Spirituality in Popular Music
~by Alan Ackridge For most of the latter half of the 20th Century, a significant portion of the Christian church opposed popular culture.…
A Pop Theologian’s Dream…
I believe we have yet to see the best of or the end of what could be called 9/11 art. The passing of…
An Imaginative Path to Forgiveness
Muted in the popularity (or controversy) of other films released in 2005 like Brokeback Mountain, Crash, or Hustle and Flow, a simple western…
An Eternal Prayer
In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Groning wrote to La Grande Chartreuse monastery in the French Alps to get permission to make a documentary…
Mind Games
Apparently our parents were wrong all along: video games do not rot your brain. In fact, some researchers are finding that one video…
Faithful Children
~Reviewed by Wendy Arce “Many, many years ago, in a sad country, far away, there was an enormous mountain made of rough, black…
Fearful Children
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not…
“We are talking about the truth.” ~William Wilberforce
Hollywood turns out few films in such nicely wrapped theological packages that are as well-made as Amazing Grace. Michael Apted (Coal Miner’s Daughter,…