Interviewed for Risen Magazine Risen Magazine: Thanks so much for taking the time today. I’m thrilled to talk to you. I’ve read a number of your books. I’m very excited for your latest one, The Little Liar. So talk to me, what prompted you to write about truth? Mitch Albom: Well, I am a little different than some other writers in that I try to pick a theme that I’m going to write about before I decide on the plot. So like The Five People You Meet in Heaven, I wanted to write about people who felt that they didn’t matter. And for one more day, I wanted to write about what people would do if th ..read more

Interviewed for Risen Magazine Risen Magazine: I’m thrilled to chat with you. I’ve been a big fan of you as a writer and love this series, The Chosen that your son Dallas created and we’re both sporting our hoodies. I love this. So talk to me about this unique way of developing the book after this series has come out versus most of the time when we get films after a book’s been published. Talk to me about this process. Jerry Jenkins: Yeah, this is a little backward. I mean, The Chosen series obviously is based on the Bible, so it goes from Bible to screen and then the writers of the chosen ha ..read more

On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. Freud’s Last Session interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey. We talked with Matthew Goode who plays Lewis opposite Anthony Hopkin’s Freud. It’s director by Matthew Brown who talked about the process. Interviewed for Risen Magazine Risen Magazine: I’m a huge CS Lewis fan and didn’t know quite as much about Freud ..read more

The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction book written by Daniel James Brown. The film, directed by George Clooney, is about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world. We sat down with Callum Turner and Joel Edgerton to talk crew, survival and risks versus rewards. Interviewed for Risen Magazine Risen Ma ..read more

It was a star-studded night in Los Angeles all celebrating The Boys in the Boat. This sports drama is based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction book written by Daniel James Brown and directed by George Clooney. It’s about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world. We caught up with Clooney, Brown and the rest of the cast on the carpet ..read more

In this modern-day retelling of Job, Kevin Garner (Kristoffer Polaha) embarks on a journey across worlds and dimensions to reunite with Molly (Elizabeth Tabish), his true love. The narrative unfolds as a dystopian drama and sci-fi thriller, where a mysterious adversary, The Benefactor (Neal McDonough), disrupts Kevin’s reality. Faced with infinite worlds and impossible choices, Kevin must navigate through an alternate reality, resisting The Benefactor’s tempting offer of wealth and power. As survival hangs in the balance, Kevin fights to return to the familiar world he cherishes and the woman ..read more

Filmed live at the West End’s Dominion Theatre, London, the show features a cast and orchestra of 60 performers, making it one of the biggest musicals ever staged. The Prince of Egypt: The Musical is the must-see event for all fans of musical theatre.  Based on the classic DreamWorks Animation film the classic story has been brought to life by Stephen Schwartz’s “miraculous music,” including Academy Award®-winning song When You Believe. This epic, critically acclaimed production tells an inspiring tale of resilience and hope. Journey through the wonders of Ancient Egypt as two young ..read more

Interviewed for Risen Magazine Risen Magazine: I think Minno is a fantastic streaming platform for families, for anybody, and you as CEO and co-founder, start off with the inspiration behind Minno. Erick Goss: There are a couple of things that led to the creation of Minno. The first would be I became a Christian in college at the Naval Academy, through the discipleship ministry called The Navigators. I recognized discipleship has always been an important part of my life, and then I had a chance when I was a helicopter pilot in the Navy and went to business school, and then ended up working at ..read more

Interviewed for Risen Magazine Risen Magazine: I think Minno is a fantastic streaming platform for families, for anybody, and you as CEO and co-founder, start off with the inspiration behind Minno. Erick Goss: There are a couple of things that led to the creation of Minno. The first would be I became a Christian in college at the Naval Academy, through the discipleship ministry called The Navigators. I recognized discipleship has always been an important part of my life, and then I had a chance when I was a helicopter pilot in the Navy and went to business school, and then ended up working at ..read more

Interviewed for Risen Magazine Risen Magazine: You both produced and star in this film that’s inspired by true events, and Kevin, you also direct too. So maybe share a little bit about how Miracle in East Texas came to fruition. Kevin Sorbo: Well, we got a wonderful friend named Dan Gordon. He’s an amazing writer. He’s Oscar-nominated. He wrote The Hurricane for Denzel Washington, Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner, and he brought me the script. Sam had met him before me in a movie that she wrote called Let There Be Light, and Dan did a rewrite and we became instant friends. I directed Let There B ..read more