Gal Gadot is a great choice for Wonder Woman. The criticisms leveled at her are silly at best and sexist at worst.
Author: JR. Forasteros
JR. lives in Dallas, TX with his wife Amanda. In addition to exploring the wonders that are the Lone Star state, JR. is the teaching pastor at Catalyst Community Church, a writer and blogger. His book, Empathy for the Devil, is available from InterVarsity Press. He's haunted by the Batman, who is in turn haunted by the myth of redemptive violence.
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Advent! with Tifah Phillips of Page CXVI
The StoryMen welcome Tifah Philiips of Page CXVI back to the show, and it’s no surprise we pick up right where we left off. We explore the difference between Advent and Christmas, what our favorite carols are and hear all about Page CXVI’s new project to create three albums ordered around the Church calendar. You […]
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S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst
S. is a love song to books and to the power of story to change the world. It’s an unparalleled reading experience unlike any other you’ve had. If you like books, S. is worth your time.
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12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave is a beautiful, well-made film. But the lack of redemptive threads fails to justify the violence it depicts.
I don’t know why harps ever got the kind of billing they get. — Randal Rauser Randal’s new book What on Earth Do We Know About Heaven? presses us to imagine the full nature of God’s restored creation. We imagine what Deaf culture will look like in Heaven, whether the Titanic will sail again, and ask […]
Don’t miss my StoryMen interview with author Blake Atwood! Now that the dust has settled, it’s clear that Breaking Bad will go down in history as one of the great television shows of all time (though it’s still not quite The Wire). Creator and show runner Vince Gilligan (of X-Files fame) made meticulous attention to […]
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Thor’s Combat Mythology
Your universe was never meant to be. — Malekith THOR: The Dark World expands Marvel’s cinematic universe, refining the cosmic scope we first glimpsed in Thor and revisited in The Avengers. We see more of the 9 Realms, meet the Collector and discover that the tesseract is one of the Infinity Stones. We also learn […]
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Emily Maynard’s Barna Frame
The StoryMen welcome Emily Maynard back to the show to tell us about her Barna Frame on Relational Realism. We imagine how the Church can escape the American Dream script for relationships and find a bigger picture of God in the process. Episode Links Vote for Emily here! Emily’s blog Emily on Twitter Emily on […]
What On Earth Do We Know About Heaven is a fun, challenging and provocative read. Well worth your time.
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Catching Fire Film Review
Catching Fire has already shattered November box office records. The sequel to 2011’s The Hunger Games is not only a better book adaptation, it improves in every way over its predecessor. The actors seem more settled in their roles (or perhaps their roles are better written, or both). Despite a richer, more complex source material, […]