Science fiction may be our culture's most spiritual genre. In celebration of Disclosure Day, Jeff Cook, Mike Yager, and Sean Palmer hold a science fiction movie draft built around eight themes that sit at the intersection of faith, philosophy, and the future.

Cosmic Christ — The messianic figure who saves, sacrifices, redeems, resurrects, or carries unmistakable Christological themes.

To Infinity and Beyond — Humanity pushes beyond its limits and encounters the grandeur, mystery, wonder, or terror of creation itself.

Holy Communion — A transformative encounter with the Other. First contact that leads to understanding, revelation, friendship, or reconciliation.

Unholy Communion — First contact gone wrong. Possession, corruption, invasion, conquest, or destruction.

Imago Dei — Stories about creators and creation. Artificial intelligence, robotics, genetic engineering, and the question of what it means to make something in our image.

Apocalypse — Not merely destruction, but revelation. Worlds ending, systems collapsing, and hidden truths coming to light.

Kingdom Come — Visions of utopia and the future. Societies that promise salvation, perfection, or human flourishing—and the cracks that inevitably appear.

Wild Card — The category for everything too strange, beautiful, profound, or unique to fit anywhere else.

Along the way, the conversation touches on films such as Arrival, The Martian, Rogue One, Interstellar, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ex Machina, Gattaca, Minority Report, Alien, WALL-E, and many more. What do our favorite science fiction stories reveal about sacrifice, hope, free will, creation, transcendence, and what it means to be human? Join us as we draft 24 films and explore the spiritual questions hidden inside some of cinema's greatest journeys into the unknown.

Is The Sheep Detective just a clever animated mystery—or something much deeper?

In this episode of Sacred Frames, Jeff Cook, Movie Mike Yager, and Sean Palmer explore one of the year's most surprising films. What begins as a charming murder mystery about a flock of sheep investigating the death of their beloved shepherd unfolds into a profound meditation on grief, memory, love, community, and what it means to become fully human. Along the way, the conversation touches on theology, storytelling, the role of remembrance in spiritual formation, the dignity of the outsider, and why some of the most important truths are best told through family films.

Jeff Cook, Sean Palmer, and Mike Yager return to the mic to explore Project Hail Mary—a film that surprised audiences not just with spectacle, but with heart. From cosmic survival to unexpected friendship, from science to sacrifice, this conversation moves beneath the surface. We reflect on courage, mortality, connection, and the quiet question that sits underneath it all: What makes a life meaningful?

We discuss:

* Friendship in unlikely places

* The longing to be known—and to give your life for something that matters

* The tension between fear and bravery

* Faith, sacrifice, and the possibility that love gives meaning to death

Along the way, we touch on theology, storytelling, Enneagram insights, and why this film resonates so deeply with audiences right now. If you’ve seen Project Hail Mary, this conversation will deepen it. If you haven’t, it might just give you a reason to go.