Rebecca Ver Straten-McSparran

Movies Are Prayers

Arts & Literature

“Larsen pulls on the complexities of the prayerful posture—yearning, lament, confession, joy, and more—that bring us closer to the self as recipient of film than previous comparisons of the movie theater with church and sacred space. Joining the breath of a movie with the breath of prayer, he teaches us anew. This vision of presence and the movements of prayer at the movies are offered through profound films often ignored by the Christian public, making the book a needed addition to the library of the prayerful, reflective, movie-loving Christian.”

Seeing Is Believing

Arts & Literature

“Seeking to illumine the revelatory way in which God may affectively reveal Godself in cinema, Goodwin assesses transcendence—sparse or abundant—and emotion through film form and style: image, lighting, mise en scène, and editing. This book is an important read for filmmakers of faith, for it illuminates both aesthetic and potent means of inhabiting God's presence and story through cinema without words.”