The queen stands at your right hand arrayed in gold. Psalm 45:10-17 I saw the movie Dora and the Lost City of Gold this weekend in theaters with my seven and eight-year old and I’ve got to tell you, I was surprised to find a few things I wasn’t expecting.
Tag: movie evangelism
Captain Marvel vs. Wonder Woman: What makes a female superhero and Who does it better?
The 2017 debut of DC’s Wonder Woman brought with it a wave of feminism most in this generation have not seen since the Suffragette Movement of the 1900s. In it’s wake came the #MeToo Movement of Hollywood leaving Captain Marvel fans waiting with bated breath as to how this iconic female superhero from the Marvel […]
Ignition – What the Flash and other Cosmic Superheroes can teach us about God and our Universe
To simultaneously believe and do is the hardest part of existence. Whether you’re a Marvel or DC fan, or an admirer of the fantasy genres of Tolkien, Lewis and L’Engle (or maybe you just like art imitating life/life imitating art), I am sure you can appreciate what I am about to share without having to […]
Revealing the “Painted Devil”: Why the movie “The Beguiled” is more than mere entertainment
The Lady of the Kingdoms brags, “No one sees me” (Isaiah 47:10) Sofia Coppola’s 2017 film The Beguiled is exposing some pretty high-profile names in Hollywood, though I doubt they are the kinds of names you are familiar with. Set in the backdrop of the American Civil War in 1863, Thomas Cullinan’s novel The Beguiled […]
Movie Evangelism? How God is using Cars, Transformers, and Wonder Woman to bring people to Encounter
If you haven’t seen a movie lately, you may be in danger of missing out on a truly important part of your faith walk. At least that is what some evangelists like Christopher West and Pope Benedict XVI have been asserting. Anyone who is familiar with Christopher West’s courses, lectures, books and blog posts knows […]