Can you be drafted into the ranks of Father Christmas? Apparently, yes. Tim Allen’s best role since Home Improvement.
The Santa Clause (1994) 30 Favorite Christmas Movies
Family Man (2000) – ‘Are You an Alien?’ Clip – 30 Favorite Christmas Movies
Turns the “what if” premise of It’s a Wonderful Life on its head. With Don Cheadleas an angel on the edge, and some of the best acting of Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni’s careers. We watch it every year and ponder our own what it?
Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Trailer – 30 Favorite Christmas Movies
Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and the gang in an offbeat, but faithful retelling of Dickens’ classic.
The Millennial Hobbit: Pippin Took as an Archetype of Emerging Adulthood, by Corey Magstadt
As we started the first book, one line from the very first page of the print edition struck me:
“At that time, Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three.”
Apparently hobbits have been dealing with this whole emerging adulthood thing a lot longer than we have, so perhaps we ought to look at the life of one such hobbit to see how the characteristics of emerging adulthood play out.
Finding Soul, by Barry Taylor, PhD
Soul music spoke to the part of me that was unaddressed by my upbringing and education–art and music. Art was my own exercise and music was the world’s gift to me.
Over the Rhine Brings Us to Advent
Over the Rhine’s “All I Ever Get for Christmas Is Blue” recently made the LA Times’ list of the saddest Christmas songs ever, yet little else in all of December prepares us to celebrate Christ’s birth each year quite like OTR’s annual quasi-Christmas concert.
Support Biola’s Student Filmmakers at 12/12/12 Premiere of AWAY
Biola Cinema and Media Arts program is considered one of the top film schools for young filmmakers of faith. Their goal is to prepare our students spiritually, intellectually, and professionally to become exceptional visual storytellers who can compete and succeed with the best of the best in the areas of film, television, and digital media.
Join the student filmmakers of Biola University’s Cinema and Media Arts Department for the premiere of their student film, “AWAY.”
Doors open at 7PM at the historic Whittier Village Cinema in uptown Whittier, with a dessert reception to follow.
And don’t miss Biola CMA grad Zach King’s cool video “IPad Hologram Setting,” It just passed 1.7 million views.
The Millennial Teenager: An Infographic
For those who grew up in a world of rotary phones and dial-up Internet, it is hard to imagine that most teenagers today have no recollection of life before cell phones. In fact, these Millennials have had so much exposure to technology, cell phones and laptops and iPods have become common aspects of everyday life. Which might explain why 94 percent of Millennials have cell phones, and 70 percent have laptops.
Wondering what life is like for these technology-obsessed teens? Confused by how this generation interacts with one another?
An amazing infographic from Online Schools offers a detailed look at the tech-savvy world of these teens and shows the old fogies what they are missing.
The Power of Perseverance: Advice to Young Artists from Jazz Legend McCoy Tyner of John Coltrane Quartet
“The Coltrane quartet was like four pistons in an engine. We had to all work together to make the car go.” -McCoy Tyner
LOS TRAFICANTES: When a Drug Lord Finds Faith, Can His Movie Find an Audience? by Kurt Tuffendsam
Writer/producer Kurt Tuffendsam describes his new film following the most unlikely convert in the most unlikely of places. ‘Los Traficantes’ retells the incredible true story of Esteban Mendoza Cruz, former Mexican drug lord, who in 1999 experienced a major transformation after finding redemption through faith in Christ while serving a 33-year sentence in La Mesa prison in Tijuana.
Top British University Christian Club Bans Women From Speaking at Meetings
Christian student group at top research university creates unintended firestorm by banning women from speaking at events unless they are accompanied by their husband.
Strategies for Women Leading Men, by Lisa Whittle
When women offer truth from the wellspring of their own life experience, it resonates… regardless of their gender!