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Category Archives: Film Shots
The Theology of Apollo
A clergy friend of mine posted on Facebook that she wished she was like the Space Shuttle, gently reentering the atmosphere and landing on a runway rather than old Apollo Capsule that plunged through the atmosphere and splashed into the … Continue reading
Wild Strawberries: “Aging in a Bottle”
This is a wonderful look by film professor and author Mark Le Fanu into the ageless process of aging through the Ingmar Bergman film “Wild Strawberries.” “Wild Strawberries” is one of the films that is a part of the Criterion … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, aging process, bibi Andersson, Criterion films, Ingmar bergman, Marc Le Fanu, Victor Sjöström, wild strawberries
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Faith The Size of an Indie Filmmaker
As some of you may have seen on my Facebook page, I have been attending the Dallas International Film Festival this week. This is the fifth year I have attended and again I am inspired by the filmmakers who have … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots, Scattershooting
Tagged Beyond all Boundaries, dallas international film festival, discipleship, evangelism, faith, faith and film, Fever Year, filmmakers, independent films, jesus, Kilimanjaro, methodism, Methodist church, Sushrut Jain, telling the story, the gospel, the Mormon Movie, United Methodist Church, Walter Strafford, witnessing, Xan Aranda
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Sermon: The Inconvenient Truth
Final Words From the Cross Sermon Series Behold Your Mother. My God, Why Have Thou Forsaken Me? http://r.b5z.net/i/u/10092240/m/Sermon_130310_1130.mp3
Sermon: Paradise Redeemed
From the “PULPit Fiction Series of Sermons:” Redemptive Acts of Jesus that outside of faith and relationship with God are fictional stories from pulpits. http://r.b5z.net/i/u/10092240/m/Sermon_130303_1130.mp3
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots
Tagged Adam Hamilton, crucifixtion, faith and film preaching, faith and film sermon, forgiveness, god, grace, jesus, John Travolta, Jules Winnfield, Last Words of Jesus, new life, Pulp Fiction, Pulpit Fiction, redemption, repentance, repentant thief, Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Vega
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And The Oscar Goes, or should go, To???
Here are my Oscar picks for this weekend’s awards. This has been one of the most difficult years to pick both winners and favorites as the competition seems close in each of the major categories. But, for better or worse, … Continue reading
Oscar Preview from The United Methodist Reporter
The annual Oscar edition from the United Methodist Reporter compiled by Rev. Gary Keene, Associate Editor Bill Fentum, and myself.
Posted in Film Shots, Scattershooting
Tagged academy awards, Oscar preview, Oscars, United Methodist Reporter
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Extremely Close and Incredibly Profound
I wrote the following review to offer my thoughts and observations on the film, but also to speak to the ignorance of many professional and armature critics whose criticism of the lead character demonstrated a lack of understanding regarding children with … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots
Tagged 9/11, 9/11 attack, Aspergers syndrome, autism, Autism awareness, autism spectrum, community, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, faith and film, forgiveness, grief, grief recovery, healing, parental love, patience, Sandra Bullock, Special Needs, special needs ministry, The Church, Tom Hanks, World trade center
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Sermon: The Empire Strikes Back/A New Hope
This is the sermon that was for the 3rd Sunday in Advent, the Sunday following the Newtown CT school shooting. The Scripture was Matthew 2:7-23, the story of Joseph being directed to take Jesus to Exile in Egypt before the … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots, Sermons
Tagged a new hope, Advent, Advent sermon, Christmas, faith, faith and film, film, george lucas, God why?, hope, incarnation, jesus, joy, loss, massacre of innocents, moses, newtown, Newtown Connecticut, Preaching, preaching on pain, school shooting, sermons, star wars, theodicy, Why God
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