2000

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Reflecting on the year 2000

Reflection on the year 2000, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.

Journal

Merry Christmas

Christmas teaches me about love. God gave his son as a baby. Jesus came to live among people.

Christianity

Monthly update #0127 • November 2000

Monthly update 127 • November 2000 • 2000-11-01 - 2000-11-30

Monthly Updates

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

The Last Battle concludes Narnia as deception leads to its end, with King Tirian fighting a false Aslan.

Books

Monthly update #0126 • October 2000

Monthly update 126 • October 2000 • 2000-10-01 - 2000-10-31

Monthly Updates

Asterix and Obelix All at Sea by Albert Uderzo

It is the thirtieth book in the Asterix series. Obelix turns to stone after drinking too much magic potion. The Gauls sail to Atlantis to find a cure.

Books

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

In The Silver Chair, Eustace and Jill embark on a quest to find Caspian’s lost son, guided by Aslan’s signs through Narnia’s underworld.

Books

Monthly update #0125 • September 2000

Monthly update 125 • September 2000 • 2000-09-01 - 2000-09-30

Monthly Updates

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader sends Caspian, Edmund, Lucy, and cousin Eustace sailing east to find lost lords and reach Aslan’s country.

Books

Asterix and the Secret Weapon by Albert Uderzo

It is the twenty-ninth book in the Asterix series. The Romans send female soldiers to fight the Gauls. The village men refuse to hit women.

Books

Monthly update #0124 • August 2000

Monthly update 124 • August 2000 • 2000-08-01 - 2000-08-31

Monthly Updates

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

In Prince Caspian, the Pevensie siblings return to Narnia to help young Prince Caspian reclaim his throne from his usurping uncle.

Books

Asterix and the Magic Carpet by Albert Uderzo

It is the twenty-eighth book in the Asterix series. A fakir arrives on a flying carpet. He needs rain from Getafix to save his land from drought.

Books

Monthly update #0123 • July 2000

Monthly update 123 • July 2000 • 2000-07-01 - 2000-07-31

Monthly Updates

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

The Horse and His Boy follows Shasta and talking horse Bree escaping to Narnia, joining Aravis and Hwin to warn of invasion.

Books

Asterix and Son by Albert Uderzo

It is the twenty-seventh book in the Asterix series. A baby appears on Asterix's doorstep. The whole village tries to care for it while Romans hunt for the child.

Books

Monthly update #0122 • June 2000

Monthly update 122 • June 2000 • 2000-06-01 - 2000-06-30

Monthly Updates

The Truman Show

The Truman Show (1998), directed by Peter Weir, follows a man who discovers his entire life is a television programme. Jim Carrey plays Truman Burbank, an insurance salesman living in a perfect seaside town that turns out to be the world's largest studio.

Movies

Asterix and the Black Gold by Albert Uderzo

It is the twenty-sixth book in the Asterix series. Getafix needs rock oil to make the magic potion. Asterix and Obelix travel to the Middle East to find it.

Books

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe follows four siblings who enter the magical land of Narnia through a wardrobe, where they battle the White Witch’s eternal winter.

Books

Pentecost

Pentecost teaches me about the Holy Spirit. He came to live inside people who believe.

Christianity

Monthly update #0121 • May 2000

Monthly update 121 • May 2000 • 2000-05-01 - 2000-05-31

Monthly Updates

Ascension Day

Ascension Day teaches me Jesus is in heaven. He left the earth but he did not leave us alone.

Christianity

The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

In The Magician's Nephew, Digory and Polly enter other worlds via magic rings, witnessing Narnia’s creation by Aslan and the entry of evil.

Books

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 (1999), directed by John Lasseter, sends Woody to a new fate. Tom Hanks voices Woody, the cowboy who learns his past. Tim Allen acts as Buzz Lightyear, the friend who leads a rescue.

Movies