Lewis and Tolkien Presentation Videos

I was fortunate enough to have camera ready when I gave my presentation on J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. I recently finished uploading the video onto YouTube, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/l6jvmLfbjJs https://youtu.be/9w3GqyQJhzU

Tolkien and Lewis Friendship Presentation

As you may know from reading my other posts, I've gotten to give several presentations about the Inklings the last few years. I've compared C.S. Lewis to Terence Fisher, and talked about how Tolkien's work compares to writers like H.P. Lovecraft and T.H. White. Today, I got to give a talk at Taylor University's C.S. Lewis Center about …

What Filmmakers Can Learn From Passion of the Christ

“Christian movies” seem to go through times when they’re especially popular. For example, the 1950’s and 60’s produced some excellent Biblical epics. Since the early 2000’s, Biblical adaptations and movies with faith-based themes have been very popular. People debate a lot of things about the new Christian movie trend, but everyone seems to agree on …

10 Tips for Surviving a Universal Monster Movie

With Halloween coming up next month, I decided to finish watching Universal Studios' best-known monster movies (Frankenstein, Dracula, The Invisible Man, The Mummy, The Creature from the Black Lagoon). I've already mentioned one of these movies in a recent article, and plan to analyze another in an article I'll release at the end of October. For now, …

5 Greats Ways to Make Artists Feel At Home

If you've read many of my blogs, you probably know I enjoy writing about Christians who are also artists and how churches sometimes struggle to connect with them. In this article, recently published by the Odyssey, I suggest some things churches can do to better connect with artists. Enjoy