Category Archives: Current Events

Rosewater: Fighting For Survival (Movie Review)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

In 2009, an Iranian born, London-based, Canadian journalist named Maziar Bahari (played by Gael Garcia Bernal, , ) was tortured at Evin Prison in Teheran for several months. Accused of spying for the United States, his memoir was a bestseller, and his interview … Continue reading →

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Derek Minor’s Empire: All About The Kingdom (Music Review)

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

The artist formerly known as PRo, now performing as Derek Minor, is an artist, a rapper, a theologian. He, Andy Mineo, and Sho Baraka have worked their way into my dream team of Christian rappers that once featured Lecrae and Trip … Continue reading →

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Pass The Light: Victor Hawks Dishes On His Film (Interview)

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Pass the Light hits select Carmike Theaters this Friday. Clergy can get in free, and youth can get a free Coke. I sat down with screenwriter Victor Hawks to discuss the importance of the film and its message about a political … Continue reading →

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Black Or White: Grief and Family In B&W (Movie Review)

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Trial lawyer Elliot Anderson (Kevin Costner) can’t handle the direction his life is going so her turns deeper and deeper into bottles of alcohol. He’s dealing with the death of his wife in a car accident, and now trying to … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Been Reading: From Theology To Veronica Mars (Book Reviews)

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

The Dark Knight, Veronica Mars, theology by Pope Francis and the Shooks, this week’s “What I’ve Been Reading” has a little bit of something for all kinds of readers.  Batman Eternal Volume I (Scott Snyder): In this graphic novel, Jim Gordon gets … Continue reading →

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Lessons From A Weekend Away (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

A weekend away: turn my brain off and enjoy the laughter of the kids, the splash of the water, the luxury of no phone to answer. Yes and no. It’s amazing what you can learn from a weekend spent in … Continue reading →

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Birdman: We Want To Be Known (Movie Review)

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance is Alejandro González Iñárritu’s (21 Grams, Babel, Biutiful) love/hate letter to the movie industry, a mixture of satirical send-up and insightful soul-searching that hinges on the legend of Michael Keaton. Keaton, who reportedly walked away from sequels to … Continue reading →

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American Sniper: The Costs of War (Movie Review)

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

War films have been a staple of American cinema for years. Director Clint Eastwood has even starred in a few of those films himself… but his directorial look at war has a different vantage point (Gran Turino, Flags of Our … Continue reading →

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We’re Not In Control (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

My new year started out with a funeral, when I attended the service for a friend’s mother. Then, the news broke that longtime ESPN Sportscenter anchor Stuart Scott had died of cancer, a man who basically was my news anchor in college … Continue reading →

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Unbroken: A Second Look (Movie Review)

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

A month after seeing Unbroken for the first time, I went back with a group of folks from church to see what new insights I might glean from director Angelina Jolie’s cinematic translation of Laura Hillenbrand’s bestseller Unbroken: A World War II Story … Continue reading →

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