Story at the Bottom of Everything

By Robert Kramer

Robert A. Kramer is a Screenwriter and Contributing Editor at Christian Video Magazine. He can be contacted at kramer_ra@yahoo.com.

When most people think about stories, they think about entertainment. Stories are books, movies, TV shows or something you tell your kids to pass time. But stories are more than that, much more. If we think about our everyday existence, we can discover that stories are really what we’re all about. We communicate nearly everything through them.

Let’s consider our lives for a moment. We hear and see stories constantly. We read the newspaper or internet, watch TV or streaming video. We tell jokes or [Keep Reading]

On the Ethical Use of Video

by Anthony Horvath

I rocked backwards in my chair. If what I just saw on Youtube was true, it was earth shattering and game changing. Seeing is believing, right? Doubt rose in my mind, though. A little over an hour later I had established that the video was a fraud. I found the original source video and I was able to spot where the splicing had been cleverly done. Seeing is believing?

I begin with this anecdote- completely true, by the way- because it highlights some of the metaphysical realities that exist concerning video. [Keep Reading]