By Jonathan Decker (Clinical director, LMFT) Catholics, Evangelicals, and Latter-day Saints. Three divergent branches of Christianity whose doctrinal differences have led to everything from declaring each other un-Christian to literal warfare. There have been harsh judgments, persecutions, retaliations, and all sorts of behavior that Jesus would certainly weep over. Yet one beautiful weekend I dis ...[Read More]
How a Catholic, a Protestant, and a Latter-day Saint Shared Easter in Peace
THE MIGHTY MACS Family Movie Review
THE MIGHTY MACS REVIEW (GRADE: C) Bogged down by an abundance of sports-movie cliches, occasionally flat dialogue, and uneven direction, the women's basketball drama The Mighty Macs nevertheless succeeds as family entertainment thanks to its sincerity and strong acting by its lead players. Telling the true story of a down-on-its luck Catholic women's college in the 1970's, the film is anchored by ...[Read More]
ANGELS AND DEMONS Family Movie Review
By Jonathan Decker (Family therapist, film critic) Rent or buy Angels and Demons here. This is being unfairly maligned by critics. This is at once more thrilling and more involving than The Da Vinci Code was, and Ron Howard's direction is more surefooted and fast-paced here. Visually gorgeous. By streamlining the novel's narrative, the film loses much (but not all) of the science vs. faith dichot ...[Read More]