If You Have the Stomach, See First Reformed Twice
First Reformed is a testimony that sometimes movies ask something of us.
No God at All: ‘Infinity War’
God, if God there be, must be the ground, the condition of the possibility, of existence itself.
Beware Answered Prayer
Are we sure we want God to respond?
Taoism, Dualism, or Christian Hope? Rey’s Baptism in The Last Jedi
The Taoist influence in Star Wars is undeniable, but Rey’s journey and this film as a whole look a lot more like Christian baptism.
The Last Jedi and the Christian story
Something new is appearing in the culture: a dissatisfaction with a banal materialism and a nostalgia for a story that gives hope, one that tells of a sacred tree.
A film honors parish life
‘All Saints’ is commendable in presenting the parish church as the irreplaceable Christian community.
Serenity now: Reinhold Niebuhr for brittle times
It’s a source of whimsy to see Reinhold Niebuhr in the spotlight during the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Wonder Woman, naïveté, and original sin
Are we basically good? Are we fundamentally corrupt? Are there other options?