How to battle demons and win Jonathan Mitchican March 16, 2017 Commentary, Movies, Reviews & Culture Our enemies are not the ones identified on Twitter. Our enemies are sin, death, and the devil.
On the beach with Rogue One Leander Harding February 13, 2017 Books, Movies, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Star Wars was certainly not the fullness of the Christian hope and faith, but a new light was shining in a culture that had only 11 years before celebrated the “Death of God” on the cover of Time.
Zombies, pop culture, and the wage slave Nathan Jennings March 31, 2016 Commentary Perhaps the zombie may be a myth at home in the post-Christendom of late modern society.
Stories and counterculture: Star Wars, Vikings, and Gaiman’s Neverwhere Leander Harding February 11, 2016 Commentary These three artifacts of pop culture embody the immense yearning of the human heart for meaningful story. And they show that the Church should abandon any attempt to fit its story into the story of the dominant culture.
Churches about nothing Jordan Hylden February 3, 2016 Commentary Our Anglican Communion recently decided at its Primates’ Meeting to “walk together." This will be a difficult path: if we are to have any kind of common life worthy of the name, we have to have the “serious conversations.”
Groundhog Day, conversion, and limitations Charlie Clauss November 26, 2015 Commentary Humans don't like limitations. This isn't entirely a bad thing. The drive to transcend what we are has led to great advances in many areas of science and technology. Heart valves and airplanes, cars and dental implants, satellites and toy poodles; they all com... Read More...
Can girls be heroes? Jonathan Mitchican November 23, 2015 Sifting the Stream The heroes that we are asked to emulate in popular fiction are almost always men. Supergirl is trying to change that.
Sounds of assault Christopher Wells October 13, 2015 Commentary As Amy Ziering has said, campus sexual assaults are not “just a date gone bad, or a bad hook-up, or, you know, miscommunication,” but instead “a highly calculated, premeditated crime.”