Abby Olcese

What’s your favourite Christmas movie? Easter movie? Pentecost movie? Brent talks with Abbey Olcese about her new IVP book ‘Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies’. Abby invites us to reflect on the great themes of the church calendar through the lens of film.   Abby is a writer on film, popular culture, and faith.  Her work has appeared at Think Christian, Sojourners, Paste, Roger Ebert.com and /Film.  She’s also the Film Editor for ‘The Pitch’, a website and magazine serving the greater Kansas City, Missouri area. (1:05) Why reflect on the church calendar through movies? (2:00) God and story; (6:20) How can we spiritually engage with movies? (8:00) Advent and ‘The Last Jedi’; (11:15) Advent – ‘The Bishop’s Wife’; (14:55) ‘The Night of the Hunter’ and Christmas; (19:50) ‘Barbie’ – Epiphany; (22:40) ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ – Easter; (25:30) ‘A Hidden Life’ – All Soul’s Day. Links mentioned in this episode: www.ivpress.com/abby-olcese www.amazon.com/Films-All-Seasons-Experiencing-Church/dp/1514007843 Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: [email protected] godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.