Christ and Pop Culture
"When the Bible says that faith is 'the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen,' it doesn’t limit faith to something only spiritual." Read more
"When the Bible says that faith is 'the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen,' it doesn’t limit faith to something only spiritual." Read more
In most of showrunner Russell T. Davies’s stories, “everything has its time and everything dies.” Steven Moffat’s stories more often exult, “Everybody lives!” Read more
"I wish I were as funny as Mel Brooks or as upfront as Chris Rock, but this show reminds me that I don’t know enough about either of them to wish that." Read more
"In the same way that religious icons represent larger realities, Lou Reed stood for his time and place in a way that few others have" Read more
"How many of us wrestle with the differences between our ideas of marriage and family and children and the daily realities?" Read more
"I love college basketball and football, but the system is broken." Read more
As I was lamenting to a friend several weeks ago about my inner urge to write fiction again, but struggling to find the time, she directed me to NaNoWriMo, or rather, National Novel Writing Month. Unbeknownst to me, this November event has been going on for years, and it was created to jumpstart writers into what seems like the impossible: writing an entire novel in a month. Naturally, it would most likely only be a rough draft of a novel,... Read more
"For all his convictions that God is still out there, still working some ultimate plan, at Herschel's weakest moments it’s not enough." Read more
"I want our children to know that while it's a noble thing to support our troops, it's equally important to question the policy of our military and of our elected officials who give them their orders." Read more
"The film’s vision largely distills the essence of the novel and in the process provides a more charitable reading of Card’s work than some of his critics." Read more
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