With Cable news channels predictably focused on the shooter, we thought we’d give you some more important perspectives to guide your prayers.
The Real Stories in the Seattle Pacific University Shooting
There are Artists in the Church??! by Pamela Reynoso
“Oh….you are an artist. How interesting…” And then…an awkward change of topic generally ensues. Immediately.
Two Handed Warriors at Three Years: A Promising Start to a Common Language …Friendship!
Educators, filmmakers, ministers, and leaders of all kinds share a common desire to influence society for good. What we lack is a common language for understanding one another’s perspectives. Three years into this project I feel as if we are only just beginning to understand one another… but it’s a promising start.
Interview: Malcolm Gladwell on his return to faith while writing “David and Goliath”
How writing a Book on David and Goliath brought America’s most beloved non-fiction writer back into the fold.
“I was so incredibly struck in writing these stories by the incredible power faith had in people’s lives, it has made a profound impact on me in my belief.” – Malcolm Gladwell
Why Christian Filmmakers Should be BREAKING BAD, by Marcus Pittman
“I find atheism just as hard to get my head around as I find fundamental Christianity. Because if there is no such thing as cosmic justice, what is the point of being good?” -‘Breaking Bad’ creator, Vince Gilligan
Faith on Decline: Diana Butler Bass in Sobering CBS Video on Religion & Spirituality in a Changing Society
One-third of all twenty-somethings now describe their religious affiliation as, “none.” The biggest surprise in national study was that Evangelical Protestant denominations have suffered almost as much decline in the last ten or fifteen years as liberal main line churches. -Diana Butler Bass, Author, Christianity After Religion
Oh Crap! The Theater’s Full! by McKenna Elise
Many of my same industry friends who won’t watch or rent a movie that describes itself as “Christian” are more than willing to sit down and watch a cheesy Hallmark special of similar quality. Why?
It’s a Wonderful Life and the Courage to Live (and Create Art) Idealistically
Few of us will ever get an invitation to an early screening of our life’s work like George did. Yet we will all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. To be a two handed warrior is to live for that heavenly red carpet affair, not its pale imitation at the Kodak theatre. Part 3 of our annual repost of one of the most read THW series.
Capra’s Tale of a Depressed Idealist: It’s a Wonderful Life, Part 2, by Gary David Stratton, PhD
Part 2 of annual repost of most read series in THW’s brief history:
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) provides a wonderful expression of the complicated interplay between modern Physicalism and Idealism as life-interpreting stories in the life of its main character, George Bailey.
It’s a Wonderful Life: Frank Capra’s Worldview Masterpiece
Like George Bailey and Ricky Gervais, we all eventually find ourselves wondering: Is there a reward for knowing and trying to do the right thing? (Either in heaven or on earth) Or, is it all a waste of time?
‘Grace’ on Broadway: Faith, Doubt, Murder… and Redemption!
Former MN seminary student, Craig Wright, darkly explores a theology of grace, not in the pulpit, but on the stage. Four murder-suicide victims rise from the dead to explain the paradox of how a ‘Christian’ businessman with a vision for…
Friday Video: Follow Jesus, Gather in Missional Communities @BasileiaLA
A look at one of Hollywood’s thriving Millennial-focused churches: Basileia Hollywood, average age 26 “Basileia Hollywood may be the only church in America where a celebrity can get up to visit the restroom and have his seat stolen by a…