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February 2022

February 08, 2022

Rust and Bone and Goodness

I enjoy a great many films, but there are a select few that have actually...

January 2022

January 24, 2022

A Face in the Crowd and The Psychology of False Prophets

I actually didn't start watching The Andy Griffith Show until really recently. My clients at...

January 11, 2022

Knives Out and Turning the Other Cheek

So this weekend marked roughly my dozenth watch of Knives Out. Not much else to...

January 04, 2022

Titanic and Heaven

There's a controversy at the heart of the James Cameron 1997 epic, "Titanic," that has...

December 2021

December 09, 2021

A Patch of Blue and Altruism

Well, the new West Side Story is coming out tomorrow, so why not talk about...

November 2021

November 18, 2021

Avatar and Spiritual Awakening

In John Chapter 3, Jesus is instructing Nicodemus how to inherit eternal life, and his...

October 2021

October 27, 2021

The Wolf Man and the Fight Against Sin

I watched a video earlier this week tracing the cultural origins of the werewolf folklore,...

October 01, 2021

Coco and Familial Connection

Of the twelve or so moments that make me tear up in Coco, there's one...

September 2021

September 14, 2021

Pokemon and The Glory of Creation

Today's post was actually inspired by a meme I saw from a Pokemon page I...

August 2021

August 30, 2021

The Shawshank Redemption and Virtue Part 3: Red

In the first chapter of this series, I made a comment about Andy's unusual role...

August 24, 2021

The Shawshank Redemption and Virtue Part 2: Warden Norton

It's a somewhat dispiriting notion for the religious viewer that the most explicitly religious references...

August 17, 2021

The Shawshank Redemption and Virtue Part 1: Andy

What's true of The Shawshank Redemption is really true of most of the movies I...

August 09, 2021

Mud and Role Models

If applicable, think of the first person who growing up inspired you to lifelong religious...

August 02, 2021

The Boy and the Beast and Human Flaws

Going to church would be much easier without all the people getting in the way,...

July 2021

July 29, 2021

Thor and Redemption

Superhero movies tend to come with ready-to-order religious applicability. Stories with supremely virtuous protagonists who...

July 21, 2021

Room and Mortality

Throwback to the film that made Marvel want to rope Brie Larson into their squad....

July 17, 2021

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Ministering

Alright. We're fresh off of Disney and Alfred Hitchcock on my docket of spotlighted movies....

July 14, 2021

Vertigo and Lust

And now presenting, the one movie in which James Stewart is the guy you DON'T...

July 10, 2021

The Little Mermaid and Faith

I don't know about any of you, but growing up I often heard my local...

July 07, 2021

Black Swan and Purity

I grew up in a household that did not watch R-rated films. This practice, while...

July 03, 2021

The Woodsman and the Depths of The Atonement

Given the thorny nature of the film's subject material, I debated for some time about...

June 2021

June 30, 2021

Charade and Discerning Truth

If you're not familiar with Stanley Donen's film, Charade, know that it stars Hollywood icons...

June 26, 2021

Guardians of the Galaxy and Discipleship

Please don't misunderstand what I'm about to say--I never intend to be demeaning or step...

June 23, 2021

Chicago and Sin

My recent trip to see "In the Heights" in theaters really renewed my appetite for...

June 19, 2021

Arrival as a Glimpse into Godhood

[If you haven't seen the film Denis Villeneuve's 2016 film, Arrival, be forewarned that the...

June 16, 2021

A Perfect World and The Lamb and the Lion

The icon of "the lamb and the lion" originates from the book of Isaiah and...

June 12, 2021

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the Question of Goodness

On the day Disney+ went live, my sister and her husband selected Walt Disney Animation's...

June 09, 2021

The Terminator and Mother Mary

The term “Madonna” has been used to designate art depicting Mary, the mother of Christ....

June 07, 2021

Cool Hand Luke and Christ

Way back when I was auditioning my writing for Patheos, I wrote a sample piece...

June 01, 2021

Pan’s Labyrinth and Belief

Functionally, scriptures and fairy tales serve very similar purposes. Both tell coded stories that impart...