Author Archives: Jacob Sahms

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About Jacob Sahms

I like hearing people's stories, and telling a few of my own. You can find me at Bethia United Methodist Church in Chesterfield, Va., coaching on the soccer field or basketball court, or digging into the deep stack of graphic novels, thrillers, and theological books that's been growing for years.

Veronica Mars: From Kickstarter To Taking Numbers (Movie Review)

Seven years after the CW/UPN show of the same name wrapped, Veronica Mars hit the big screen last weekend, thanks to a multi-million-dollar Kickstarter campaign where fans paid to return Kristen Bell’s private investigator to Neptune High. When Logan Echolls (Jason … Continue reading

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: Reach Out & Touch Someone (Mt. 9:18-26)

A few years ago, my son had been caught up in the Madagascar craze. Starring the voices of Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, and others, it told the story of these Central Park zoo animals who found themselves stranded in Madagascar. There have … Continue reading

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Brian Godawa On Noah: “Respect The Story” (Interview)

Brian Godawa is the author of the Chronicles of the Nephilim series, screenwriter of To End All Wars and The Visitation, and blogger at Godawa.com. But who is Brian Godawa and why does he care so deeply about Noah? This week, the author/speaker/theologian sat down to … Continue reading

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Harlen Coben’s Missing You: Wrestling With The Past (Book Review)

Two authors have dominated the “thriller” genre so significantly for me that I must buy their latest books. I’d even buy them if they suddenly dropped everything and became pulp romance authors! (Okay, maybe that’s a stretch.) But Lee Child … Continue reading

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Frozen 2.0: Breaking Out Of The Box (Movie Review)

In December, I wrote that Frozen was one of the best movies I’d seen in 2013. I focused on the “act of true love” and what self-sacrificial love looked like. It was so easy to bubble over with enthusiasm about the “final … Continue reading

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Noah > Son Of God. Stop The Madness! (Mustard Seed Musing)

Hollywood wants to cash in on the Christian market that was the big score a decade ago with Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. This year, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey released Son of God, complete with the backing of evangelicals … Continue reading

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Catching Fire: What Does A Revolution Cost? (Movie Review)

In the second installment of the Hunger Games series (is that a trilogy or a quadrilogy?), Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) finds herself in a different predicament than in the first film when she entered the Games in place of her younger sister. Now, … Continue reading

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Resurrection: Do You Want To Believe? (TV Review)

Midseason TV replacements are tricky. They often have a significant pilot but then often appear like a “flash in the pan,” disappearing before Johnny Q. Public has had a chance to even consider watching them. But Resurrection, ABC’s eight-episode series based … Continue reading

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True Detective Ep. 8: Brothers In Arms (TV Review)

Matthew McConaughey should win another Oscar. It’s too bad he’ll have to settle for an Emmy, as long as folks don’t forget about True Detective by then. In the vein of other gritty cable shows like The Wire, Banshee, The Bridge, and The Killing, True Detective takes … Continue reading

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: What Kind Of Friend Are You? 2.0 (Luke 5:17-26)

Last month, I preached on this particular passage to a group of District clergy gathered together for our monthly meeting. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that there was more there than I had gotten to … Continue reading

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