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Reading Journal 2023: It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are And How To End The CycleAuthor: Mark Wolynn First off, let me address the apparent elephant in the room when it comes to this book. I had some suspicions in the early pages that the author might fall inContinue reading “Reading Journal 2023: It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are And How To End The Cycle”

Film Journal 2023: Transformers: Rise of the BeastsDirected by Steven Caple Jr. Positioned somewhere between Bumblebee’s not so subtle rewriting of the timeline when it came to Bay’s ever growing mythology, and Bay’s original Transformers, the jury’s out on whether to call this a sequel, a prequel or a reboot. And while it shares certainContinue reading “Film Journal 2023: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”

I’ve been thinking about these two interconnected pieces on Across the Spiderverse by Think Christian all day today. One a podcast episode, the other an article located here https://thinkchristian.net/spider-verses-great-commission and here https://thinkchristian.net/podcast/spider-verse-spirituality I had some similar thoughts floating around in my head, but I couldn’t quite place it or make sense of this. The elementContinue reading “Spiderverse And The Importance of Grand Narratives”

You can access this podcast episode on any platform you use for your podcasts through onscript. This is a dialouge with a scholar named David Moffitt about his new book Rethinking the Atonement. He specializes in the letter to the Hebrews, and this latest book is sort of summation of his interest in the subjectContinue reading “Rethinking the Atonement: A Different Way of Thinking About Life and Death”

Reading Journal 2023: Danny The Champion of the WorldAuthor: Roald Dahl Dahl trades his familiar penchant for magical settings with quirky, fantastical characters for a straight forward story about a father and a son set in the everyday world. He manages to retain a bit of the zany however. It’s just redirected, for example,towards lifeContinue reading “Reading Journal 2023: Danny The Champion of the World”

Film Journal 2023: KandaharDirected by Ric Roman Waugh Decent Butler led political thriller. Noted for its commitment to taking the time to explore the different relationships in the film, be it between the different counties or the different people caught up in the back and forth violence of the whole thing. It might be fairlyContinue reading “Film Journal 2023: Kandahar”

Reading Journal 2023: The Last UnicornAuthor: Peter S. Beagle A fantasy quest novel in classic form. Took me straight back to a childhood filled with the stories like The Never Ending Story, Narnia, The Princess’ Bride and Coopers The Dark is Rising. One thing that distinguishes Beales fantasy epic is just how small it feelsContinue reading “Reading Journal 2023: The Last Unicorn”

Film Journal 2023: Artifice GirlDirected by Franklin Ritch A stunning and sure handed debut that marries the intelligence of its questions with a simple but effective story structure. Best to go in as blind as possible, as I think the way plot unfolds is part of the beauty of the intellectual process at play here.Continue reading “Film Journal 2023: Artifice Girl”

Film Journal 2023: The Little MermaidDirected by Rob Marshall There is a lot to love and much to appreciate in a film that exhibits a few minor issues when it comes to “translation”. Live action remakes tend to demand particular attention to what they want to emphasize and what gets reimagined so to speak withinContinue reading “Film Journal 2023: The Little Mermaid”

Film Journal 2023: You Hurt My FeelingsDirected by Nicole Holofcener The small, indie dramatic comedy is always a welcome aspect of a given film year, and this unassuming effort fits the bill perfectly. It balances genuine laugh out loud moments, built as they are on what is mostly situational comedy, and grounds that with aContinue reading “Film Journal 2023: You Hurt My Feelings”