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December 2023

December 13, 2023

New Doc ‘The Mission’ Asks Important Questions About Calling

We hear a lot about our “calling” in evangelical circles. We look in the Bible...

May 2021

May 27, 2021

Walking the Line Between Secular and Sacred: An Interview with the Writer of Netflix’s ‘Blue Miracle’

The story behind Netflix’s Blue Miracle (starring Jimmy Gonzalez and Dennis Quaid) is almost...

August 2020

August 24, 2020

Words on Bathroom Walls Reminds Us of the Power of Confession

Words on Bathroom Walls, a teen romantic drama released to theaters this past weekend, takes...

September 2019

September 10, 2019

Pennywise, Paul and Scary: What IT: Chapter Two Says About Faith, Hope and Love

The R-rated IT: Chapter Two doesn’t skimp on blood. Indeed, gallon for gallon, it might...

July 2018

July 07, 2018

Leave No Trace: The Powerful, Painful Lesson Found in a Beautiful Movie

I believe in happy endings. Most Americans do, I think. We’re optimistic folks, conditioned through...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

‘I’ve always Been Fascinated with the Concept of Grace:’ An Interview with Lady Bird Director Greta Gerwig

Everyone loves Lady Bird. The little indie coming-of-age dramedy boasts a 99-percent "freshness" rating on...

February 2016

February 08, 2016

The Prejudice Against Christian Zombies

I was pretty disappointed with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which was released this past...

December 2015

December 21, 2015

The Tragic Story of ‘Amy’

When I think of music’s great voices, I think of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan,...

December 09, 2015

The Servant’s Heart of The Minions

“You gotta serve somebody,” Bob Dylan once sang. And whatever their faults may be, the...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Looking Inside Inside Out

Pixar is like the Christmas morning of movie studios, but without the inevitable disappointment. Almost...

March 2015

March 06, 2015

Would Chappie Go to Church?

Director Neil Blomkamp's Chappie, about robot who becomes a high-tech version of Pinocchio, officially hits...

September 2014

September 08, 2014

Drax, Autism and a Different Sort of Hero

Have you ever gone to a movie, seen a character on screen and said, “Hey!...