Faith and Pop Culture

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  Disney Releases Dazzling New Clips for Moana The latest in a long line of animated films, Moana takes place in ancient Polynesia where a young princess named Moana (Auli’I Cravalho) must venture forth from her island home and set sail on a fabled... Ryan Duncan Nov 10, 2016
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  DreamWorks' Trolls Sparkles with Laughs and a Good Lesson A delightful family fairy tale about two emotionally opposite groups of feuding creatures is surprisingly clever and engaging. In a year filled with mediocre animated offerings, Trolls shines (or sparkles)... Stephen McGarvey Nov 10, 2016
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  New Netflix Documentary Highlights Ivory Trade With so much happening in the world today, it’s easy for something as terrible as elephant poaching to go unnoticed. Ryan Duncan Nov 03, 2016
• Finding Ourselves through This is Us Not only has this series been lauded for its powerful themes and a heart-wrenching twists, but some Christians have even glimpsed the gospel message amidst the character’s individual struggles. Ryan Duncan Nov 03, 2016
• "You Don't Know Anything" - The Reconciled Church I am a white person. I grew up in rural Kansas. I never knew any black people as a child. I feel like the least qualified person to write on this topic. But something happened to me that changed my... James L. Garlow Oct 27, 2016
• I'm Not Ashamed Will Feel Familiar to Any Christian Youth Grouper Neither a pugnacious retelling of the Columbine massacre, nor a cheesy canonization of its main character, I'm Not Ashamed is more the general story of the American Christian high schooler, given urgency,... Shawn McEvoy Oct 27, 2016
• Mr. Church is Undercooked but Still Appetizing While this heartfelt story of familial love doesn’t serve up anything too exciting, Mr. Church still manages to entertain thanks to a handful of winning performances. Ryan Duncan Oct 27, 2016
• Leonardo DiCaprio is Producing a Captain Planet Movie Academy Award-winning actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, has always been a passionate advocate for the environment, and it appears his next project will be focused on just that. Ryan Duncan Oct 20, 2016
• Unlearn and Rethink: Three Ways to Overcome Narrow-mindedness They’re some of the rarest things on earth. Only five of them have ever been found. If you were to come across one, it would fetch a price per ounce ten times greater than the going rate for gold. J.C. Watts Oct 20, 2016
• Independence Day: Resurgence is Disaster-by-Numbers Not the most amazing movie of the summer, but fun enough to be a good excuse to sit in an air-conditioned theater for a couple of hours. Susan Ellingburg Oct 20, 2016
• We're Not On Board with The Girl on the Train Can a broken woman go from complete trainwreck to a clear track again? The Girl on the Train wants to say something about 'girls' using metaphors about trains and tunnels, but it's just the turn from Emily... Shawn McEvoy Oct 13, 2016
• BBC Releases Breathtaking Trailer for Planet Earth II Nature has always fascinated mankind, so it’s no surprise that BBC is preparing a continuation of the most expansive nature documentary ever commissioned. Ryan Duncan Oct 13, 2016