Ms. Angelou captured my heart and imagination not because of her fame, accolades or literary acclaim, but because she displayed such deep, rich wisdom. Maya Angelou didn’t want us to just have information, she wanted us to take part in the process of transformation.
Mandy Patinkin reveals the secret personal fuel behind his creation of Inigo Montoya’s drive for revenge in the original film shoot, and his profound insight into revenge 25 years later. (Video)
Detractors of the film are in peril of ignoring one of the great recurring themes of Scripture: that God can and does use the most unlikely characters to glorify His name and advance His purposes.
Is my blog free from envy, or am I secretly wishing I was as popular as the person I am condemning?
Organizations need to shift the mindset of what a good manager does away from hitting those departmental goals–which rely on what he calls talent consumption–to graduating employees into better positions–or talent production.
Christians have been negotiating the relationship between churches and the wider, secular culture ever since there was a discernible “secular culture.” What’s new is how many young evangelical church leaders are learning to surf, rather than draw lines against, secular culture.
With the controversy surrounding Noah flooding the internet (mostly by Christians who have NOT seen the film), Paramount studios asked Phil Cooke to create a short video featuring Christian leaders who HAVE seen the film giving their take on the movie.
“Oh….you are an artist. How interesting…” And then…an awkward change of topic generally ensues. Immediately.
Christians have to stop looking at Hollywood as the enemy, and start reaching out. Missionaries have discovered that you don’t change minds by criticism, boycotts or threats. You change minds by developing a relationship and a sense of trust. You work from the inside.
Nearly half of millennials report that their personal electronics create distance between themselves and other people.
The story of public higher education’s transition from a key national priority to an increasingly neglected special interest cannot be laid at the feet of any one individual or ideology. We did this to ourselves and the longterm consequences could be devastating.
Nearly two decades of using film to teach worldview to undergraduate students has resulted in a few surprises in which films have had the deepest cultural impact on a generation. Here’s our list of the top 25 films and our pick for “Best Deep Culture Impact” Film for 2013.