Category: Columns
Dune: A Sublime yet Bleak Adaptation
by Ted Giese Focusing on the first half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science fiction novel, Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune chronicles a young prince’s tragic coming of age amidst a futuristic struggle for power, resources, and influence between feudalistic nobility and specialized guilds. Noble houses…
New book tackles Faith and Film
CANADA – A new academic book on faith and film features contributions from three Lutheran Church–Canada pastors. Film, Philosophy, and Religion is a new book from Vernon Press’ Series in Philosophy of Religion. Serving as editor for the book is Rev. Dr. William (Bill) H.U….
No Time to Die: 007’s Swann Song
by Ted Giese This is the end. Hold your breath and count to ten. At least, it’s the definitive end of Daniel Craig as James Bond. Following the events of 2015’s Spectre, a short-lived but passionate romance with Madeleine Swann, and dropping so far off…
Help! The communion wafers are stale.
by Marvin Bublitz It’s an interesting phenomenon. With the pandemic shutdowns and reduced numbers in our worship services, the wafers and perhaps the wine may have gone a bit stale. Maybe, if water was left in the baptismal font, algae is growing. Perhaps there is…
Who catechizes you?
by David Haberstock You might say that to be catechized is to be taught, whereas to be discipled is to put teaching into practice. Both are important. Practice without reasons behind it is empty, but teaching without action can be equally empty. But you…
A Strange Blessing for the Saints
by Timothy Teuscher The appointed Gospel reading for All Saints’ Day, November 1, includes the opening words from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount called ‘The Beatitudes,’ in which He speaks of the blessedness, the spiritual well-being, of saints—of what it means to be saints,…
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