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Despicable Me 3 – Movie Discussion
Rather than discuss the whole movie, I want to focus on a particular scene this time. Sweet little Agnes, the youngest of Gru’s girls, loves unicorns. And she wants to see a real one. A man tells her … Continue reading
A Monster Calls-Movie Discussion
I discussed the book here, before the movie came out, focusing on the hard truth Connor has to tell—that as much as he doesn’t want to lose his mom to cancer, he also wants and end to the pain—and in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies
Tagged Andrew Peterson, Anselm Society, Bono, Book Discussion, Book Review, Cancer, Chrisitan Review, Christian Art, Confession, Coping mechanisms, Felicity Jones, Grief, Lewis MacDougall, Loss, Movie Discussion, Movie Review, Patrick Ness, shame, Sigourney Weaver, Siobhan Down, Stacey Tuttle
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A Few Links to Movie Reviews
I got these posted on the Shepherd Project website, but realized they didn’t make it to the blog… so, better late than never! Here are the links…. Connecting faith and culture! Big Eyes Big Hero 6 Interstellar The Good Lie
Posted in Cultural Commentary, Movies
Tagged Big Eyes, Big Hero 6, Christian Review, Good Lie, Insterstellar, Movie Discussion, Movie Review
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Annie – A How To Movie Review
I am often asked, “How do you do that? How do you find meaning and spiritual parallels in movies?” There isn’t a formula, and the answer is as varied as the movies I see, but Annie presents an interesting “teaching” … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Commentary, DIY, Encouragement, Missions, Movies, Object lesson, Parenting
Tagged Adoption, Cameron Diaz, Christian Movie Review, Christian Review, DIY, Father Figure, How to, Jamie Foxx, Movie Discussion, Optimism, Orphan, Parenting Help, perspective, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne, Shepherd Project Ministries, Stacey Tuttle, Themes
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Perspective is Everything/Non-Stop Discussion
I just wrote a post at Shepherd Project about perspective, perception and guarding your mind… stemming from a review of Non-Stop. You can read it here!
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Movie Discussion
These movie discussions are intended to help you connect your Christian faith to the modern world by: 1. Helping you learn to see echoes of redemptive truth all around you. 2. Challenging you to help other Christians see that their relationship with Jesus cannot be … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Commentary, Encouragement, Movies
Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Bilbo, Christian Review, Disappointment with God, Dwarves, Elves, Evangeline Lilly, Gandalf, Hobbit, Ian McKellen, Legolas, Martin Freeman, Movie Discussion, Movie Review, Orc, Orlando Bloom, perspective, Peter Jackson, Review, Richard Armitage, Smaug, Stacey Tuttle, Thorin, Tolkien
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Frozen – Movie Discussion
This is also posted at http://www.shepherdproject.com. It’s a movie about sisters, about real love, about fear, about hiding and suppressing who we are, about conformity and honesty… tied together with a hilarious snowman named Olaf… and it’s fantastic! … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Commentary, Movies, Parenting
Tagged Anna, Desire, Disney, Elsa, Faith in Films, Fear, Frozen, Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Movie, Movie Discussion, Movie Review, Olaf, Perfect love casts out fear, Perfection, Princess, Review, Sacrificial Love, Suppression, True love
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Joy – Movie Discussion
She didn’t know any of this would happen as she walked down the street that day. In the movie Joy, a man named Neil, explaining the power of sales and television and the history of his empire to Joy, makes … Continue reading →