Category Archives: Pop Culture

What The Church Can Learn From The Pitch (That’s the Soccer Field, Y’all!) (Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

What a night. The playoff game was intense as our home team Richmond Kickers faced off against a rival from South Carolina. The winner would move on and the loser would go home for another offseason of wondering what went … Continue reading →

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When The Game Stands Tall: Every Play Perfect (Movie Review)

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

When the Game Stands Tall is the best football film since Friday Night Lights. Tracking the final games of De La Salle High School’s 151-game winning streak in 2003 to the subsequent games afterward, the film is framed around a football season, … Continue reading →

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Blue Bloods: The Importance Of Sunday Dinner (TV Review)

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

At four seasons old, I have found a new favorite show in CBS/Paramount’s Blue Bloods. Centered around NYC Police Commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck), the show highlights how a family of cops and lawyers sort through the law, human behavior, and … Continue reading →

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The Remaining: It All Starts With A Wedding… (Movie Review)

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

We’ve seen the opening vignettes of The Remaining (out September 5) before: friends interacting, wedding preparations, and the handcam videos of people before, during, and after the wedding. What we haven’t seen is the immediate fallout of The Rapture on the heels of … Continue reading →

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#TBT: The Usual Suspects: Truth From So Many Angles (DVD Review)

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

At Hollywood Jesus, we’re doing a month-long look at our favorite indie films. Here’s another of my favorites, this time a crime noir about a mismatched band of thieves who find themselves tangled in a bigger conspiracy. It’s one of … Continue reading →

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The Be-Attitudes: Peacemaking or Keeping the Peace? (Sunday’s Sermon Today)

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Blessed are the peacemakers,for they will be called children of God.–Matthew 5:9 I’ve always wanted to be a superhero. Whether it was Superman or Luke Skywalker, I wanted to be the person who would defeat evil and make it so … Continue reading →

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Strangers, All Of Us (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

More often than not, I don’t wade into the world of politics and legal matters. My worldview is just too small, too focused on my community and what I can do to make it work right. But the images and … Continue reading →

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Warrior: Fight For Your Family (DVD Review)

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

At Hollywood Jesus, we’re doing a month-long look at our favorite Indie movies, and this one is one of the best! A story about love, family, forgiveness, and … MMA(?!), it takes our struggles and makes them physical as two brothers try … Continue reading →

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Heaven’s Room (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

No sermon this week as I’m out of the pulpit, but this nugget of a story has been toying with my subconscious for a few weeks. The kingdom of heaven is like the story of a man died and went to … Continue reading →

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Does God Love The Devil? (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

A colleague friend of mine shared with me that his son had asked him if God loved the devil. We talked about how children have this tendency to see the world differently as adults; I shared that when I was … Continue reading →

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