A collaborative class reader generated in response to and as an interpretation of the film, Modern Times.
Making Meaning, Section 3226-01, RISD, Fall 2011
A collaborative class reader generated in response to and as an interpretation of the film, Modern Times. Making Meaning, Section 3226-01, RISD, Fall 2012
He was Reverend Paul Wilson on Sunday and
whenever his congregation needed him, but the rest of the week he was Paul Wilson, the executive. This is the story of two weeks in the life of a Tentmaker... More > – a bi-vocational pastor – as he struggles with his dual life and realities of raising a family, working at his job and caring for his congregation.
When an old boss calls him out of the blue with an
offer only a lunatic would refuse, Paul leans upon his faith in God to discern what is best for him and his family. He has prayed to find balance in his life, and maybe this new offer is God’s way of providing that balance. His family will be better off, but what about his church? What about his company? What about his soul?< Less
He was Reverend Paul Wilson on Sunday and
whenever his congregation needed him, but the rest of the week he was Paul Wilson, the executive. This is the story of two weeks in the life of a Tentmaker... More > – a bi-vocational pastor – as he struggles with his dual life and realities of raising a family, working at his job and caring for his congregation.
When an old boss calls him out of the blue with an
offer only a lunatic would refuse, Paul leans upon his faith in God to discern what is best for him and his family. He has prayed to find balance in his life, and maybe this new offer is God’s way of providing that balance. His family will be better off, but what about his church? What about his company? What about his soul?< Less
He was a government employed scientist, pulled from a mundane two-month study aboard a research ship stationed off the coast of Alaska. Vance Carr's superiors send him to investigate and identify a... More > mysterious object discovered in a glacier, an object soon found to be something beyond comprehension; or belief. With his colleagues, Carr unravels a mystery whose origin not only dates generations into the future, but also the past. He soon finds himself caught up in the greatest paradox known to man, one whose outcome carries the fate of the world's population.< Less
He was a government employed scientist, pulled from a mundane two-month study aboard a research ship stationed off the coast of Alaska. Vance Carr's superiors send him to investigate and identify a... More > mysterious object discovered in a glacier, an object soon found to be something beyond comprehension; or belief. With his colleagues, Carr unravels a mystery whose origin not only dates generations into the future, but also the past. He soon finds himself caught up in the greatest paradox known to man, one whose outcome carries the fate of the world's population.< Less
