‘Star Wars’ and the 12 steps of the ‘Hero’s Journey’: Finding God in surprising places
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 20 December 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR DECEMBER 20, 2019
With the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the Star Wars franchise will likely break box-office records yet again. It’s been forty-two years since the Skywalker saga began. What does Star Wars’ enduring cultural appeal tell us about ourselves and our spiritual lives?
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit thedailyarticle.com. |
| 0:14.7 | Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.2 | A daily article reader wrote, It's a blessing to read news from your website. |
| 0:23.6 | Christian news sources are so often filled with hate and negativity. |
| 0:27.6 | There are serious problems in our world, and we do need to respond with love as Christians, |
| 0:33.6 | and at the same time, strongly defend the faith. |
| 0:36.6 | Your articles, I believe, help me to do that. |
| 0:39.8 | Thank you. At the Denison Forum, we are grateful for her kind words, which we see as evidence that a |
| 0:46.1 | movement of culture-changing Christians is happening. To join our mission, your year-end gift to the |
| 0:51.8 | Denison Forum will be doubled by a generous matching grant of up to $150,000. |
| 0:57.7 | Don't wait. The deadline is December 31st, so give today at daily article.org. |
| 1:06.2 | Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker, the last film in the last Star Wars trilogy, opens in |
| 1:12.8 | theaters today. I remember my first Star Wars film, as if it were last week. I had never |
| 1:19.1 | seen such technology on a movie screen. And when Luke destroyed the Death Star, the cheers shook |
| 1:25.1 | the theater. We've been cheering for the Skywalker's for 42 years since. |
| 1:30.3 | As the Wall Street Journal notes, the Star Wars business has been good business for Disney. |
| 1:35.9 | The Force Awakens grossed $937 million domestically, the most of any movie in box office history. |
| 1:44.0 | Disney's new streaming service launched with a Star Wars |
| 1:46.9 | spin-off called The Mandalorian. Disney reported that 10 million users signed up a day after the service |
| 1:54.0 | launched. An immersive Star Wars themed attraction called Galaxy's Edge opened this year at Disney Parks |
| 2:00.7 | in Orlando and Anaheim. |
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