Michael S. Poteet is a teaching elder (ordained minister) in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and a freelance writer-researcher and wordsmith. His most recent publication is the youth study guide for Half Truths (Abingdon Press). Follow him on Twitter (@WriterMPoteet).
The Gungans’ big boss is an unlikely reminder of what God is and isn’t like. O Adonai and Leader of the house of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the flames of the bush and gave…
How can you see Christ’s wisdom in a crazy old wizard from the Tatooine wastelands? O Wisdom, who came forth from the mouth of the Most High,reaching from one end to end, and ordering all things…
Following the leak of a German-language version, Paramount Pictures has released the trailer for its next Star Trek movie, Star Trek Beyond (or, if one follows the order in which the words appear on screen,…
I freely confess—whenever I think about Tarzan (which isn’t often), I think first of Carol Burnett: Then I then of Kevin Nealon as Tarzan on SNL in the 1990s, singing monosyllabic Christmas carols alongside Jon Lovitz’…
Not to be outdone in the comic book movie coming attractions department (see Marvel’s recent release of the first Captain America: Civil War trailer), DC debuted its latest trailer for next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn…
There has been an awakening… only this time, it comes from another corner of Disney’s entertainment empire! Marvel Studios has unveiled the first teaser trailer for Captain America: Civil War last night, and it looks like we’re…
This morning, Disney/Pixar released its first teaser trailer for next June’s Finding Dory. It looks like we’re all in for a fun time: This teaser probably won’t reach Internet-breaking levels of frenzy the way Disney’s…
Twenty-five years ago this week, Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) brought us “Reunion.” The episode was the next chapter in the series’ saga of Klingon honor and betrayal, shame and redemption that started in…
If you’ve ever listened to the Welcome to Night Vale podcast, then you already know this fictional (one can only hope) little town that bakes under a desert sun (one presumes it is our sun,…
In the real world, Marty, Doc Brown and Jennifer were no-shows yesterday. But in the comic book world, characters from the Back to the Future films arrived right on schedule. IDW published the first issue…
