The Intersection of Faith and Culture
Everyone knew who they were. Wandering the halls in steel-toe boots, jeans, and plaid, they talked tractors and nodded from under hats bearing the logos of local feed suppliers. They skipped school — not to bum around the mall or smoke up down the street — but to help with harvest. […]
For the month of March Pacific Theatre’s rendition of John Patrick Shanley’s (Danny and the Deep Blue Sea), Doubt a Parable has been getting much acclaim from both theatre enthusiasts and drop-ins alike. And how! Directed by Ron Reed, twisting the perception of both the characters’ in the play along […]
The Hunger Games is a good story in desperate need of a workable screenplay. An adaptation of the juggernaut young adult publishing phenomenon by Suzanne Collins, it’s yet another troubling entry in an increasingly long line of book-to-film translations – including Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and the Twilight sequels – that forsake narrative coherence, […]
Pastor Chris Synesael of West Village Church recently tweeted, “How many pastors get to watch Puss n’ Boots right before their Christmas Eve Service? #ChurchPlanting.” As my family and I entered through the movie theatre doors, we were welcomed into a lobby with West Village Church signs sitting tall among […]
On Friday night, roughly twelve thousand young people gathered at Rogers arena, the closest thing Vancouver has to a communal temple, for a church service/rock concert. This was Passion’s 3rd time to Vancouver, and after the huge turnout, there will undoubtedly be a fourth. Something very meaningful that happens when a […]
Spoiler warning! My best compliment and worst criticism of the highly acclaimed and awarded The Hunger Games trilogy is bound into one simple confession: I’m hungry for the Games. Call me a blood-thirsty, heartless, ‘Capitolesque’ snob, but all I want are the Games. They are what is truly unique about […]
