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How to Fill Your Netflix Queue By Cathy Barsotti and Rob Johnston Between January and the end of February one or another critic s list of the “best” films of 2008 rolled out, only to be followed by one award show after another. While we mostly stay away from “best” lists (or humility, dedication and forgiveness. And speaking of any kind of lists for that matter), we thought we’d heroes, Iron M an, directed by Jon Favreau, was our fa­ jump into the fray with some of our favorite films vorite summer superhero movie. of 2008. They’re not in any order as they are all Big dramas on our list include Clint Eastwood’s worth seeing. Now’s the time to join Netflix! Gran Torino. In this R-rated film, it seems that East­ Let us begin by mentioning two films which are on wood’s Dirty Harry persona of the past comes of age in the top of our list: WALL*E, directed by Andrew Stan­ the multicultural world we live in today. While racism, ton and Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle. violence, and strong language are present, so are love, The former is an animated film with both heart and a sacrifice and redemption. Another drama that packs a “message”, while the latter is a gritty film about hope punch is D oubt, directed by John Patrick Shanley. It is a even in the midst of the worst of human conditions. haunting parable about faith and doubt, set in the con­ Both are filmmaking at its best. Another animated film text of a Catholic school where sexual abuse of children on our list that the whole family will enjoy is Dr. Seuss’ is suspected. Whether Sister Aloysius or Father Flynn Horton Hears a Who, directed by Jimmy Hayward and is correct as they struggle to live out their faith is left Steve Martino. While Horton may be an animated in doubt. Lastly, The Curious Case o f Benjamin Button, elephant, he’s a hero who inspires us to compassion, directed by David Fincher, is an amazing look at life in

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This issue is inundated with lists of lains with names like ‘Xander Drax,” and Catherine Zeta- films. So, to alleviate this situation, Jones. You need to watch this movie. I will make a list. Being the naysayer Q uote: “History is about to be made and you’re all a part that I am, I present the Best Worst o f it. Not an equal part, o f course, but an important part Movies I’ve Ever Seen. nonetheless. ”

W aterw orld B*A*P*S (BlackAfrican Princesses) How could Kevin Costner and My sister loved this movie. It is ridiculous, exploitative $175 million go so wrong? I think and it stars Halle Berry and her friend as entrepreneurs the script was originally for an epi­ trying to open a combination hair salon and soul food sode of Teenage M utant Ninja Turtles. restaurant that stumble upon a rich lifestyle. Genius. As campy and ridiculous as this film is, I have probably Q uote: “Booyah. ” watched it five times. I wish I had gills. Master o fDisguise Q uote: “He doesn’t have a name so death cant find him!” Dana Carvey stars in this critically lambasted (probably The Phantom for good reason) movie that I cannot watch enough times. I love this film. Billy Zane stars in this comic book film It is full of jokes so juvenile that I cannot help but crack about a pistol-brandishing, purple-spandex-wearing vigi­ up, and a plot line that could not be followed by anyone lante who vowed older than 13. Carvey s character’s name is Pistachio Dis- to fight piracy, guisey. Gold. greed, cruelty Q uote: “Am I not turtley enough for the turtle club? Turtle, and injustice. Its turtle, turtle!” the SEMI full of silly fight scenes, swooning — Ben Cassil, Dean of Students R u th V u o n g romance, cool vil- SEMI Editor Managing Editor Carmen Valdés Editor B e n C a s s il [email protected] ADVERTISEMENT Production Editor Scott Arany [email protected] Ads Coordinator Eugene Suen FULLER COPY SERVICES semi-ads@ fuller.edu On Walnut S t next to the Book Store The SEMI is published weekly as a service to the Fuller community by Student Life and Services, 135 N. Oakland, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA 91182. Articles and commentaries do not neces­ sarily reflect the views of the Fuller administration or the SEMI. Final editorial responsibility rests with the Dean of Students.

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P ag e 2 • Winter 7,2009 • the SEMI A Good Story Properly Told: The Medium of Film by Elijah Davidson Ask any filmmaker worth their salt what the most important ingredient for mak­ ing a good movie is, and you are sure to get one answer: a good story.

(A quick caveat, for the purpose of the narrative over time. I’m sure it lose almost all of its power if divorced this article, when I refer to “movies” made a great bedtime story; the mov­ from the screen. That which gives or “films,” I am referring only to nar­ ie on the other hand left something Rocky its punch (pun!) is filmic in na­ rative based films.) I agree to a point. to be desired. The Sixth Sense howev­ ture. The movie alters time in a way Good movies do tell good stories, but er, is a story Shyamalan always meant that only films are capable of doing. I would suggest that very good mov­ to tell in film form, and it succeeds In the film’s famous training mon­ ies tell good stories that can only be wonderfully, because the story hinges tage, we see Rocky unable to make it told in film form. on those things which are particular up the Philadelphia Museum of Art For example, the Johnny Cash to film. In this case, the story’s mean­ steps. He continues to train, and as song “One Piece at a Time” tells the ing is primarily visual. W hat you see, the music swells, he makes it to the story of an auto plant worker who or in the case o f The Sixth Sense, what top of the steps where he dances builds a car by stealing one small you think you see, is the story. around joyously. M onths and months piece o f the car at a time from the fac­ Film adaptations are a place where of training are compressed into the tory where he works over the course this principle becomes especially evi­ span of “Gonna Fly Now,” and we of many years. It’s a good story, and a dent. Jane Austin’s Pride and Preju­ exult with the Italian Stallion as he good song, but as it stands, I doubt it dice is a novel rich with the emotion, lifts his arms and leaps in slow mo­ would make much of a movie. character, and the inner world of Eliz­ tion. Rocky’s power comes not from Or, consider M. Night Shymalan’s abeth Bennet. The book is among the one-arm pushups, but from taking Lady In The Water. He originally made most celebrated works of literature in advantage of film’s strengths. up that story as he told it to his chil­ the English language. The novel is a To me, the thing that seems to lift dren each night at bedtime, building good story well told. The 2005 movie a story from decent to transcendent is adaptation of the book form. The medium may or may not ANNOUNCEMENT is the same basic story be the message, but the medium is told well as a film. The Sharing the Gospel, Sharing Ourselves certainly important. As story-tellers filmmakers were wise in any medium, be that paintings or enough to pull from the songs or films or articles or dance or i ¡VI book that which is most sermons, we must be careful to give W * U Li ' w J i v j / ' v ^ Li cinematic and trim the our stories the proper form if we want rest. Additionally, they them to have the maximum effect. N a m e d , k n o w n , were able to utilize an­ Knowing a good story is not enough. other of film’s great We must also know how to tell it. & C a l l e d strengths, the merger Furthermore, we are all telling sto­ of image and music ries with our lives, stories of faith and Cynthia Erikkson, to convey emotion, to grace and hope and identity and love. Perkins School o f Theology create a close simile Our stories are best told as we form of the inner world of ourselves into the men and women Ms. Bennet which is so we are created to be, as we discover wonderfully described how to best express the talents and in the novel. gifts and passions God has given us. Allow me one more The world needs to hear God’s great example. The original story of redemption. That is our tale. Rocky is a very good May we tell it well. 0 movie, but one could feasibly tell Rocky Elijah Davidson (1st yr WTA) J É | É \ Balboa’s story in a dif­ tried writing this article In ferent form, as a short Haiku form. Isn't that Ironic? Wednesday, 10 a . m . • February 18,2009 story, for example, but j p ^ Travis Auditorium I contend that it would

the SEMI • W inter 7,2009 • Page 3 City of Angels Film Festival Preview: Ashes, Tsunamis, and Gardens by C raig D etweiller

In my first year at Fuller, I awoke to the pungent smell of smoke. But the flames weren’t coming from the mountains. Smoke was drifting up from downtown.

A host of policemen had nyuranagabo while on a sum­ been acquitted in the mer mission trip to Rwanda. brutal beating of Rodney He equipped the local com­ King. Cries of “No jus­ munity to tell their stories of tice, no peace” followed. genocide. This modest and And now, the City of beautiful film was welcomed Angels was on fire. into prestigious film festivals After the raw anger at Cannes, Toronto, and Ber­ subsided, I joined fellow lin. Seize this rare opportunity Fuller students in clean to witness transcendent art. up efforts. We picked Sunday, March 1st features up glass and swept away Silent Light, a gorgeous, med­ ashes in South Central CITY OF THE ANGELS itative exploration of a Men- and the Mid-Wilshire FILM FESTIVAL nonite community in Mexico. district. But beyond the It explores faith, temptation, THE MOST INSPIRING, IMPORTANT AND IMAGINATIVE clean up, how could we INDEPENDENT FILMS OF THE YEAR and religious bonds. The fes­ expect people to trust tival concludes with a trip to each other again? A few Sri Lanka after the devastating professors from Fuller tsunami. The Third Wave af­ Seminary suggested that the movies Catholic priest who defends the plight firms the courage of volunteers, but il­ might provide a safe way to discuss of Haitian sugar cane workers. It is a lustrates the complications that come our city. Seeing films about Los An­ stirring portrait of ethics in action. from trying to ‘save a country’ or even geles might be a way to express our They Killed Sister Dorothy documents rebuild a village. We struggled to pull feelings, to air our considerable griev­ the heroic efforts of a nun to protect Los Angeles together after the riots. ances, to forge a future. The City of the Brazilian rain forest against ruth­ Rwanda, Brazil, Haiti, Sri Lanka, and the Angels Film Festival was born. less loggers. Will justice prevail for the Middle East may face even greater How appropriate that the 15th an­ the martyred Sister Dorothy? The challenges. But a combination of stir­ nual City of the Angels Film Festival twists in this courtroom drama will ring art, enduring faith, and moral takes us back to that post-Rodney leave you shaken and stirred. courage can still secure a future for King uprising! The Garden focuses The Edge o f Heaven begins with a those countries. The City of the An­ upon a wide swath of land set aside Muslim holiday. It demonstrates the gels Film Festival highlights enduring as an urban oasis. Just east of down­ religious tensions simmering in Eu­ examples of faith, hope, and love. For town, the City of LA allowed Latino rope, where Turks and Germans cross complete schedule and details go to: farmers to grow verdant crops— until borders. How does the proximity to www.cityofangelsfilmfest.org. 0 a developer suggested a more profit­ terrorism raise suspicions? How can able plan. Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s humanity be retained when we’re riveting documentary was recently wary of ‘the other.’ The interlocking nominated for an Academy Award. It stories in The Edge o f Heaven demon­ is followed on Friday, February 27th strate what films like Babel and Crash by The Exiles, a poignant portrait of aspired to accomplish. They remind Native Americans, cruising through us of Cain’s haunting question: Am I Filmmaker and professor Craig Detweiler co-directs downtown LA circa 1961. These two my brother (and sister’s) keeper? the Reel Spirituality Institute and the City of the Angels films remind us where we’ve been. Saturday night, we focus upon Film Festival for the Brehm The remainder of the weekend asks kids in crisis. Chop Shop follows an Center. His all time favorite “Where are we heading?” orphaned brother and sister trying to film is Casablanca. But M u - nyurangabo is up there, too. Saturday and Sunday start with retain hope in the alleys of Queens, (Photo: The Curious Case of stirring documentaries that celebrate New York. Their ingenuity is charm­ Craig Detweiler) faith. The Price of Sugar follows a ing. Lee Isaac Chung created M u-

Page 4 • W inter 7,2009 • the SEMI Lessons Learned From Movies: 25 Things You Need to Know by Aaron D. Raymond Movies have taught me many great lessons throughout my life, some good and some bad. The argument that pop-culture media such as television, film, or video games do not have any influence upon the ated out of these two movies. Both 21. Women are objects. participant is, from my own life’s movies taught me that I was destined 22. Men just don’t understand reflection, inherently wrong. W hat for great things. (unless he’s The One). would the point of education be pre­ But what were some other lessons 23. The Government is covering cisely? The human brain learns (ab­ that I could glean? In no particular something up. sorbs information) outside the class­ order of importance in wisdom, grav­ room, if not more so than in. In the ity or validity, Hollywood has taught 24. The Catholic Church is cov­ spirit of Bill Watterson’s comic strip me the following: ering something up. character Calvin, I am the culmina­ 1. Money can buy anything, 25. We’re all going to die by July tion of a lifetime of achievement, especially happiness. Fourth unless Will Smith thus far— defining achievement rath­ saves the day. Again. er liberally. Like the Bible as taught 2. Guns are cool. Somewhere along the line I had to in Sunday School, and the amended 3. Life is cheap and expendable. realize that life wasn’t like the movies. history of the United States as taught 4. Sex is carefree. For starters, life is open-ended. There in public school, within my ever ex­ 5. Cars will always blow up, re­ isn’t one single overarching theme. Is­ panding catalog of films watched over gardless o f the circumstances. sues don’t always get sorted out. Real the years, the stories I learned took on dialogue isn’t dynamic or witty nor a mythic quality as my self-image was 6. Life is beautiful, funny, tragic, does it have neat conclusions. Fore­ transformed in light of new narratives and magical all at once. shadowing doesn’t occur as obviously. that could be emulated in my everyday 7. Good vs. Evil (It’s that simple. Usually life just blindsides you. Con­ environment. Art sought to mimic Except when it’s an indepen­ flicts usually are not resolved. They’re life, and now my life sought inspira­ dent film). just ignored. And Happy Endings tion to be beautiful and to make sense. 8. I am The One. aren’t guaranteed. Bullies at school bothering you? But never-the-less, the power of No big deal, you’re the real Neo. You 9. Soul Mates do exist. film and more importantly the power are ‘The One.’ This high school thing 10. Aliens exist, too (as do Hob­ of the Good News challenges my per­ is all just an illusion anyways. Love- bits, Elves, Ghosts, Witches, ceptions of a static reality and frees struck and twitter-pated? Don’t sweat Warlocks, Gremlins, Raptors, me further to engage my God-given it! You are Leonardo DiCaprio (or Demons & Cyborgs). imagination which allows me to ask Clare Danes) in Romeo & Juliet. Your 11. Vampires are sexy (especially “What if?” The Gospel message is a stars are crossed and it’s meant to be. if you’re an adolescent girl). power that suggests that money can­ Not getting enough playing time? 12. The Captain always gets not buy true happiness, life is beauti­ Rudy. Feeling like you just can’t catch the girl. ful, wonderful, & “magical”, women a break? Anything from Wes Ander­ are equals, you’re not alone, under­ son. Feeling manly? Braveheart. The 13. The Holocaust happened. dogs will eventually win, the govern­ point being that there is a movie that 14. Prom is the most important ment might still be covering some­ can form or affirm any of life’s cir­ night of a person’s life. thing up, and also: “Death cannot cumstances imaginable. 15. Underdogs always win (espe­ stop true love.” 0 The two movies that greatly affect­ cially nerds). ed my life were Seven Years in Tibet 16. Exorcism is the only cool and The Mission. Both movies have thing about Christianity. a strong spiritual message and spoke forcefully to the impressionable kid 17. You’ve got to go it alone. in high school that I was at the time. 18. “Death cannot stop true love.” Aaron (first-year MAT Theol­ ogy and the Arts) is obviously I remember applying to be a camp 19. Animals can talk. m l) counselor at a Salvation Army Wil­ quite adept at film criticism, derness Summer Camp as a result of 20. Most o f the United States if he can find some theologi­ cal truth in The Princess Bride. the developing mythos that was cre­ looks like Southern California.

the SEMI • W inter 7,2009 • Page 5 The Best Films of 2008 by Eugene Suen

The Curious Case o f Benjamin Button Paris, this is also a potent reflection on the state of (David Fincher, US) the world and the melting pot that it has become. (In Theatres) Problematic and flawed, but also lyrical, poetic, and, by the end, extraordinarily affecting, this un­ likely film by Fight Club and Se7en director David A / \ The Visitor Fincher is an ambitious fairy tale about mortality Q I (Thomas McCarthy, US) that signals another step in the evolution of digi­ Richard Jenkins gives an unbearably poignant per­ tal filmmaking. Finchers cool sensibility proves a formance as a widowed professor who befriends an fascinating antithesis to Eric Roth’s sentimental undocumented immigrant couple through sheer script, giving the fantastical material a sense of happenstance. This second film by actor Thomas detachment and subtlety that actually enhance its McCarthy is both a tremendously moving film emotional power. Plus, where else can you see a about a lonely man’s self-discovery and an impas­ $150 million film about death? (In Theatres) sioned indictment of our country’s broken immi­ gration system. Not to be missed. (On DVD) A Q \ WALL-E I (Andrew Stanton, US) A Christmas Tale (Un Conte de Noel) After the phenomenal Ratatouille (my favorite film (Arnauld Desplechin, France) of 2007), Pixar once again shows that it has nei­ Arnauld Desplechin’s new film, like his last— ther equals nor peers in the animation business (or the excellent Kings and Queen—is a sprawling, movies in general, for that matter). The richness richly novelistic work that thrives on characters, and technical sophistication of WALL*E is breath­ incidents, and revelations. Done in the great en­ taking, and the first third of the film—a masterfully semble style of Robert Altman and Jean Renoir, rendered silent romantic comedy—is as pure and this marvel of a film uses the age-old setup of a endearing as any Chaplin film. It’s too bad, then, dysfunctional family’s holiday gathering to sur­ that the latter part of the movie—with its busy ac­ prisingly powerful effects. Generous, witty, and tion and obvious satire—had to fall back on con­ touching, here’s an irrefutable proof that the won­ ventions and cliches. Still, WALL'Es achievement derful French tradition of humanistic comedy is is too extraordinary to dismiss. (On DVD) alive and well. (In Theatres)

A A \ In B ru ges M \ The Dark Knight l i f t I (MartinMcDonagh,UK/USA) ^ I (Christopher Nolan, US) Playwright Martin McDonagh’s first feature was The Citizen Kane of superhero movies, and a advertised as a smart-alecky thriller in the vein of prime example of commercial cinema’s expan­ Guy Richie and Tarantino, but it is something sive potential. The second installment in Chris more- a surprisingly resonant, even moving, tale Nolan’s rebooted Batman series is a visceral, mas­ about spiritual exile and the hell of our own cre­ terfully orchestrated tale of terror that subverts ation that just happens to be a sardonic comedy its genre trapping and becomes something adult about hitmen. Colin Ferrell’s layered performance and complex. The fact that this epic morality play is his best to date. (On DVD) also remains a wildly satisfying piece of pop en­ tertainment is a singular achievement deserving of The Class (Entre Les Murs) celebration. The late Heath Ledger’s chilling turn (Laurent Cantet, France) as the Joker—a physical embodiment of psychotic energy, sinister charm, and pure, unfathomable The winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2008 Cannes evil—is unforgettable. (On DVD) Film Festival, Laurent Cantet’s unsentimental docudrama avoids the clichés of inspirational classroom films and instead focuses rigorously on our modern education system and tbe delicate mechanism of teacher-students interaction. Based on a memoir by its lead actor- a real life teacher- and set in a multiethnic classroom in inner city

Page 6 • W inter 7,2009 • the SEMI Silent Light (Stellet Licht) HONORABLE MENTION (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/Germany) Gomorrah, Chop Shop, Let the Right One In, Man on Wire, In his homage to the grand masters of transcen­ Milk, The Wrestler, Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, Kung Fu dental film (most notably Robert Bresson and Pa n d a. Carl Theodore Dreyer), Carlos Reygadas has fash­ ioned his own brand of spiritual cinema whose MOST OVERRATED austerity and poetry rival that of his predecessors. Set in a traditional German Mennonite commu­ • Rachel Getting Married: Handheld camera, casual fram­ nity in Mexico, the film uses the story of a family ing, and a post-racial setup cannot disguise the banality man’s adulterous affair to offer a grand meditation of the drama. on love, redemption, and the nature of humanity • Revolutionary Road: Well-made, but also calculating, itself. Deliberately paced and stunningly photo­ reductive, and self-consciously "important" For some­ graphed, it also features one of the most arresting thing that strives to be an unflinching statement on the opening sequences I have ever seen. (See it at City o f the Angels Film Festival this month! See page 4). buried angst of middle-class marriage, it's sorely lacking in authentic feeling and surprises. Pretentious Oscar-bait films like this should make people shudder during the Synedoche, New York award season. (Charlie Kaufman, US) Writer Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut is a maddening, indulgent, uneven but altogether brilliant film that completely defies conventional analysis and expectation. This apocalyptic exami­ nation of an artist in perpetual crisis, about a mo­ rose theater director’s attempt to turn his entire life into an elaborately staged drama, is that rare movie of ideas whose faults and excess become an endearing marks of its own mad genius. The excel­ lent cast, led by Philip Seymour Hoffman as Kauf­ man’s alter ego, helps bring to life Shakespeare’s famous words, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” In a marketplace where movies are sorely lacking in creativity and ideas, this profound and profoundly ambitious film—with its bold mixture of absurdist comedy and starding melancholy—is a necessary antidote. (On DVD 3/10)

The Flight o f the Red Balloon UETTEBNOOi SMONflfANU (Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge) (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, France/Taiwan) e voyage du The cinematic equivalent of a poem. Taiwan­ ese director Hou-Hsiao Hsien’s first film outside of Asia—a homage to Albert Lamorisse classic BALLON French children’s film the Red Balloon—is a lyri­ cal and self-reflexive meditation on childhood, art, ROUGE cultural history, and the beauty within the most UN FILM DE HOU HSIAO HSIEN mundane moments and casual gestures of every­ ^f’PCOTE GRAPOOf day life. For the uninitiated, the leisurely pac­ ing and the absence of a traditional narrative arc might take a while getting used, but the reward of watching this deceptively simple masterpiece is a richer, deeper, and more abundant life. Beneath SEMI staffer Eugene Suen (third-year MDiv) hates the quiet surface, this is a sublime work of art. Ju­ all your favorite movies. So lowbrow... liette Binoche has never been better. (On DVD) (Yo! Go to City of Angels! See page 4 — a g a in !)

the SEMI • W inter 7,2009 • Page 7 The Caregivers of the Caregivers: Integration Symposium Interview by Ann Yeh

The Integration Symposium this year truly lives up to its name. Not only will there be integration of psychology with the Christian faith, but also integration of disciplines across the three FULLER SYMPOSIUM ON THE dividual services or therapy for schools. Dr. Kelly O ’Donnell INTEGRATION OF FAITH AND PSYCHOLOGY missionaries, but to try to de­ will be sharing with us on sup­ velop networks, partnerships, porting missionaries and aid and trainings globally. Because workers in an international The Pearls and we had two young kids, I be­ context. Both he and his wife the Perils came the point person for that Michele are clinical psychol­ Practicing Psychology and traveled a lot. ogy graduates from BIOLA, in Mission working as a husband-wife AY: Can you describe some and Aid Settings of the different contexts in team with Member Care Inter­ which you’ve had an oppor­ national. Together they give us FEBRUARY 19 & 20, 2009 tunity to worki a litde preview of their person­ GUEST LECTURER al journeys and impart some Kelly O’Donnell, PsyD KO: One of my fondest mem­ wisdom for the eager minds of ories happened when I was THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 walking down a dirt road in Fuller seminarians. 7:00 p. m. Staying Healthy in Difficult Places India with an experienced Eu­ Ann Yeh (AY): What ledyou FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 10£ 0a j l Promoting Health ropean mission worker, sur­ to pursue a career in the and Managing Dysfunction rounded by unfamiliar smells field o fMember Care? 1:30 p j* . Developmg Ethics and Good Practice in Member Care and languages. You never Michele O’Donnell (MO): I Mfww.fuller.edu/symposium know how a conversation had an interest even before 626-584-5538 [email protected] would turn out, so you just I did graduate work. My listen with your clinical, pro­ father was in the military, fessional ear, and try to enjoy and my family would often the moment. In this particular embrace missionaries in the case, it did turn into a counsel­ countries they lived in. So ing session. I saw first hand that there was a real need out there. FULLER MO: One recent experience THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY in Central Asia I met with a School of Psychology Kelly O’Donnell (KO): I will group who needed debriefing, www.fuller.edu start back to one o f my first 1-800-2FULLER but I didn’t speak their mother “Adlerian-type” dreams, tongue. You find yourself tak­ when I was probably 4 years things off of each other on a pro­ ing something out of your tool old. I was in the C-iosst Cjuard, ex­ fessional level. Although with two kit and putting it together in a cre­ ploring an isolated island and I children we have had to switch off ative way and hoping it can help. found this precious stone. So there until recently. With cross-cultural In this case I helped them deal was this sense of exploration from living, oftentimes one spouse has with their grief/loss and the reli­ early on, wanting to see and dis­ to be the connection to the coun­ gious persecution they were facing cover new things. In grad school I try, be there for the kids, and fol­ by helping them to identify the worked part-time with YWAM. At low adjustment issues. I gave up ingredients needed to make both first I thought it had to be either my professional aspirations for a “tear soup” and “courage soup” to psychology or missions, but they higher goal. It would be hard for help sustain them. Another time intertwined. two people to work full-time and I was in North Africa with a mis­ AY: What has your experience been maintain family and community sionary partner, doing seminars working as a husband-wife team involvement. on child safety in that culture. I in thisfield? learned so much about the culture KO: We realized that the most stra­ MO: It’s been a very supportive ex­ tegic thing to do in the Member and understanding what is abuse and what isn’t, while realizing that perience. We’re able to bounce Care field was not just provide in­ things aren’t as cut and dry com- P ag e 8 • W in te r 7 ,2 0 0 9 • the SEMI pared to Americanized conceptual­ KO: Support the mission efforts at AY: Couldyouplease share onepiece izations. your local church. Get training, of advice for seminary students AY: Can you share any personal read literature, and share core, easy who are training to beprofession­ testimonies of ministry work­ but digestible pieces of resources als in their perspectivefields? ers whose lives have been trans­ with the mission department and KO: Persevere and allow God to formed or impacted by your work pastor. Listen to the missionaries refine your character in the diffi­ in M em ber Care? at your local church. culty, it’s going to be built through KO: There was a couple preparing MO: Research would be fantas­ the fire of refining. So don’t be to go to Central Asia, a medical tic. I hope there’s a creative mix surprised. Persevere. It’s not just doctor and spouse, and they were in the connection between the about your skill set and competen­ having trouble managing their two three schools; there’s a critical cies. Also, eat Mexican food and children. Their leaders couldn’t mass of students across fields, Chinese food. send them, but really needed them and students can brainstorm and MO: One’s personal walk with the with their medical qualifications. vision cast with each other. Lord is so important. It can get The older boy was getting too KO: Much of the Member Care field busy and neglected, but you may much attention, so I coached the is still embedded in North Ameri- find yourself drifting if you don’t parent to simply put this behavior can/mental health frameworks. stay connected. on extinction, i.e., change your Perhaps the diversity of students behavior and your child will likely KO: Supportive, real friends. Not at Fuller from different disciplines fair-weather friends. 0 change his/her behavior. We had and backgrounds could comment three sessions together, just a few on/help shape issues like profes­ basic interventions really helped, sional ethical codes and good and they’ve been serving abroad practice. An interschool group now for at least 10 to 12 years. could organize a conference, con­ Ann Yeh (PhD in Clin Psych) thought she was drowning at AY: What are some practical ways sultation, or retreat like they did a Disney World water ride in seminary students can contribute in the 90s for those interested in A* grade. Turned out the pool to Member Care? missions. came up to her waist

TOO MANY FILMS Continued from page 1 reverse, as Benjamin is born old and missed by many was I ’ve Loved You So to their country’s brutal leader and grows young, and all along the way Long, directed by Philippe Claudel. warlords, in order to bring peace to gains the wisdom of the ages. In this film, we watch as the power their tormented country (Liberia). There were several smaller dramas of goodness and the love of a younger Finally, Encounters at the End of the that you also shouldn’t miss. The Visi­ sister for her older sister nurture steps World, directed by Werner Herzog, tor, directed by Tom McCarthy, poi­ towards wholeness and redemption. provides the unique opportunity to gnantly portrays the encounter be­ N ot to be missed. Lastly, Happy Go meet the men and women who have tween a withdrawn professor and two Lucky, directed by Mike Leigh, is the dedicated their lives to furthering the needy, undocumented immigrants. quirky story of Poppy, a cheery Brit­ cause of science in the extreme condi­ While immigration in the midst ish schoolteacher whose unquench­ tions of Antarctica. of a war on terror can be a polariz­ able optimism exasperates most ev­ Having just returned from the ing topic, this film helps us to meet eryone around her. Sundance Film Festival, there are the people affected and calls us to To complete your viewing don’t even more independent films in the compassion. From a different slant, miss several compelling documenta­ wings for 2009, but this list of four­ Frozen River, directed by Courtney ries. Man on Wire, directed by James teen from 2008 will keep your Netflix Hunt, tells the story of two women— Marsh, looks at tightrope walker queue filled for awhile. Enjoy! 0 one white, one Mohawk. Both are Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, single mothers faced with desperate high-wire walk in 1974 between the Rob Johnston (SOT prof) circumstances and are drawn into the World Trade Center’s twin towers and Cathy Barsotti's (Ad­ world of smuggling undocumented in New York. Pray the Devil Back to junct SOT) book Fin d in g immigrants across the border. It won Hell, directed by Gini Reticker, is the God in the Movies Is avail­ able at the Fuller bookstore. Sundance last year. A beautiful, small, amazing account of a group of brave Buy It— buy It n o w l'jf French film that was unfortunately and visionary women who stood up

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