Jars of Clay: The Shelter, Essential The latest effort from these Grammy/Dove award winning veterans is focused on community. So for this album, they invited friends to join them in both writing and performing folk, acoustic and rock songs. The results are intimate, profound and original. The Shelter features appearances from 15 fellow artists, including: […]
Over The Rhine: 20 years on, the conversation continues
For most musicians, playing comes down to a simple choice. If you’re motivated; you play. For Linford Detweiler, that was hardly the case. Detweiler and his wife Karin Bergquist – along with a revolving cast of backup musicians – have recorded as Over the Rhine for over 20 years. Their newest effort, The Long Goodbyeis […]
Tron Legacy
As for Tron Legacy – in which a man named Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) is zapped into cyberspace by a villainous computer program (Jeff Bridges), while looking for his long-lost father Kevin (Bridges again) – space does not permit much analysis here. But suffice it to say that one of the key themes of the […]
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Two films about people who get dragged into another world against their will came out in the weeks before Christmas. Both films were sequels to movies with strong messianic overtones. And both films were somewhat disappointing, albeit to different degrees. For my money, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a […]
Deathly Hallows a grim prelude to Harry Potter’s final battle
By now, it has become routine for critics and audiences to greet a new Harry Potter movie by saying it is ‘darker’ than the ones that came before it. And yes, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is certainly the darkest of the seven films released so far. Unlike the previous films, which […]
Proud father, prodigal father
“I feel like the proud parent of twins,” said Brian Doerksen. Through a quirk of scheduling, his Level Ground worship CD/DVD came out September 14, and a double CD of his Prodigal God project comes out less than a month later, on October 12. Doerksen has been working on Prodigal God, based on a parable […]
A unique approach to worship
Related: Connecting with the heart: An interview with Brian Doerksen “It’s a unique project. I don’t know of another like it,” said Brian Doerksen. The well known Canadian song writer and worship leader was talking about Level Ground, his latest compilation of worship songs, in both CD and DVD versions, released September 14. “The essence […]
Roots: not your typical church drama
“We wanted to collect the questions, stories and struggles we were receiving from young people and take them to the church,” said Jenny Salisbury. Salisbury was director of a drama troupe composed of young people which toured Canada this summer. Roots Among The Rocks was presented more than 40 times in three months in churches […]
Duvall’s Get Low subtle and moving, but not big on faith
Another decade, another Robert Duvall movie with a religious connection. In the 1980s, Duvall won an Oscar for playing an alcoholic country singer who finds God — and a second chance at a family and a career — in Tender Mercies. In the 1990s, he was nominated for yet another Oscar for his portrayal of […]
An interview with Lacey Mosley
Flyleaf are a media savvy, platinum selling band which often performs in very secular venues. They are also known for a close relationship with their fans — and with their Saviour. Flyleaf’s songs have appeared in video games; and on the Resident Evil: Extinction soundtrack. Their ‘Missing’ video recently won the AMtv contest. In June, […]
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