Christ and Pop Culture
What I’d struggled to say for years, crime-novel author J. Mark Bertrand easily proclaims at The Gospel Coalition. Read more
What I’d struggled to say for years, crime-novel author J. Mark Bertrand easily proclaims at The Gospel Coalition. Read more
Perhaps you, like me, have grown weary of rooting for the anti-heroes crowding our cable networks. Dexter, Don, and Walter (et al.) murder, lie, cheat, and steal, trying all the while to convince us of their depth and complexity, like teenagers who have just discovered existentialism. We praise their creators for their willingness to engage with the moral ambiguity of the modern world. But isn’t it possible to acknowledge the complex issues surrounding morality without giving up on morality altogether? Enter... Read more
"Left unchecked, a natural, God-given desire for children can morph into an ugly, idolatrous, desperation that leaves couples bitter, selfish, and isolated." Read more
When there’s nothing after death, it makes sense that a human project would be created to defy death itself. As Luc Ferry, writes in his book, A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide To Living, “…Philosophy, unlike the great religions, promises to help us to ‘save’ ourselves, to conquer our fears, not through an Other, a God, but through our own strength and the use of our reason.” Featured on the cover of Time Magazine, Google epitomizes this humanism in... Read more
I will be the first to admit that I take all of the cliche photos you find on Instagram. Yesterday, I came across this link on Mashable, and suddenly, I was in awe. How can a photograph make cut apples look so beautiful? I’ve come to see food in a new way through Instagram, honestly. Food is not solely meant to sustain us, but to bring joy and thankfulness into our lives from the Giver of all good things. Read more
“Where is your God now?” accused one of my friends. “I’d have to rethink the problem of evil and God’s goodness, if it were true” said another. I—who usually am not thrown off in situations of theological doubt in the face of pain—stood there, silent, unable to muster up a response in the face of such pointless evil. What horror could throw my friends and I into such deep, existential and theological instability? This: In case you weren’t aware, over... Read more
"There is certainly plenty for the Christian viewer to take issue with, the most obvious being the peculiar eschatology the show envisions." Read more
I’ve been a fan of Jhumpa Lahiri’s writing ever since reading her debut collection, Interpreter of Maladies. She has a new novel, The Lowland, coming out, and so the New York Times has featured a brief but intriguing interview with her. Turns out she shares my love of Thomas Hardy, but also of Flannery O’Connor and C. S. Lewis’s Narnia. Born in London of Bengali Indian parents, but a longtime resident of the American northeast, Lahiri’s thoughts on “immigrant fiction”... Read more
For as long as I can remember, I have been terrified of clowns. Birthday parties, carnivals, Halloween events, you name it, if there’s a clown, I will steer clear of it. I remember once trying to watch Stephen King’s It; it didn’t go well. So when I came across this, I shuddered. It’s one thing to choose to expose yourself to fear (in this case, clowns); it’s another thing entirely to walk down the sidewalk and find the thing you... Read more
Let's be careful how we judge the "racism level" of the United States based on a small slice of Twitter. Read more
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