Harvard University was an early adopter in short videos shared across social networks to boost student interest and attendance as they “shop” for classes. They have an intimacy that course catalogs and posters lack.
How To Raise Money for Your First Movie: Interview with Producer/Director Mark Freiburger, Part 2
The one thing I get asked about the most by other aspiring filmmakers is not about those more high profile experiences, but about how to go out and raise money to make their first features.
This is your Brain on Beethoven! Daniel J. Levitin and Understanding the Neuroscience of Music
The relationship between music and science is more complicated (and beautiful) than we ever imagined.
Create Meaning in Your Work, by Todd W. Hall, PhD
Core motivations energize you, and that give you a sense of meaning and fulfillment because they express something central to your identity.
Hillsong United Movie “Let Hope Rise” To Be Released Nationwide September 30, by Phil Cooke, PhD
It’s a great experience – and it’s being released in Surround Sound so you’ll experience the music as if you were right in the venue.
The Future of StoryTelling: Wisdom in the Age of Information, by Maria Popova
A great storyteller — whether a journalist or editor or filmmaker or curator or professor or pastor — helps people figure out not only what matters in the world, but also why it matters.
Yale Makes Works of Jonathan Edwards Available for Free, by Jonathan Merritt
Edwards is widely recognized as one of the most important American thinkers and religious figures and as a major figure in the history of Christian thought. The release of Edwards’ work comes at a moment of renewed interest in the preacher, especially among conservative evangelicals.
Anne Lamott on How We Endure and Find Meaning in a Crazy World, by Maria Popova
The world is always going to be dangerous, and people get badly banged up, but how can there be more meaning than helping one another stand up in a wind and stay warm?
Inside Out Screenwriting: What’s My Final Image? by Jeremy Casper
A story is a narrative about a single character who must overcome some sort of conflict in order to solve a very specific problem.
Why Beauty Matters in a Broken World, by Catherine Hart Weber, Ph.D.
We can’t escape the pain, darkness, and brokenness of a fallen world, neither can we escape the beauty of Christ’s transforming life. Through the 40 days of lent we acknowledge this, in us, and around us.