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About revkennydickson

I am a United Methodist minister and my professional passion is connecting issues of life and faith to film and other artforms. I am also interested in autism awareness and ministry and special needs. I am married to Michelle and have two children.

Film Reveiw: CALVARY

Posted on August 2, 2014 by revkennydickson

CALVARY portrays the travails of a good man trying to be a good priest ministering to challenging people in a difficult time. Any film with this title and subject carried the weight of significant expectations, and CALVARY upholds such dutifully. … Continue reading →

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Carrying the Cross and Dropping the Crowbar

Posted on May 1, 2014 by revkennydickson

One of my favorite scenes in the movie “Field of Dreams” is when Ray Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner, is trying to convince Terence Mann, played by James Earl Jones, to go with him to a Boston Red Sox baseball … Continue reading →

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“Son of God”: Script over Scripture

Posted on April 16, 2014 by revkennydickson

Speaking for their film “Son of God,” producers Roma Downy and Mark Burnett spoke about their desire to update the epic Biblical films of the 1950’s and 60’s to better fit with today’s audiences. With greater technological tools at their … Continue reading →

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“On The Pulpit Floor: Sermon Points That Time Denied”

Posted on March 30, 2014 by revkennydickson

  In their 1973 song, Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) The Rolling Stones are singing about an “accidental” shooting in New York City. Given the history of that, and subsequent times,  it’s not hard to imagine that the lyrics refer to racial … Continue reading →

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Film Review: August: Osage County

Posted on February 13, 2014 by revkennydickson

The film adaptation of Tracy Letts’s Pulitzer Prize winning play “August: Osage County” is the intense story of the Weston family in all their pain and unimaginable dysfunction. Receiving her 18th Oscar nomination, Meryl Streep stars as the Weston family … Continue reading →

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Faith Take Film Review: “Philomena”

Posted on January 9, 2014 by revkennydickson

http://unitedmethodistreporter.com/2014/01/09/take-2-philomena/

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Sermon Notes: With the Dawn of Redeeming Grace

Posted on December 25, 2013 by revkennydickson

Tonight concludes the Advent sermon series, “Repeat Sounding the Joy, “where we have looked closely at the theological teaching in favored Christmas carols. The first Sunday in Advent we looked at the theme of expectation as taught by Charles Wesley … Continue reading →

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Gunsanity: Change Gonna Come

Posted on December 14, 2013 by revkennydickson
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Review: “12 Years A Slave”

Posted on December 6, 2013 by revkennydickson

http://unitedmethodistreporter.com/2013/11/18/take-2-12-years-slave/

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Review: “Dallas Buyers Club”

Posted on December 6, 2013 by revkennydickson

“Dallas Buyers Club,” starring Matthew McConaughey, is a biopic about Ron Woodroof, a Dallas electrician, part time rodeo cowboy, and fulltime homophobic who is diagnosed with AIDS in 1986 and given 30 days to live. After receiving this apparent life … Continue reading →

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