Every year I watch the Nightmare Before Christmas just before Halloween, and I think to myself: "What is this movie really about?" I'm usually pretty intuitive about these kinds of things, but tNBC has always haunted me because I've never felt like I quite had it right. I never had the one puzzle piece that unlocked it.
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Nicholas McDonald
Nicholas McDonald is an Associate Pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian church in central Indianapolis and has served in ministry for over fifteen years. His previous positions have included roles in youth ministry and four years as the Campus Minister of Reformed University Fellowship at the University of Missouri. McDonald received his degree from Gordon Conwell Seminary and studied creative writing at Oxford University. He writes regularly at his Substack The Bard Owl, and is author of a forthcoming book detailing his own journey of faith deconstruction and renewal: "The Light in Our Eyes: Rediscovering the Love, Beauty and Freedom of Jesus in an Age of Disillusionment." He lives in Indianapolis with his wife and their three children.
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