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Finding Nemo: Just Keep Swimming (Isaiah 43:2)
Dory's mantra in Finding Nemo - just keep swimming - becomes profound theology when Marlin faces the darkest depths of ocean. He has lost his wife, nearly lost his only son, and must journey through s
The Truman Show: Breaking Free into Truth (John 8:32)
In The Truman Show, Truman Burbank has lived his entire life in an elaborate fabrication, every relationship manufactured, every sunrise artificial. When he discovers the truth, he faces a choice: rem
The Sixth Sense: I See Dead People (2 Kings 6:16-17)
Cole Sear sees what others cannot: the dead who walk among us, unfinished, seeking help. His gift terrifies him until Malcolm helps him understand it as calling rather than curse. Elisha prayed for hi
WALL-E: Tending Creation After We Failed (Genesis 2:15)
WALL-E is the last robot on Earth, still fulfilling his programming centuries after humans abandoned the planet they destroyed. He compacts trash, sorts treasures, and tends a single plant. The Lord G
Nomadland: Houseless, Not Homeless (Hebrews 11:13-16)
After economic collapse destroys her town, Fern lives in her van, following seasonal work across the American West. She is not escaping life but embracing a different relationship to home. The Hebrews
A Man Called Otto: Interrupted Grief (Ecclesiastes 3:1-4)
Otto has his suicide planned. His wife is dead, his job eliminated, his community dispersed. He has no reason to continue. But every attempt at ending his life is interrupted by neighbors who need him
The Shack: Where Is God When Children Suffer? (Job 38:1-4)
Mack's daughter is murdered, and his faith collapses. He receives a note, apparently from God, inviting him to the shack where his daughter was killed. There he encounters the Trinity—not as he expect