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2016-12-08T12:56:47-06:00

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

Last updated on: December 8, 2016 at 12:56 pm By Paul Asay

The following is a guest post from Jedd Medefind, president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans, who recently talked with one of my favorite authors, Katherine Paterson, about some issues pretty close to my own heart. I love what she has to say here. It’s well worth the read. *** Embed from Getty Images “No book made a greater impression on me before high school,” a 40-something magazine editor recently shared with me. My 10-year old daughter said much the... Read more

2016-12-02T10:43:45-06:00

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A Game About Grief and God Wins Major Award

Last updated on: December 2, 2016 at 10:43 am By Paul Asay

That Dragon, Cancer was never meant to be the next big video game franchise. You don’t shoot aliens or run anyone off the road. You don’t fight the Joker or, despite its name, even battle any dragons. The game, designed by Ryan and Amy Green, was simply meant to help players understand what they went through as their son, Joel, suffered from and eventually died of cancer. You’re there with the doctors as they break the bad news, despair liberally flooding... Read more

2016-11-22T13:00:58-06:00

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What Would Moana Do? Seven Life Lessons From Disney Princesses

Last updated on: November 22, 2016 at 1:00 pm By Paul Asay

Moana, Disney’s latest animated heroine, sails into theaters this week. While she might not live in a palace or charm the socks off the nearest Prince Charming, everyone—especially the girls who’ll be flocking to see her—knows exactly who and what she is. “You’re in a dress and you’ve got an animal sidekick,” says resident demigod Maui. “You’re a princess.” Princesses have ruled Disney’s magic kingdom since Snow White first trilled into her animated wishing well in 1937. Since the Mouse... Read more

2016-11-11T16:01:15-06:00

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

Last updated on: November 11, 2016 at 4:01 pm By Paul Asay

It’s been quite a week. As I type this, I’m hanging out in downtown Denver as an anti-Trump rally winds past me, the sky filled with chants and signs saying “NOT MY PRESIDENT.” However we pulled the lever for, I think most of us can agree that our democracy wasn’t exactly at its brightest this election season. A good many Americans disliked both candidates from the start—a rock-bottom beginning that somehow kept going lower. Most of us had to vote... Read more

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2016-11-07T16:23:18-06:00

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Doctor Strange Is The Most Religious Superhero Movie Ever

Last updated on: November 7, 2016 at 4:23 pm By Paul Asay

Superheroes have always been religious. But Marvel’s great, trippy new movie Doctor Strange takes superhero spirituality to the mirror dimension and unfolds it in a dozen fascinating ways. Underneath all the story’s Eastern mysticism and occult trappings, there’s a deeply Christian undercurrent here. Perhaps we should’ve expected Doctor Strange to be pretty religious. Director Scott Derrickson is one of Hollywood’s best-known and most influential Christians. And Strange (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) is an inherently spiritual character: He doesn’t rely on... Read more

2016-11-04T08:12:35-06:00

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Hacksaw Ridge is Insanely Bloody. Here’s Why.

Last updated on: November 4, 2016 at 8:12 am By Paul Asay

Christianity is bloody. The whole thing started with an execution. If the early Christians had any tact—or, at least, a good PR agency—they would’ve downplayed the religion’s messy, off-putting beginning and encourage prospective newcomers to concentrate on something else. Instead, the cross has become the central symbol of our faith—something we slap on our walls and hang around our necks and embroider on our throw pillows. It’s almost like we’re venerating the electric chair. And when you read the Bible,... Read more

2016-10-30T07:54:28-06:00

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

Last updated on: October 30, 2016 at 7:54 am By Paul Asay

More than 20 million people watched last Sunday’s Season Seven premiere of The Walking Dead. No surprise there, given that AMC’s zombie show has been a ratings winner ever since its inception. The episode was brutal, with new Big Bad Negan killing two popular characters with his barbed-wire-wrapped baseball bat Lucille. No surprise there either, according to longtime fans. The Walking Dead has always been incredibly bloody. But for me, the episode was incredibly hard to watch. It felt more... Read more

2016-10-27T21:46:05-06:00

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

Last updated on: October 27, 2016 at 9:46 pm By Paul Asay

It amazes me how many children show up in horror movies they’re not allowed to see. Kids are everywhere in fright flicks. Either they’re innocent waifs running from horrific, kid-killing entities (The Shining, The Conjuring, etc.) or they’re the horrific entities themselves, bent on ridding the world of a few adults (Children of the Corn, The Ring, etc.). Sometimes, like in The Exorcist, they manage to be both. But most of the time, we at least know whether a kid... Read more

2016-10-19T20:57:56-06:00

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We’re All Fixer Uppers

Last updated on: October 19, 2016 at 8:57 pm By Paul Asay

A confession: My wife and I watch HGTV’s Fixer Uppers, starring Chip and Joanna Gaines, whenever we can. We dig tinkering with our own house when budget and time allow, and I think both of us occasionally wish we lived in Waco, Texas, so we could get the advice of these home renovation experts. Unlike a lot of folks on reality shows—particularly renovation shows—Chip and Joanna feel real. Their lines don’t feel scripted. Their interactions feel grounded in living life... Read more

2016-10-17T15:28:39-06:00

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Why Is Everyone Scared of Clowns?

Last updated on: October 17, 2016 at 3:28 pm By Paul Asay

We’re all being attacked by clowns. People across the United States say they’re seeing red-nosed, white-faced Pennywises everywhere, lurking in parks, walking down streets and threatening to do more than stuff several of themselves into a car. The threat of clowns has become so severe that Target has removed some creepy clown masks from its shelves. When I was a kid, clowns were generally thought to be, y’know, funny. But looking back, I was wasn’t immune to coulrophobia. Someone had... Read more

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