Amy C. Rice is a technical services and systems librarian at Whitworth University. She has been attending Nazarene churches for most of her life. As a result, she often approaches issues through a Wesleyan-Arminian perspective.
Fantasy also has a tradition within Christian culture. George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien explore faith themes in their imaginative worlds.
I have been in more than one church service in which someone (usually the music minister) enthusiastically states, “And when we get to heaven, we can do this all the time!”
I will freely and unashamedly admit that I helped secure "The Avengers" a $200.3 million opening weekend. Sure, I went for the entertainment value, too.