Mister Rogers’ America
The height of my political idealism (or naïveté, as you please) was around the year 2015. Amid all the usual rancor, I felt optimistic that things could improve. One of […]
The height of my political idealism (or naïveté, as you please) was around the year 2015. Amid all the usual rancor, I felt optimistic that things could improve. One of […]
This is chapter 12 of Paul’s epistle to the Romans, rendered in three different English translations: English Standard Version I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to […]
My political views get hinted at here and there on this blog. I’m not sure how complete a picture my writing can offer — undoubtedly less complete than the information […]
I wasn’t able to go into this movie with an entirely open mind. Typically skeptical of faith-based movies (they tend to be mediocre and didactic), I was especially wary of […]
You’ve probably heard about the new movie Noah. It’s been a controversial subject among Christians since long before anyone had seen it, and now that it’s arrived in theaters, that controversy […]
At this point in my life, becoming a movie critic feels like the most attractive and most pursuable career goal — and if a career doesn’t pan out, at least […]
Roger Ebert passed away yesterday at the age of 70. In the film community, the loss is immense. Ebert was the first film critic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize […]
Questions for which a simple “yes” or “no” answer isn’t enough can be frustrating. However, if those questions are considered thoughtfully and prayerfully, they can yield answers beautiful in their […]
In Sunday School this week, we were given the assignment of determining the biblical position on human rights and whether the term “human rights” as it’s commonly understood has any […]
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had […]