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I’m well into the research project now and its humming along nicely. The next screening, “The Mission” is on Sunday week – it is the only one of the five selections that has an overtly religious theme. One immediate outcome of the research is the number of suggestions for films that I might use inContinue reading “Musing on the the Research”

The project is now up and running. Did a test run with nine folk the other night, using a little known title – Going Home (2000) – a gentle little drama concerning interrupted careers in relation to aging parents and the dilemmas and confrontations that occur. Our debrief time revealed several triggers for some. ToContinue reading “Back to Meeting God at the Movies”

A little something about a research project of mine. Literature abounds on the meeting place of theology (particularly Christian) and contemporary cinema. As one who is engaged in spiritual direction, I am interested in how a person may encounter the transcendent and immanent in their movie going experience. Has a movie ever been the sourceContinue reading “Meeting God at the Movies”