Erik Parks
A longing for justice and an echo of the gospel
A review of “Just Mercy”
Several years ago I read attorney Bryan Stevenson’s book, Just Mercy: A Story of...
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How Mr. Rogers practiced truly seeing people
A look at the movie “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
“The most important thing to me right now is talking to Lloyd Vogel.” That...
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Seeing human dignity in the “The Peanut Butter Falcon”
The inherent worth of those with Down syndrome
When we first meet 22-year-old Zak (played by Zack Gottsagen), he is in a...
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A gift guide for movie and book lovers
It’s the time of year for getting together over the holidays with friends and...
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Why the 2018 Academy Award nominated films reveal our longings
Each year, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offers up nominations for...
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Dunkirk and the longing for home
The idea of home is a well-worn theme in stories and in movies. For...
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The power of a story: The 2017 Best Picture Oscar nominees
I was young when I first saw the Academy Award-winning film, “To Kill A...
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Wrestling with faith in the Silence: A movie review
Based on the 1966 Shusaku Endo novel of the same name, Silence is the...
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Loving: An unlikely love story that marked history
Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus is quoted as saying, “Change is the only constant...
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Justice and mercy: A comparison of The Birth of a Nation and Hacksaw Ridge
This fall movie season Hollywood offers up the stories of two little-known American heroes...
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What the Academy Awards teach us about the worldviews of our society
Academy Award nominations were announced a few weeks ago, and while many of the...
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