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...Film, especially for those under 35, is the medium through which we get our primary stories, our myths, our read on reality," says Robert K. Johnston, professor of theology and culture at the Fuller Theological Seminary and the author of the newly published Finding God in the Movies: 33 Films of Reel Faith. It was members of that generation, says Johnston, who "even if they loved God, were simply not going to church. Clergy are realizing that unless we reorient how we talk about our faith, we will lose the next generation." He sees movies as modern parables that connect...
...cinevangelists would say that the churches' appropriation of pop culture is nothing new. "Jesus also used stories," Johnston says. "In his day, parables were the equivalent of movies." Marc Newman, who runs movieministry.com traces pop proselytizing back to the Apostle Paul. "In Acts there's a Scripture describing how he came to the Areopagus, the marketplace in Athens where people exchanged ideas. Paul speaks to the men of Athens and refers to their poets and their prophets. He used the things they knew as a way to reach out with the Gospel...
...SWIMMING Keith Beavers, Orangeville, Ont. Mike Brown, Perth, Ont. Scott Dickens, Ancaster, Ont. Jennifer Fratesi, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Erin Gammel, Barriere, B.C. Brent Hayden, Mission, B.C. Andrew Hurd, Oakville, Ont. Riley Janes, Saskatoon, Sask. Brian Johns, Richmond, B.C. Mark Johnston, St. Catharines, Ont. Morgan Knabe, Calgary Rhiannon Leier, Winnipeg Yannick Lupien, Ste-Foy, Que. Mike Mintenko, Moose Jaw, Sask. Nathaniel O'Brien, Victoria, B.C. Brittany Reimer, Surrey, B.C. Matt Rose, Lindsay, Ont. Rick Say, Salmon Arm, B.C. Lauren van Oosten, Calgary Elizabeth Warden, Toronto...
After playing for the Harvard women’s soccer team, Johnston joined the hockey team later than most of the athletes. At the beginning of the year, head coach Katey Stone had said it would take some time for Johnston to find her role on the team following the soccer season. But the learning curve proved to be far more manageable than expected as Johnston ended up playing a lot on the Crimson’s first and second lines, leading all freshmen in scoring with 10 goals and 11 assists...
After capturing its third ECAC regular season title, Harvard swept into the playoffs before struggling to a double-overtime win against Brown in the conference semifinals. Junior Ashley Banfield suffered a concussion in the first overtime, but the team rallied to victory when freshman Katie Johnston scored the game-winner—the second time this season she had put away the Bears in an extra period...