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February 2017

February 01, 2017

Martin Scorsese talks Spirituality and Silence

Silence was one of the most provocative, moving bits of cinema I saw last year....

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Why Silence Deserved Oscar’s Love

When Academy Award nominees earlier this week, plenty of Oscar's snubs made headlines. No Amy...

January 25, 2017

The Story of God: Is There Anybody Out There?

For two seasons, National Geographic's The Story of God With Morgan Freeman has taken us...

January 20, 2017

The Story of God: Finding Heaven in Hell

What is heaven? What is hell? And how do they impact how we live right...

January 13, 2017

The Story of God: Are We All Chosen?

National Geographic’s fascinating series The Story of God With Morgan Freeman kicks off its second...

January 05, 2017

Ha La Lu Land: How Christianity is Like a Classic Hollywood Musical

If you’ve seen my rundown of the year’s best films, you’ll know I really, really...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

You Picked What?! Watching God’s Best Movies of 2016

I love reading year-end lists. I'm not such a big fan of writing them. Hey,...

December 27, 2016

Carrie Fisher Was More Than a Princess

I met Carrie Fisher when I was 8 years old. Well, "meet" is perhaps too...

December 17, 2016

Rogue One’s Heroes Aren’t so Heroic, and That’s a Good Thing

I was a scrawny, buck-toothed –year-old when I first saw the first Star Wars movie—known...

December 12, 2016

The Best Scene in Manchester By the Sea is Funny, Painful and Spiritual

Grief challenges us in a way nothing else can. When we love and lose someone,...

December 08, 2016

Talking adoption, foster care and faith with the author of Bridge to Terabithia and The Great Gilly Hopkins

The following is a guest post from Jedd Medefind, president of the Christian Alliance for...

December 02, 2016

A Game About Grief and God Wins Major Award

That Dragon, Cancer was never meant to be the next big video game franchise. You don't...

November 2016

November 22, 2016

What Would Moana Do? Seven Life Lessons From Disney Princesses

Moana, Disney’s latest animated heroine, sails into theaters this week. While she might not live...

November 11, 2016

All Hail The Crown: The 10 Best Movies (and one TV Show) About the British Monarchy

It’s been quite a week. As I type this, I’m hanging out in downtown Denver...

November 07, 2016

Doctor Strange Is The Most Religious Superhero Movie Ever

Superheroes have always been religious. But Marvel's great, trippy new movie Doctor Strange takes superhero...

November 04, 2016

Hacksaw Ridge is Insanely Bloody. Here’s Why.

Christianity is bloody. The whole thing started with an execution. If the early Christians had...

October 2016

October 30, 2016

Did The Walking Dead Go Too Far? A Watching God Podcast

More than 20 million people watched last Sunday's Season Seven premiere of The Walking Dead....

October 27, 2016

What Makes The Innocents So Frightening … and So Perfect for Halloween

It amazes me how many children show up in horror movies they're not allowed to...

October 19, 2016

We’re All Fixer Uppers

A confession: My wife and I watch HGTV’s Fixer Uppers, starring Chip and Joanna Gaines,...

October 17, 2016

Why Is Everyone Scared of Clowns?

We're all being attacked by clowns. People across the United States say they're seeing red-nosed,...

October 07, 2016

Can a Christian Movie Win an Oscar?

The Birth of a Nation hits theaters today, but it's been in the news for...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

The Quiet Miracle of Queen of Katwe

It’s a miracle. The phrase is pregnant with Christian portent. Yes, other religions have their...

September 27, 2016

What the Magnificent Seven Says About American Faith

The Magnificent Seven begins in a church. It ends in a church. And even though...

September 23, 2016

Fox’s The Exorcist is More About God than The Devil. Here’s Why.

You just can't keep a bad demonic force down, I guess. It's been 45 years...

September 19, 2016

The Heavenly Comedy of NBC’s The Good Place

Ancient Egyptians thought that life went on after death, as long as you knew the...

September 11, 2016

How Sully and Captain America Have a Lot in Common

It’s been a year of superheroes. Deadpool kicked the party off in February with its...

September 07, 2016

How Logical Spock Gives Us a Surprising Example of Spirituality

The starship Enterprise may reportedly have plied the galaxy in the 23rd century, but it...

September 02, 2016

Why Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem Kneel Down Matters

When Colin Kaepernick first refused to rise during the National Anthem before a fairly meaningless...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

When Gene Wilder Played God (in a Chocolate Factory)

Gene Wilder, who died Aug. 29 at the age of 83, was not a particularly...

August 24, 2016

What Six Members of Suicide Squad Have to Say About Faith

Say what you want about the fledgling cinematic universe of DC, it beats the spandex...

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