Let’s play a little game of word association. The “rules” are simple: I give you a word or phrase and you observe the first thing that comes to your mind. (This would be a lot more fun if we could actually play face to face but imagination will have to do.) Here’s your phrase: social …
Last week, I went to see Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman in theaters. Though the pervasive strong language and racial slurs, coupled with some violent themes, hold me back from recommending this film as light-hearted entertainment, I think it has the potential to spark thoughtful conversations among mature audiences. The story, set in 1970s Colorado Springs, follows two police …
Recently I watched The Lost City of Z, a well-crafted story based quite loosely of the true account of Percy Fawcett, who disappeared in 1925 while exploring uncharted regions of Brazil along the Amazon river. Though the artistic licenses taken were extensive, I think the film stands well by itself. It is a fascinating look at …
Questions are really terrific. Jason Isbell once described them as “directions to the Truth”. It’s no surprise, therefore, that our understanding of theology is helped along by the ever-useful Catechism. Catechisms use the form of questions (and subsequent answers) to teach theological doctrines. Perhaps the most well-known of catechism questions comes from the Westminster Shorter …
It’s amazing how magical, how fantastical, the world around you looks when seen through the lens of a camera. A reminder: Beauty surrounds us.
Where are you? Who are you? The place that we occupy and our identity is unavoidably connected and this connection is meaningful. We are born with certain biological traits and with a certain degree of individual nature: a special smile, a unique laugh. As we grow, however, we begin to build a cohesive identity that …
We, as humans, are all in a desperate search for the meaning of life. We seek for significance with the same intensity that we search for lost car keys and for the same reason: we can’t go anywhere without it. Recently, I’ve been thinking about life and what the essence of life is. We have …
In recent years, artists, musicians and filmmakers who follow Jesus have moved away from the phrase “Christian artist”. The reason seems clear enough. The label of “Christian artist” brings with it a perceived shallowness and mediocrity. This is perhaps nowhere more striking than in the medium of film. Christian films are notoriously mediocre and half-baked. …
This is the first installment in a series of pieces analyzing and critiquing individual works of art, whether music, literature, or fine art. The name of the series is “Analysis & Critique”. I love art. I love art because it is an incarnation of our souls’ conflicts, victories and yearnings. To be honest in one’s art …
Incarnation is not a word we necessarily use often in everyday conversations. Honestly, very few of us even take the time to truly unpack this word and its implications. Incarnation simply means “becoming flesh”. To be “incarnate” is to be in the flesh. When we speak of THE Incarnation (of Christ) we are simply referring …
