It is impossible to love and be loved while filled with a toxic sense of fear and shame.
God’s Cure for a Very Bad Day, by Sue Stratton
Fear, Shame, Hiding, and Blame: God and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Sue Stratton
We must overcome these four deeply rooted response patterns to become all that we are created to be. We must somehow return to the Garden from whence we came.
Shia LaBeouf’s Journey through Fury to Faith?
How a war movie, Brad Pitt, and writer/director David Ayer helped one of Hollywood’s most talented (and troubled) stars find peace.
“I found God doing Fury. I became a Christian man, and not in a f***ing bullsh*t way—in a very real way.” -Shia LaBeouf
Spirit-empowered Leadership and the ‘Dangerous Unity’ of Prayer
Is it possible God releases the ministry of his Holy Spirit on earth primarily when and where his help is specifically requested by His people?
Paparazzi in the Hands of an Angry God: The Great Awakening and the Birth of American Celebrity Culture
Think the fiery Puritan who preached America’s most famous sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of Angry God,” would threaten to dangle celebrities over the pit of hell? Think again.
The Ride: Connecting to God in Hollywood, the Ivy League, and Beyond
Spiritual disciplines are designed not so much to “get you somewhere” in your career so much as to keep you alive spiritually in the constantly shifting landscape of success and failure we call “life.”
God and the Super Bowl: Ray Lewis Says God Doesn’t Pick Winners, by Adena Andrews
More than one-quarter of Americans believe that God will influence the outcome of tomorrow’s Super Bowl, but Ray Lewis, one of the most outspoken believers in the NFL, isn’t buying it.
God and the Super Bowl? Awesome Infographic!
Does pre-game prayer or Bible tattoos matter more to God? Who will win the Super Bowl? One in three Americans think God decides the outcome of the game. This great infographic lays out data from nationwide study of football and faith.
Who will win the Super Bowl? 3-in-10 Americans Say God Will Influence the Final Score
Americans are just as likely to say they watch sports at least once a week as they are to say they attend a worship service, but the Super Bowl is where these two pastimes really come together!
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?