The Journal
Thinking well about the stories we love
Longer pieces on how stories shape us: reading a film’s worldview, separating depiction from endorsement, and questions worth asking before a title reaches your family.
Family
How to Read a Story's Worldview in Four Movements
A story persuades you long before you have time to argue. Here are the four questions we ask of every film, series, book and game in the catalogue.
20 October 2026
Film
Should Christian Families Watch Horror? A Discernment Framework
The genre is not automatically off-limits, and it is not automatically fine. The difference usually comes down to what the film does with fear.
14 October 2026
Family
Depiction Is Not Endorsement, But It Is Never Neutral
The slogan is true as far as it goes, and it is used to shut down far too many good conversations about what a story is actually teaching.
7 October 2026
Video Games
What to Ask Before Your Child Plays a Video Game
Games are not films with a controller attached. They ask the player to do things, which makes the questions we bring to them different.
30 September 2026
Books
Reading Novels with a Disciple's Mind
Books give a reader more room than any other medium, and more responsibility. A few habits make that room a gift rather than a hazard.
22 September 2026
Television
The Quiet Power of Gentle Stories
Not every worthwhile story needs a villain worth fearing. Slow, gentle series do a kind of formation that louder titles cannot.
15 September 2026