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 di...

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

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 b...

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

"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 h...

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, ...

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...

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

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

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

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 mome...

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 somet...

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...

Recently, I wrote an article about Chris Pratt's confession of faith and adoration of Jesus, "Chris Pratt & Defining Our Terms." If you'r...

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 t...

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 tex...