Howl’s Moving Castle Book Review: Is It Better Than the Movie?

Our team breaks down what we thought of Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle — Howl's Welsh roots, Sophie's characterization, Calcifer, the narrator, and how the book stacks up against Miyazaki's film.

Saban’s Power Rangers (2017): A Dumpster Fire Reboot?

Power Rangers franchise needed a Breakfast Club-style coming-of-age drama — and brought in Matt Sazama (yes, the same guy who'd later co-write Morbius and Madame Web) to write it. In 2017's Saban's Power Rangers, five delinquent teens in a dying mining town stumble onto glowing coins in a cave and are immediately expected to save … Continue reading Saban’s Power Rangers (2017): A Dumpster Fire Reboot?

Yellow and white title card reading "Stop Shouting, Start Serving" for the Good Morning Devotional Podcast's Titus 3 episode.

How to Speak to People Who Don’t Believe What You Believe

You don't have to be on YouTube long before you run into a street preacher yelling at strangers. But Titus 3 paints a different picture of how Christians are supposed to engage an unbelieving world, and it starts with remembering we were once right where they are.

Yellow and white podcast thumbnail reading "Your Identity Not Your Sin" for the Good Morning Devotional Podcast

Stop Seeing People As Their Problems

Jesus was on his way to do one miracle when a woman pushed through a crowd to reach him — a woman the community had reduced to her condition. When he turned and saw her, he didn't address her issue. He called her daughter. Dallas unpacks what that one word has to say about identity and healing.

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We Watched Mortal Kombat 2 | Comm Talk 214

Dallas and Celeste review Mortal Kombat II — the 2026 sequel starring Karl Urban as Johnny Cage. They break down what the film gets right, where it stumbles, and whether franchise fans will walk away satisfied. Spoiler-free thoughts up front, with a clearly marked deep-dive section for those who've already seen it.