Apple Camp: Free 3-Day Program for Kids

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Once again, Apple stores will be offering their annual free 3-day program this summer for kids aged 8-12. According to their website, Apple Camp encourages kids to “broaden their creative horizons by making movies, composing musical stories, coding games and robots.”

Here are the options:

  • Telling Stories with Clips
  • Beat Making and Songwriting with GarageBand
  • Coding with Sphero Robots

Because there is no cost, the camp would be a good educational opportunity for youngsters to work on their tech skills. 

It’s being held at Apple Stores around the country. Search for a location nearby. 

Durham, North Carolina City Council Hoodwinked by Jewish Voice for Peace

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The evil entity known as  Jewish Voice for Peace is still up to their dirty tricks; the latest victim is the Durham, North Carolina City Council. The Tower just published part one of a 3-part series that documents this outrage. It is truly horrifying to see public officials specifically targeted with lies in an attempt to discriminate against the Jewish community and Israel!

Along with their typical Anti-Semitic and Anti-Zionist propaganda, JVP spread a rumor that the Durham police were training in Israel because it “helps the police terrorize Black and Brown communities here in the U.S.” (I don’t understand what that’s supposed to mean, because Israel is NOT racist at all, but whatever.)

6 of the 7 City Council members, who should be aware of what’s happening in their own city, signed a petition to ban training in Israel. One big problem: the training never happened. Talk about uniformed and lazy officials who don’t even bother to fact check before voting. 

Durham’s Mayor fast-tracked the petition before summer vacation, pandering to college students who are puppets of JVP, when he should’ve been more concerned with full-time residents and with following standard city procedure. 

The main goal of all this insanity was, of course, to push Durham to adopt a BDS resolution—something I am sad to say has happened. It so tragic, so unnecessary and so shameful that the BDS terror campaign continues, despite tons of real and honest coverage that proves BDS is nothing more than an anti-Israel hate campaign designed to bankrupt the country and its citizens. 

I’m eager to read the rest of the series and encourage everyone else to follow along. We can not allow city and state governments to be hoodwinked by radical fringe groups whose only goal is to create chaos and bitterness. 

Jewish Voice for Peace is NOT a Jewish group. I’ve said it before and I will say it again: they are a sick bunch of lunatics who must be legally stopped from spreading their poison.

Does Anyone Drink Cold Brew Coffee?

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After hearing about cold brew coffee for the millionth time, I’m ready to take the plunge and try it. The only problem is that I don’t know where to start. If anyone drinks cold brew coffee, I’d love some advice—which brand, how to prepare, etc. 

I have a regular drip machine and a Keurig, which I find equally good. Because cold brew is supposed to make better iced coffee and be less acidic, I’m curious. But maybe it’s just hype? Either way, dear folks, please chime in. 

Had an Abusive Childhood? Watch “I Can Only Imagine”

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An abusive childhood, domestic violence, divorced parents, a bad romance—sounds like a recipe for disaster, right? Unless you’re Brad Millard, lead singer of the band MercyMe. Instead of letting tragedy destroy him, he took all the pain, shame, and disappointment, and channeled it into writing the song “I Can Only Imagine.”

Anticipating what it would be like in Heaven and to be standing before God, the popular song has been turned into an equally-popular movie with Michael Finley playing Brad and Dennis Quaid as his horrible father. Many of the parent/child themes touched upon—abuse, abandonment, estrangement, reconciliation and death—will feel unnervingly close to many families. (It was very relatable to me, with the dysfunctional family life I had growing up.)

Though the subject matter is heavy, the movie is not a downer, focusing on making lemons out of lemonade, rather than a “woe is me” attitude. It encourages the viewer to stay positive because no matter how bad it is or was, something good can come from it in the future. Hope, healing, and redemption are possible, provided we don’t let misery and misfortune take over. 

“I Can Online Imagine” is written from a Christian perspective, but members of the Jewish community will relate to the universal truth of God’s Word, God’s Plan, and God’s Love. Jews and Christians may worship differently, but we are all serving the same God who has promised to always be there for us. 

See the trailer here or purchase the DVD.