Category Archives: Theology

Little Hope Was Arson: What Does Forgiveness Look Like? (Movie Review)

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

As a pastor, I can’t imagine the phone call in the middle of the night, the call to tell me that my church has burned to the ground. I know the building isn’t the main thing, but it stands for … Continue reading →

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What If All The Kids Had Coats? Praying For A Christmas Miracle (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

The little girl came into church with her two brothers and her two older cousins. I noticed she was shivering, and that her hoodie looked pretty threadbare. The weather has turned for the colder, and it’s only supposed to get … Continue reading →

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Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In: Cynthia Zamperini-Garris On Unbroken, Her Father, & His New Book

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

What would you do if you were lost at sea? Imprisoned and beaten in an enemy war prison? Losing the love of your life because of your own addiction and anger? In 1949, Louie Zamperini heard Billy Graham preach, and … Continue reading →

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Beside Still Waters: Chris Lowell’s Love Letter To Change (Movie Review)

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

After Daniel’s (Ryan Eggold, The Blacklist) parents die in a car accident, his friends reassemble at the summer home to support Daniel before he sells it off. But his friends are struggling with their own stuff, too, like Tom (Beck Bennett, SNL) … Continue reading →

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Interstellar: A Father’s Love Spoiler Version! (Movie Review)

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

If you missed the first half of the review, the spoiler free version, I refer you back there to avoid blowing it – if you care about the details I’m about to unpack. There, you’ve been warned! Several elements of … Continue reading →

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Interstellar: Nolan Makes 2001 Contact With Final Frontier (Movie Review)

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Watching the nearly three-hour experience that is Chris Nolan’s Interstellar, I expected to be bored, even sleepy. But while it was often bogged down by discussions of detailed science that may or may not be real, and which would certainly have … Continue reading →

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On Veterans Day (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

I’ve never been in the military; in fact, I’m a conscientious objector. But I grew up near the Naval War College in Newport, RI, and my friends were the children of soldiers; I pastor a church a few miles from … Continue reading →

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Is Reading Fundamental? (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

As a father, husband, pastor, blogger, adult, etc. I know I get to the end of the day, and sometimes the last thing I feel capable of is opening a book and providing non-robotic, out-loud reading. It would be easier … Continue reading →

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Big Hero 6: Embrace Your Gift (Movie Review)

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Meet Baymax. He’s an artificial intelligence created by Tadashi Hamada in San Frantokyo to help heal people, who becomes the pet project of Hamada’s younger brother, Hiro, after Hamada dies in a fire. Baymax provides much of the comedy in … Continue reading →

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Why Story Matters (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Originally published through the blog connected to Context with Lorna Dueck: Life Beyond the Headlines in Canada. Why does ‘story’ matter? Why does what we watch on television, venture to the movies, or crack open a book matter? What difference can a … Continue reading →

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