Cultivating the Christian Imagination

I remember the first time I thought about a movie from a spiritual perspective. I was 16 years old and the movie was The Perfect Storm.

But what really drew me to the theater that Sunday afternoon was the question of how the filmmakers would frame the Joker. . .

Recorded live at Lake Arrowhead Christian School. Pastor Brandon and Dane discuss Jesus' parable on the Wheat and Weeds. Together they consi

In this episode, we hear from a number of thinkers reflect on Avengers: End Game.

Last week, my wife was down the hill at rehearsal, so I had the evening...to watch a manflick...while lifting weights. (No, I will not disclose how many poun...

Netflix and Amazon Prime...you have paralyzed us! Who hasn't wasted an entire evening looking for something good to watch? And ask my wife, I don't like wast...

This title makes me sound like a protester. But if you know me well, you know that I don’t own a megaphone, and I can’t create a poster board. Plus, I’m an i...

Over this last week, I sat down and watched Steven Spielberg's classic and highly acclaimed film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, starring Richard Dreyfu...

"Mom, I know your intentions are good, but your request for me to go to bed invoked the fallacy of faulty appeal to authority." You may have heard the joke t...

Yesterday, my parents came up and visited my wife and me in our mountain cabin. With the fire going inside and the biting winds outside, our place tends to e...

In 1955, Dr. Francis Schaeffer and his wife, Edith, decided to open up their home in Switzerland to people who longed for answers to life's most vital questi...

Last Friday (12/14), I had the privilege to give an online presentation on watching films with a Christian perspective. Greg Sukert of Anchored North hosted ...

As human beings, we see the world through our own experiences and beliefs. Together this forms our worldview, or our perspective on the world. Everyone has a...

In November, Wayne Scott, founder and President of LifeHouse Theater, was invited to speak at First Congregational Church in Redlands. He chose to speak on t...

Ray Bradbury wrote a wonderful short story called “The Pedestrian,” which is set in the year 2053. (It’s only two pages long--take a moment and read it!). Th...

Movie nights are times to shut down. Off with work talk. Off with stress. On relaxation. On mindless joy. And who doesn't need that sometimes? I do! >>MOVIE ...

In 2018, Disney released A Wrinkle in Time to theatres everywhere. Now, it’s on Netflix for screens everywhere. This film is based upon a children’s book tha...

Recently, I wrote an article about Chris Pratt's confession of faith and adoration of Jesus, "Chris Pratt & Defining Our Terms." If you're not familiar with ...

Editor's note: I (Dane) see it as a great privilege to serve at LifeHouse Theater in Redlands, CA. Not only is the leadership dedicated to upholding and illu...

In our present time, it’s no use denying the importance of language and terms. Within literary theory is a view that the meaning of a text comes primarily fr...