January 21, 2012 | 2 Comments
I’m really excited about Sundance this year (heading there Monday), which is one of the reasons I am doing this series on Theology at the Theater. The average American watches over 40 films a year, so it is important that … Continue reading →
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Tagged Sundance Film Festival, Theology at the Theater, Windrider Forum
January 11, 2012 | 1 Comment
I’m looking forward to going to the Sundance Film Festival again this year, and I am doing a series on Theology and the Theater in honor of my return to the Festival. If you missed the introduction, read it first … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, Faith, Film, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Film as a Spiritual Discipline, Spritual Disciplines, Sundance Film Festival, The message, Theology at the Theater
January 5, 2012 | 1 Comment

I’m honored to be able to go to the Sundance Film Festival again this year. In light of that, I thought I would start this series on what it means to watch film as a communal spiritual discipline. Introduction I … Continue reading →
Posted in Faith, Featured, Film, Hollywood, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, soul, theology |
Tagged Communal Disicpline, Detweiler, Film, Johnson, Sundance Film Festival
February 6, 2011 | 2 Comments

Watching Higher Ground hit me hard, because Corinne’s first experience with Christian community was very close to mine. I could fully identify with her struggles on the road to becoming fully human. After watching this film, I went up to … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, Community, Current Affairs, Faith, Featured, Film, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Caroline Briggs, Hermenuetics, HIgher Ground, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Review, Vera Farmiga, Windrider Forum
January 31, 2011 | 9 Comments
When former Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, was being question by the US Congressional Committee investigating the worldwide financial crises in 2008, and was asked if his ideology pushed him to make decisions that he wished he hadn’t have made, … Continue reading →
Posted in Cities, Culture, Current Affairs, Film |
Tagged Alan Greenspan, David Sington, Review of The Flaw, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Review, The Flaw, United Kingdom, World Documentary
January 28, 2011 | Leave a comment
I’m hoping to post a few film reviews soon, but in the mean time, in the midst of a crazy busy schedule, I wanted to post a few photos and just give you a general sense of what I’ve been … Continue reading →
Posted in Faith, Film, redemptive agents, soul, theology |
Tagged HIgher Ground, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival
January 25, 2011 | 2 Comments
I arrived in Park City, Utah this afternoon. I met up with Ben Dudley, Mike Fullerton, other Fuller students, as well as people from other universities. It was great connecting with some of the people who set up this immersive … Continue reading →
Posted in Film, sacred text, Travel |
Tagged Ben Dudley, Craig Detweiler, Heartland Film Festival, Jeff Sparks, Joshua Weigal, Kutter Callaway, Mountain Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Priddy Brothers, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival, The Butterfly Circus, Will Stoller-Lee, Windrider, Windrider Film Forum
January 24, 2011 | Leave a comment
I’ve spent the last week here in Blacksburg, Virginia, and before heading back to LA, I get the chance to experience the Sundance Film Festival. I arrive in Park City, Utah today! I mentioned in an earlier post about my … Continue reading →
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Tagged Sundance Film Festival
January 20, 2011 | 3 Comments
My heart races faster, as I think about the fact that in four days I will arrive in Park City Utah to enjoy a week at the Sundance Film Festival. Sundance has been an event I have wanted to experience … Continue reading →
Posted in A Look Inside, Calling, Cities, Culture, Current Affairs, Faith, Film, Hollywood, Los Angeles, redemptive agents, soul, theology |
Tagged Abraxas, Experiences in Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, HIgher Ground, Jürgen Moltmann, Keneth Turan, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance to Sarajeevo, The Flaw, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, The Redemption of General Butt Naked, The Son of No One