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November 2015

November 29, 2015

Song of Lahore: Beautiful Music

Music is inherently spiritual, I believe. It comes from the heart, from the soul, speaking...

November 25, 2015

The New Captain America Movie Looks Intense … and Troubling

As we go into this holiday weekend, we all can take the opportunity to consider...

November 21, 2015

Is NatGeo’s Saints & Strangers a Show to be Thankful For?

Thanksgiving is, in some ways, America’s most devout holiday. There are no bunnies or men...

November 20, 2015

Together, Mockingjay’s Katniss and Peeta Make a Pretty Good Christ Figure

G.K. Chesterton once wrote that “Christianity got over the difficulty of combining furious opposites by...

November 19, 2015

A Prayer of Peace in an Age of Rage

I just watched a movie called The Letters, a biopic on the ministry of Mother...

November 16, 2015

We Need to See More Movies Like ‘The 33’

Theaters are full of secular movies where God's name is mainly used as a curse....

November 13, 2015

Fantasia is Disney’s Most Spiritual Movie

Disney movies are rarely explicitly spiritual. Though Disney was a practicing Protestant and spoke often...

November 11, 2015

Spotlight: The Importance of Being Honest

“Everything in your life is public. There are no secrets. Everything you say, everything you...

November 09, 2015

What’s America’s Favorite Pastime? Religion.

The United States is growing more secular. According to data released earlier this month by...

November 06, 2015

Dying Another Day: The Miraculous Career of James Bond

God loves James Bond. Well, OK, He loves all of us. But in spite of...

November 03, 2015

A Little Light in ‘The Walking Dead’

The Walking Dead has always been more about the good and evil inside the living...

November 01, 2015

Looking for a Science/Religion ‘Breakthrough’

Science and religion are sometimes portrayed as mortal enemies—worldviews that are completely incompatible with one...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

Jobsenstein: The Odd Similarities Between Two Very Different Movies

In Universal Pictures Steve Jobs, we meet a brilliant, flawed protagonist—a man who demanded his...

October 26, 2015

This May Be the Year’s Best Movie—And It’s Weirdly Christian

War Room is this year's Christian smash. Its core evangelical audience has helped the Kendrick...

October 23, 2015

How the World’s Worst Movie is Technically Christian

I have a soft spot in my heart (and possibly on the brain) for bad movies....

October 21, 2015

Thinking Inside the Box: How Modern Horror Movies Echo the Scary Stories of the Bible

There's a box in front of you—about the size of a shoebox, black and plain,...

October 15, 2015

Woodlawn Asks if We Believe in Miracles

Christian movies can be difficult for secular audiences to embrace. Sometimes it’s because of the...

October 14, 2015

Frankenstein: Still Crazy (and Relevant) After All These Years

Frankenstein, the 1931 classic Universal monster movie, probably doesn’t have the oomph to terrify folks...

October 11, 2015

Should Christians Watch Horror Movies?

October is the season for scary movies. So says Redbox, anyway. The movie rental company polled...

October 08, 2015

Does God Want You to Do Great Things? Phil Vischer De-Disneys a Popular Myth in Kids’ Entertainment

Phil Vischer has always been one of my favorite storytellers. My kids drew up watching...

October 05, 2015

Looking for Life in The Leftovers

The second season of The Leftovers, on HBO, begins with what feels like a Paleolithic...

October 02, 2015

The Martian and Sci-Fi’s Search for Salvation

Mars has never been a particularly welcoming place. From H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

The Walk: A High-Wire Act That’s Not About Faith (But Sort of Is)

When I was youngish, a friend of mine and I went to check out the...

September 25, 2015

Are The Muppets Worth Getting Mad About?

Say what you will about we conservative Christians, we do not lack opinions. And...

September 24, 2015

Sorry, Francis Critics: Faith is Inherently Political

I typically deal with entertainment here at the Watching God blog, but its mission extends...

September 21, 2015

The Scorch Trials: WCKD’s Road of Good Intentions

Way back in the Paleolithic 1980s, sage philosopher Mr. Spock told us that "The needs...

September 18, 2015

The Season of the Sorta-Secular Christian Movie

Last year was called the year of the faith-based movie, and in a lot of...

September 14, 2015

The Dark Ages, Told in Bright Blocks

I’ve never been a big fan of the term “Dark Ages,” actually. It seems kinda...

September 11, 2015

Can You Actually Spend 90 Minutes in Heaven … and Come Back?

90 Minutes in Heaven, released today, is reportedly the true story of a man who...

September 04, 2015

A Walk in the Woods and the Spiritual Pilgrimage

A Walk in the Woods is about two oldsters (played by the suitably-but-gracefully aged Robert...

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