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God in the Movies: Signs

Today, we go back to the early 2000s with director M. Night Shyamalan to explore the heart of one of my favorite extraterrestrial thrillers: Signs. In this classic flick, a former priest and farmer named Graham Hess (Mel Gibson), his brother Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix), and two young children brave an imminent alien assault on earth. From their home in rural America they make their stand, plagued by questions of faith and purpose in the face of fear. Now, I’ve got… Read More »God in the Movies: Signs

God in the Movies: Wonder Woman

In keeping with my last post’s (Justice League) decidedly war-like theme, this next installment of “God in the Movies” takes a look into the world of “Wonder Woman”, yet another product of DC Comics’ stellar storytellers. This 2.5 hour-long epic adventure begins in the fictional Amazon (no, not the perpetually rainy South American forest, though I used to think so!) where a warrior race of women live in peace far from the outside world—or so they think. There, Princess Diana (Wonder Woman, not… Read More »God in the Movies: Wonder Woman

God in the Movies: Justice League

Stories speak to our souls. But what do they say? Each is unique, but every story told by our bedsides as children, written in the pages of our favorite books, or shown on a screen appeals to us as humans at the level of our desires, capturing something of the hidden needs of our nature. I believe this is because there is a God above, One True God of love, justice, and creativity, who made us in His image and is… Read More »God in the Movies: Justice League