As chestnuts are roasting over an open fire, you’re lighting up the tree and lighting up your… laptop screen… we believe we can help you use your holiday screen-time for something more productive than Zoom meetings or doomscrolling. We at Forefront Festival have compiled another Forefront Last Minute Shopping Guide — a short, curated, hyperlinked list of Christmas gift ideas …
To Beach Their Own: Beach Reads are Real Reads Happy Summer. I don’t know about you, but when I go to the beach, I immediately want to perfect my backstroke in the ocean, windsurf, and play an intense five rounds of beach volleyball. Okay, I’m absolutely kidding. If I go to the beach, I want to sit in a turtleneck …
“It was easily the highlight of my day. This may seem dramatic but it’s eternally significant work. Good job, brother.” The above is what a friend texted me the night he attended the premiere of Our Place at the High School where I teach and co-direct the drama club, Schroeder Theater Company. I was struck. Last year, in the Winter …
A24 studios has recently released a new trailer for the film The Green Knight, an adaptation of the wonderful medieval Arthurian poem Gawain and the Green Knight. Along with the trailer – which revealed much more about the film than previous teasers – was a promised release in July. (The studio delayed sending the film to theaters last year due to …
“I am [in your world],” said Aslan. “But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.” — C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader When we think of …
People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can’t rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right. -Sarah, “The Crow” Way back in …
What a read. What a brilliant, dense, and far-reaching study of the relationship between art, artist, and the living Creator. Makoto Fujimura’s Art + Faith: A Theology of Making hits deeply upon so many different roads one can take at the many-pronged intersection of art, work, faith, theology, productivity, humanity, and eternity. In this decided fullness, the book feels almost conclusive, even though it swims in a topic that is (wonderfully) inexhaustible…
French cinema. When you think of it, you likely think of art films shown exclusively in independent theaters — films in which little is explained and even less is understood. Maybe you picture Godard or Truffaut, foundational directors of the French New Wave era, or maybe you think of famous French actors that have made the leap to American cinema, like Marion Cotillard or Jean Dujardin. Or hey, maybe the word “French” just makes you think of Ratatouille, which, while not French in origin, still taught us how to pronounce the famous culinary dish…
If you’ve ever enjoyed the 1996 Schwarzenegger holiday classic “Jingle All the Way”, you know just how difficult, stress-inducing, and dare we say life-threatening getting the perfect Christmas gifts for your loved ones and neighbors can be. To alleviate some of these more negative possibilities and to spread cheer, we have compiled a short list of stellar last-minute Christmas gift …
Editor’s Note: The following is a response to Richard Christman’s article entitled A Vision of Christian Art in a World that Hates It: Thoughts Inspired by Rick & Morty. The author recommends reading Rich’s article before you read through this one. In a 2013 interview for the Awaken Generation blog, Michael Gungor (of the band Gungor) talked about a game he and …
