by Michael Parnell | Dec 6, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
We have entered the season of Oscar bait, which is when studios trot out films at the end of the year in hopes of getting enough eyes to watch and buzz generated to get a nomination. “Napoleon” falls into this category. There are some aspects of the film truly worthy...
by Michael Parnell | Jun 16, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
This is one of the best movies of the year. Not simply the best superhero/comic book movie, but one of the best of the entire year. I highly recommend “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” Now to the review. This is the second of the Miles Morales/Spider-Man movies....
by Michael Parnell | Jan 13, 2023 | Opinion
Studio A24 is known for making offbeat, even weird movies. So is director Darren Aronofsky. They paired up in the making of “The Whale,” but the film they have produced is not offbeat or weird. “The Whale” begins with an online college English class. The center space...
by Michael Parnell | Dec 1, 2022 | Opinion
Your “call story” is one of the things you have at the ready when interviewing with a church to be pastor. This story explains how you felt called into ministry and why you feel the need to be a pastor professionally. I have interviewed for many churches, and the...
by Michael Parnell | Aug 25, 2022 | Opinion
We have left the time in which our culture and its people have any connectivity to the spiritual. That’s an assertion Andrew Root makes in his book, The Pastor in the Secular Age. He says we have moved toward being a people that have been disenchanted. The problem of...
