The Gospel According to Pixar Written for a broad, all-ages audience, The Gospel According to Pixar looks at how each of Pixar's movies portrays the basic concerns of everyday life (love, identity, suffering, forgiveness, purpose, fear, freedom, guilt and belonging - to name just a few!) and seeks to connect them with a Christian understanding of the world. For use with families, churches, and individuals as a teaching series, a study guide, or simply as a commentary on these remarkable films, you can order your copy in either physical or electronic form. Click here to view the table of contents or here to read some of the short previews we've posted over the past couple years on the blog. And please help us spread the word to, you know, infinity and beyond...! Paul Zahl’s NEW PERSUASIVE WORDS: The great American author Thornton Wilder once wrote, "The revival in religion will be a rhetorical problem -- new persuasive words for defaced or degraded ones." In early 2009, Dr. Paul Zahl gave a series of five hour-long talks inspired by Wilder’s prophetic observation. Dr. Zahl has always had a rare gift for, “translating the religious dimension into gut-level, fresh terms that speak today” and these three DVDs, the first and only such collection of the man “in action,” captures him at his unguarded best: free-associating and self-deprecating, scholarly and warm, provocative, personal, and best of all, uproariously funny. The first four chapters of Paul’s Letter to The Romans were the text, or springboard, from which he was speaking. We are proud at Mockingbird to make this widely available for the first time - for a suggested donation of $20. As a preview, we have uploaded the first of the five sessions to youtube, which you may view for free in five ten-minute installments: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5 - Q&A. To read and download the introductory mini-essay, click here. You can pay with a credit card via the button below, or via check, made out to “Mockingbird Ministries” and sent to 100 W. Jefferson St, Charlottesville VA 22902. While you’re at it, don’t forget to subscribe to PZ’s Podcast! UPDATE: “New Persuasive Words” featured in The Atlantic Monthly! http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-gospel-according-to-pixar/12194704http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103418036015&s=0&e=001EDmUi2zaFeXUr8iui3P9ToGGjMtixuqshNvohvERP8xSaBslk2ow_u6gIsnJbA8iwJjPcBTwI1XIjYQHCUkVkUWyuPoiCgjdZXZGOfYyp8zl1XpBoPXcDA==http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-gospel-according-to-pixar/12194704http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-gospel-according-to-pixar/12194704http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103418036015&s=0&e=001EDmUi2zaFeXUr8iui3P9ToGGjMtixuqshNvohvERP8xSaBslk2ow_sgH_XMrrkZD5RsZ8ilXCCyt1lQppdP4-PfhrK5nWGx4SaK0fNf_DSgyODP7laYK3N4sCYU_EjOX9GnHA017EheUAH4y5BwQDMWZifCVIwvnec98FY16BxXkoDG9P-VbWjfc6ipIMZZohttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103418036015&s=0&e=001EDmUi2zaFeXUr8iui3P9ToGGjMtixuqshNvohvERP8xSaBslk2ow_sgH_XMrrkZD5RsZ8ilXCCyt1lQppdP4-PfhrK5nWGx4PMb2Z5VmK6RsdIDc6efMABV2LxguYIToZXXQSR7HosCynxvO1s-V4w==https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=HPF23334Z3KCShttps://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=HPF23334Z3KCShttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgKzULpM9Dchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLLyuS4s-hghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9SjoG0BMCohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV26T5bC0XAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PtZFf4h3_0Home_files/NewPersuasiveWordsIntro.pdfhttp://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pzs-podcast/id384902983http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/07/the-language-of-faith.htmlhttp://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-gospel-according-to-pixar/12194704https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=HPF23334Z3KCSshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15
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BIG NEWS On June 1st, Mockingbird moved its offices from New York City to Charlottesville, VA. This is very good news. Read all about it in a letter from our board of directors. Letter.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0

NEW RECORDINGS:

Recordings of our recent NYC conference “Grace For Today: Freedom In A Culture Of Control” are up!


Recordings of the recent mini-conference in Pensacola “God’s Grace When We Need It Most: The Gospel For Hard Times” can be found on the Events page


Recordings and Handouts of our 6-session Mockingbird 101: Good News for People with Big Problems class now available the Resources page.

Straight from the recent Pensacola mini-conference, available on a purely donate-what-you-want/can basis. Absolutely essential for anyone involved in ministry... or life. For a preview, go here. [12/13/2010]