Thursday, January 1, 2009

Profile: Steve Lansingh

STEVE IS a spiritual sojourner whose encounters with God are usually found in everyday, "mundane" moments like watching movies, preparing food, holding hands, waiting in line, and laughter. He has been writing about movies for Christian publications, and the specific ways that God has worked in his heart through art, since 1994.

He founded JoyOfMovies.com as a way to articulate
the process of hearing from God when you least expect it, through an image or sentence or character in a film that causes you to rethink and reevaluate yourself. He invites everyone to join him in sharing their journeys as moviegoers.

Steve sees films as the starting point for a larger journey -- the moment of conviction or inspiration from God that one then needs to respond to in concrete, tangible ways. Toward that end, he recently created the small-group ministry Christlikeness Groups in the Seattle area, which focuses on following through on your spiritual goals.

Steve lives across from Alki Beach with his beautiful wife, his precocious toddler, and a cat that likes to jump on his keyboajslfhrd. He can be reached at: steve [at] joyofmovies.com.