~Ron ReedSister Rose Pacatte writes for the National Catholic Reporter. In her recent article Seeds of the Gospel in Cinema she talks about cinema divina - a practice of watching film as a spiritual discipline, derived from lectio divina. She mentions Father Benedict Auer's article "Video Divina: A Benedictine Approach to Spiritual Viewing," in which he writes "Video divina requires a set disposition which says, 'This evening, I wish to get closer to God, so I think I'm going to watch this film, which might give me better insights into myself or why my neighbor acts as she or he ...

Ron Reed is a new contributor to viaRenovo. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge on film (far exceeding my own) and the worldview of an artist who seeks to live out his faith in all that he does. This is his first post here. Thanks for joining us Ron! ~ Travis Another edition of the Arts & Faith list of 100 spiritually significant films is gearing up and we'll announce the new hundred right around the time of the Academy Awards. Much fun! I put the ...