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Invitations versus commands, angelic arrivals, the answer of presence, and the gift of more information.



What are you afraid of?

Deciduous trees, evergreen trees, and sleeping babies in between. 



Here is a link to the image of our Floss silk tree (Ceiba speciosa): 

https://imgur.com/a/CVAK00A

Frederich Buechner on how life will be both "beautiful and terrible." The heartbeat of the Gospel meeting us in our sin, brokenness, and sadness with the merciful grace of God.

What makes a great story? Tips from Jesus - and from Pixar! Plus: how enjoying and telling great stories can draw us closer to one another.

Storytelling According to Pixar

A few of Pastor Courtney's storytelling favorites:

Gettysburg (based on Michael Shaara's book The Killer Angels)

Inside Out (Pixar)

Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly)

Good stories shape our appetites. Can movies draw us closer to Jesus? Can they help us love our neighbors well? What is the role of empathy in the Christian life, and how can film grow our compassion? Plus: favorite movies from our pastors.
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Christ and Pop Culture's Mission Statement: Christ and Pop Culture exists to acknowledge, appreciate, and think rightly about the common knowledge of our age. Our mission is to edify the Church, glorify God, and witness to the world by encouraging and modeling a biblical presence within culture that is characterized by nuance and appreciation while resisting the extremes of thoughtless condemnation and uncritical embrace. We stand on the gospel and exist for the Church.

Movie favorites:

Pastor Jackson - The Usual Suspects

Pastor Daryl - National Treasure

Stephanie Cleye - Twister & Love, Actually

Jeff Given - Black Panther

Pastor Courtney - The Peanuts Movie, Hotel Rwanda, Lincoln, Miracle, The Greatest Showman, Hidden Figures

Favorite poems and poets, and where to go for more.

Brett Foster's The Tree Felled, The Tree Raised

Jane Kenyon's Let Evening Come

Jose Hernandez Diaz's The Fall

Langston Hughes's I, Too 

Ogden Nash's The Duck

T. S. Eliot's Ash Wednesday

Mary Oliver's Maybe

Wendell Berry's This Day