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First Reformed – A Pastor’s Dark Night of the Soul

Pastor Toller?s spiritual anguish, I think, is an exaggeration of a malaise that afflicts much of the church and society. It is not a lack of faith (either for Toller or the church at large). We become so overwhelmed by the griefs and pains of life that we feel paralyzed to address the deep needs of the world around us.

mother!: A Metaphor for Creation

Directed by Darren Aronofsky, mother! brings us into the heart of the fractured marriage of Mother (Jennifer Lawrence) and Man (Javier Bardem).? A poet who suffers from writer?s block, Bardem is distant and cold as he sweats...

4.02 The Heart of the mother!

When director Darren Aronofsky releases a film, it’s often bound to court controversy. ?Blending an environmental message and Biblical metaphor, mother! instantly divided audiences between those that loathed its...

Company Town – Irresponsible Capitalism

Crossett, Arkansas bills itself as the ?Forestry Capital of the South?. It?s a small community, but it is home to a Georgia-Pacific paper mill…. Company Town is an expos? of not only the company?s practices, but also of the impotence of the government agencies we rely on to prevent such problems.

Pete’s Dragon – A World of Wonder

Finally, the film is about wonder and faith. When Meacham tells Grace the non-tall tale version of his encounter so many years before, he says he didn?t experience fear, but rather awe at the magic in the world. He says, ?It changed the way I see the world.?

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