occasional exceptions like The Dark Knight trilogy). They keep rebooting Superman and Batman until the audience are forced to recognise and accept their existence. Honestly, I really liked The Justice League cartoons and had hoped for a Justice League movie for a long time. I even went ahead to read other DC comic series and coincidentally chanced upon The Legion of Superheroes series after catchin...