The Bounty Hunter – Movie Review
The Bounty Hunter – Movie Review By: Stacey Tuttle When most movies are about new relationships forming, or old relationships busting up, it is always refreshing to find a movie about people putting relationships back together. In The Bounty Hunter, circumstances essentially
Letters to God – Movie Review
Letters to God – Movie Review By: Stacey Tuttle With most movies, it takes a little creative thinking to find the natural intersections of faith and culture hidden within. Letters to God requires no such creative thinking. The only creativity required
Date Night – Movie Review
Date Night – Movie Review By: Stacey Tuttle Personally, I find it so disappointing to go to a movie that has so much potential and find it largely wasted. Our general purpose in these movie reviews isn’t really to give a commentary
Looking for Light in the Darkness
Looking for Light in the Darkness By Stacey Tuttle I was recently researching some books written as a Christian response to - and/or critique of - a very popular book (and now movie) series. The series itself is not the point and
Encourage One Another
Listen here: [audio:http://www.shepherdproject.com/downloads/audio/Encourage_One_Another_-_Craig_Smith.mp3] Subscribe to the free Transform podcast. The following text is a partial transcript of a recent message by Craig Smith. You can listen to the full message here: Because authentic Christian living depends on authentic Christian encouragement, God commands us
Irony (and not the Alanis Morissette kind)
D.A. Carson said something in a book that I read recently that continues to echo in my head. Describing the post-modern emphasis on tolerance, Carson made the point that tolerance presupposes disagreement. In other words, you can't "tolerate" something unless
Seeking God in Science – An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design by Bradley Monton (Book Summary)
Book Summary by Jeff Stauffer Bradley Monton is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, where he focuses in areas such as philosophy of physics, time, and religion. A self-pronounced atheist, Monton has taken an interesting position
Charity
I've been travelling in Asia for the last several weeks. As you probably know, most of Asia holds to Buddhist or Hindu (or a mix of the two) religious beliefs. Having spent several years here when I was growing up,
Valentine’s Day – Movie Review
Valentine’s Day Movie Review by Stacey Tuttle “Love’s the only shocking act left on the planet.” It’s an interesting statement made in Valentine’s Day. One, I believe, that hits on far greater truth in reality than what is shown in the movie.
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief – Movie Review
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Movie Review by Stacey Tuttle Daddy Issues The pervasiveness and potency of the “Daddy issues” throughout the movie really surprised me –especially in a movie geared toward teens. It seemed they handled so casually, even flippantly, a
Superstitions, Signs and Saint Patrick’s Day
Superstitions, Signs and Saint Patrick’s Day By Stacey Tuttle Along with all things green, Saint Patrick’s day conjures up ideas of four leaf clovers, leprechauns, pots of gold and the luck of the Irish. While I may not linger long on the
Shutter Island – Movie Review
Shutter Island Movie Review by Stacey Tuttle Warning: Spoilers “What would be worse? To live as a monster or to die as a good man?” That is the critical question, the pivotal point in Shutter Island. The whole of the movie works to
The Wolfman – Movie Review
The Wolfman Movie Review by Stacey Tuttle Instead of delving into a review of plot and story, I would simply like to point to some provocative quotes from the Wolfman movie which could easily lead to some interesting discussion. Hopefully this will
When in Rome Movie Review
When in Rome Movie Review by Stacey Tuttle Essentially, When in Rome is a story about a jaded girl who doesn’t really believe in sweep-you-off-your-feet kind of love. Beth is always “waiting for the shoe to drop” in a relationship. Then she