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Even If You Were Perfect, Thor Would Hit You With Mjolnir

The StoryMen welcome pastor, blogger and movie buff Rob Shepherd, aka Rob Shep. We argue about the Marvel movies for a while, then talk about THOR: The Dark World. We also discuss Rob’s new book “Even If You Were Perfect, Someone Would Crucify You.” What does healthy criticism look like, and what can all we […]

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Books

Graphic Novel Buyer’s Guide

What should you buy for that person who’s starting to get into graphic novels and comics? Here’s a handy buyer’s guide!

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Coolsville

WestJet Christmas Miracle

Ho ho ho. Time to dump a little Christmas cheer in your mugs. Only in Canada eh?

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Movies Pop Culture

4 Reasons Gal Gadot is Going to be a Perfect Wonder Woman

Gal Gadot is a great choice for Wonder Woman. The criticisms leveled at her are silly at best and sexist at worst.

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StoryMen

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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Books

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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Movies Pop Culture

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.

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StoryMen

What on Earth Do We Know About Heaven? with Randal Rauser

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 […]

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Faith Pop Culture TV

The Gospel According to Breaking Bad by Blake Atwood

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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Faith Movies Pop Culture

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 […]