by Michael Parnell | Aug 17, 2018 | Opinion
Director Spike Lee came on the scene with one of the greatest movies of all time. His first feature, “Do the Right Thing,” dealt with the issue of race in an African-American neighborhood. It is a very powerful film. Now Lee returns with an equally powerful film,...
by Michael Parnell | Aug 10, 2018 | Opinion
By show of hands, how many enjoyed middle school? I would dare say that few of us did. A popular parenting book on those years of childrearing is titled “The Rollercoaster Years: Raising Your Child Through the Maddening Yet Magical Middle School Years.” Writer and...
by Michael Parnell | Aug 7, 2018 | Opinion
The wide variety of panel discussions is one of the amazing aspects of Comic-Con International. Attending the annual gathering in San Diego last week for the sixth time, I observed, once again, how those panels can dovetail into issues facing the church. A panel...
by Michael Parnell | Jun 21, 2018 | Opinion
Being a pastor means that if a movie comes to the local theater about a pastor, I have to go see it. Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” presents a pastor who has lost his way. Ethan Hawke is Rev. Ernst Toller, a pastor at an old historic church in...
by Michael Parnell | Feb 23, 2018 | Opinion
The character of T’Challa / Black Panther has existed in the canon of Marvel Comics since his debut in Fantastic Four No. 52 in 1966. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created him as the first black superhero in the Marvel Universe. They did so with a clear vision of...
