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Jesus, Easter, and the always-awesome “Office Space”

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Brandon Hudson — 1 Comment ↓

Once, when I worked at a job that had regular staff meetings that I quite abhorred, I found great and sacred solace in the profound film Office Space. How could it not provide a plethora of holy moments? Here, in this…

Tagged with: Easter, Jesus, Mike Judge, Office Space, Peter Gibbons
Posted in Health & Wholeness, Media & Arts, Mental Health, Movies, Religion, Theology

Bill and Ted’s excellent Lenten journey

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Brandon Hudson — No Comments ↓

Our church partners with a rehabilitation organization in town with whom I occasionally have the opportunity to worship. At the beginning of all of their worship experiences, they sing a song that repeats this same opening line – “I woke…

Tagged with: Bill and Ted, Christopher Moore, Excellent Adventure, hope, journey, Lamb, Lent
Posted in Blog Posts, Humor, Media & Arts, Movies, Theology, Worship

A house divided still

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Alan Bean — No Comments ↓

Stephen Spielberg’s “Lincoln” pulled in $34 million over the Thanksgiving weekend, running a distant but respectable third behind the new Twilight and James Bond movies. When I saw the film over the weekend, the audience applauded as the credits rolled.…

The theology of the living dead

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Derik Hamby — No Comments ↓

The zombies are coming! The third season of the hit show “The Walking Dead” is out. This hit TV show is based on a popular comic book series by the same name. This new series is not your typical ‘horror’…

Why we love the paranormal

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Alan Rudnick — No Comments ↓

What is it about the paranormal that Americans find so fascinating? A Gallup poll found that about 75% of Americans believe in the paranormal (ghosts, telepathy, clairvoyance, astrology, etc…) Nearly 50% believe in ghosts and 41% believe in extrasensory perception.…

Tagged with: Halloween, paranormal, scary movies
Posted in Books, Media & Arts, Movies, Spiritual Formation, TV

“The Blind Side” gets blindsided

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Gary Furr — 1 Comment ↓

Baptist news wires carried the story recently about a successful protest by a Baptist preacher to remove a movie from LifeWay stores. The movie is “The Blind Side,” starring Sandra Bullock. It was based on the book by the same…