by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Aug 15, 2023 | Movie Reviews
Spoiler Alert: This review contains some minor spoilers about the plot of Oppenheimer. Content Alert: Oppenheimer contains adult themes, nudity, and graphic language. If I were to tell you that Hollywood would be releasing a 3-hour film during the summer blockbuster...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | May 16, 2023 | Movie Reviews
Spoiler Alert: This review contains some minor spoilers about the plot of The Last of Us. Content Alert: The Last of Us contains adult themes, graphic violence, nudity, and strong language. The Last of Us begins, not where we might expect, but in a restaurant in...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Apr 11, 2023 | Movie Reviews
(Spoiler Alert: This review contains some minor spoilers about the plot of The Fabelmans.) Storytelling is a bit like fire…powerful, captivating even, but also, extremely dangerous. Telling a personal story, one that involves your own family, well, the stakes are even...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Apr 5, 2023 | Good Friday, Holy Week, Pain
Do you remember the first time someone explained to you the concept of “Good Friday?” I remember my own mother explaining how it was possible that Jesus’ death was “good,” not because torture and suffering were good, but because his death enabled us to live in...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Mar 21, 2023 | Parables, Preaching, Storytelling, The Founder's Desk
Most Christians have some idea of what a parable is. Ask an adult Sunday school class and you might hear: “It’s a story!” Another might chime in, “with a moral message!” But the truth is, parables are a very special kind of story with a few key features. And unless we...
