Nick Bogardus

Again, you can learn a lot about a culture based on what we’re sold. In between other things, I’ve been reading a bit about the gospel of Oprah. The ‘heroes of our own story’ is not only very American, but one of the tenets of her message. Disney and Oprah not only picked up one of our cultural values, they packaged it and sold it back to us.

That self-made, American spirit can certainly creep into the Church. One of the most important questions we’ve learned to ask in the Mars Hill Media & Communications Department is, “Who is the hero of this story?”. If the answer isn’t Jesus, we don’t do the video, testimony, art, or anything else. Jesus is the hero of the Gospel, of each of our lives and, as everyone will one day see, of history. A Savior, by definition, is a hero. It is a simple question to always ask yourself but is Jesus the hero of your story, or are you?

thereforethecross:

fascinating cultural snapshot…

The Evolution of Female Stereotypes through the Disney Princesses

(Source: pink-martini)