The Walking Dead kicked off its eighth season with a war—or, at least, the start of one. Rick (Andrew Lincoln), the show's flawed protagonist, and his cadre of followers has allied with a couple of other factions (Hilltop and the... Read more
The Walking Dead kicked off its eighth season with a war—or, at least, the start of one. Rick (Andrew Lincoln), the show's flawed protagonist, and his cadre of followers has allied with a couple of other factions (Hilltop and the... Read more
“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?” “What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?” “I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?” said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It’s the same thing,” he said. — A.A. Milne, Winnie-The-Pooh Many a bear—the stuffed-with-fluff sort of bear—will have an especially exciting day today, given that it’s Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work Day. And... Read more
Morgan Freeman is one of the United States’ most beloved entertainment figures. He’s appeared in dozens of movies as everyone from a dutiful chauffer (Driving Miss Daisy) to God Himself (Bruce Almighty). His honeyed, earthy voice has graced countless products more. He’s active in theater and has even been known to direct a television episode on occasion. Clearly, it’s not like the guy has a lot of free time. But time or no, Freeman’s been moonlighting on cable as a... Read more
“When do you get your soul?” An agnostic friend of mine asked me that in college: Not what or how or why or even if, but when—a question that neatly asks all the other questions too, hinting at the incredible intricacies and, perhaps, paradoxes, that come with the concept of an immortal soul. I’ve thought about that question often since. Sometimes I think about it when I consider abortion or artificial intelligence or even when I see a gorilla in... Read more
Suffering is a gift. It’s difficult for us to grasp that truth in 21st century America. For us, gifts are sweaters and PlayStation 4’s, maybe colorfully wrapped under a Christmas tree. Gifts are fun. Entertaining. They give us comfort. Joy. Suffering is none of that. We hate to suffer. We hate it when people close to us suffer. And yet when we look, there’s sometimes a beauty to be found in the midst of suffering. A profound, real rawness that... Read more
Stephen King and I go way back. I think IT was actually the first book of his that I read, way back in high school, and for years I kept coming back for more. But I didn’t keep reading King solely because of the scares . What drew me in, more than anything, was often his insistence that good and evil were quite tangible. And that we were called to choose one side or another. That thread holds true in... Read more
IT made an estimated $123 million this weekend, setting a record for highest debut ever for a horror movie. Based on Stephen King's uber-creepy (and even more demented) novel of the same name, IT refers to the fearsome evil embodied... Read more
We all know ‘A Christmas Carol.’ We’ve seen Ebenezer Scrooge played by Alastair Sim, George C. Scott, Mr. Magoo and Sam the Eagle. He’s as much a part of Christmas as Santa Claus. Kind of weird to think that, before Charles Dickens came up with the character, the guy didn’t even exist. The Man Who Invented Christmas tackles A Christmas Carol from a different angle: That of Dickens himself (who, incidentally, just happens to be one of my favorite authors). And... Read more
Sometimes, I don’t get us. We Christian moviegoers can sound oh-so-superior when we critique Christian movies. We whine a lot. We complain about the scripting, the acting, the hokey dialogue, the maudlin sentimentality. And what happens when we’re given a Christian movie that’s good? More often than not, we ignore it. Take the disappointing story of All Saints, released by Affirm Films this weekend. Everything seemed lined up for this little movie: The summer’s biggest blockbusters had come and gone,... Read more
They would come without question. They’d gather in the sanctuary, light streaming in red and green and gold through stained glass windows, music from the choir spilling and flowing through the space. They’d sing and greet one another and listen to the sermon—hearing once again of God’s truth and mercy, of Jesus’ love and sacrifice, of our own duties to our fellow man and woman. Church is no longer what it once was 800, 300, even 100 years ago. Many... Read more
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