by Mary Carver | Aug 11, 2019 | Finding Truth in Unexpected Places, friendship, Movie Moments
A few weeks ago, my husband and I saw a movie called Yesterday. It’s about Jack, a struggling musician who’s hit by a bus during a worldwide power outage. When he wakes up, the world is going on like normal, but he quickly realizes things aren’t quite the same as...
by Mary Carver | Jul 17, 2019 | Finding Truth in Unexpected Places, Movie Moments
Since last summer I’ve been showing my girls some of my favorite childhood movies. They’ve loved Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Parent Trap, and Flight of the Navigator — but they did not see the appeal of The Princess Bride. Weirdos. (Or, FINE, as we say...
by Mary Carver | May 22, 2019 | Faith Life, Finding Truth in Unexpected Places, Movie Moments
Once upon a time, I wrote a devotional just for you… Beauty and the Beast is a story we know as a fairy tale full of magic and romance and, at least in the most recent movies, songs guaranteed to be stuck in your head for days. But is that all there is to this tale?...
by Mary Carver | Mar 14, 2019 | Books, Movies & TV, Movie Moments
Trying to verify the author of a quote — and said quote’s exact wording — can feel just about impossible. I don’t understand it. With all the information we have, how can we not know for sure, for sure if Mark Twain said, “The reports of...
by Mary Carver | Feb 21, 2019 | Finding Truth in Unexpected Places, Movie Moments
This post was originally published in 2017. After watching Wonder Woman three times in the theater (and, yes, crying all the tears EVERY SINGLE TIME), I started seeing connections to my new favorite superhero everywhere. That’s coming in handy as I’m...
by Mary Carver | Dec 12, 2018 | Faith Life, Hooked on Holiday Movies, Movie Moments
This year my daughters have caught the holiday movie bug. As a longtime fan of Hallmark movies (and the like), I first felt like I had finally arrived. I was living the dream! The watch-cheesy-movies-with-my-daughters dream! Until my youngest started reminding me that...
