Film leaves character unresolved Blue Like Jazz Steve Taylor, director Donald Miller’s New York Times bestselling book Blue Like Jazz has finally* come to the big screen. Veteran rocker, new …
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There’s a balm in Gilead Vancouver’s Pacific Theatre was abuzz with anticipation on Friday, Sept. 21, opening night of the 2012/2013 season. The first offering this year is the musical …
B.C. theatre company portrays gospel with creativity A new graduate from California Institute of the Arts in 1984, Ron Reed soon discovered a disconnect between his faith and his experience …
A unsettling look into human trafficking She Has a Name A play by Andrew Kooman Imagine having everything you know taken from you, then being forced into a life of …
BULLYDirector: Lee HirschI had a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes within the first five minutes of Lee Hirsch’s well-executed documentary Bully. The anguish in the eyes …
The Hunger GamesAuthor: Suzanne CollinsThe Hunger Games’ picture of a dystopian future raises significant spiritual and sociological questions for the present day.
When screenwriter Paul Boge attended the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, God “put it on his heart” to give Winnipeggers the opportunity “to see great films they’d never see anywhere else.” …
Cotton Patch GospelDirector: Susan Schmidt Goerz Through The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John (published 1968–1973), Clarence Jordan gave Americans a vivid, contemporary take on the gospel story by …
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Setting the table with a rejected feast
by ContributorLast week, as I lay bleeding on the pavement of downtown Winnipeg’s Main Street, surrounded by my bike and a large pile of food, including two garbage bags of peas …
The Tree of LifeDirector: Terrence MalickThe first time I viewed The Tree of Life starring Sean Penn, I didn’t understand or grasp all of it, yet I was profoundly moved …
Of Gods and MenDirector: Xavier BeauvoisHow do you make decisions as a community when harsh realities challenge the beliefs and aspirations of the group?
The Outsider Interviews: A New Generation Speaks Out on Christianity Authors: Jim Henderson, Todd Hunter, and Craig SpinksI love the premise of this book. The authors ask, “What if evangelism …
Just GrowingFive Door Films, 2010Produced by award-winning filmmakers Kevin Nikkel and Rob Haacke, the 10-minute documentary Just Growing introduces a garden project organized by the local chapter of Christian conservation …
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Pride and love explored through “dark history”
by ContributorMennonites have some dark marks in history, and for the most part they don’t like to talk about them, but Patrick Friesen’s play The Shunning brings one of those dark …
Welcome to MitfordPerformed by Bethany CollegeThe very popular Father Tim Kavanagh transitioned from print to stage in the Canadian premiere of Welcome to Mitford at Bethany College, Hepburn, Sask., Nov. …