JR. lives in Dallas, TX with his wife Amanda. In addition to exploring the wonders that are the Lone Star state, JR. is the teaching pastor at Catalyst Community Church, a writer and blogger. His book, Empathy for the Devil, is available from InterVarsity Press. He's haunted by the Batman, who is in turn haunted by the myth of redemptive violence.
We’re made in God’s image, but we have bodies, while God is spirit. Are our bodies accidental? Are they temporary? Or are they good, vital and essential to our spirituality? How can we resist the cultural narrative that teaches us to hate our bodies? Crave is a series of messages I delivered at Mount Vernon […]
Ryan, you’ve gotta learn to let go. – Kowalski Let’s get this out of the way up front: Alfonso Cuaron’s latest film Gravity is one of the best I’ve ever seen. Reviewers are calling it a near-perfect cinematic experience and they’re right. You need to see this film, and see it on the biggest […]
After answering some questions from the Storyverse, we use Louis CK’s rant on cell phones to springboard into a discussion of social media. Is the price we pay for connectivity worth it? How social, exactly, is our media? In this Episode: 01:30 – StoryMen Lightening Round 21:00 – Sabbath-Keeping Drug Dealers and Other Moral Villains 35:00 – […]
Over the years, plenty of constant readers have wondered, What ever happened to Danny Torrence? Danny Torrence, of course, is that five-year-old boy with the special ability called “shining”, who narrowly escaped death at the hands of his father, who’d been driven insane by a haunted hotel. Or rather, that’s who Danny Torrence was. Apparently […]
Is a spoiler warning even necessary? Seriously people: spoilers for all of Breaking Bad. This week, Breaking Bad said its final goodbye to Walter Hartwell White, marking the finale of what is sure to go down in history as one of the greatest television shows of all time. With gripping plotting, amazing acting, top-notch production […]
a Rafflecopter giveaway The StoryMen welcome author and blogger Matt Lee Anderson of Mere Orthodoxy to discuss what it looks like to ask good questions. Matt explores that topic in his new book, The End of Our Exploring, so he tells us about how the idea for this book came to him, what the current Evangelical obsession […]
He’s not a person anymore. He stopped being a person when he took our daughters. – Keller Dover Prisoners is the dark, excellent, star-studded new film whose ensemble cast includes Hugh Jackman, Terrance Howard, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Melissa Leo, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano. Prisoners is an outstanding thriller, well-acted, carefully directed and horrifying […]
Am I a good person who does bad things, or a bad person who does good things? – Dexter Morgan So were we introduced eight years ago to the monster who pretended to be a man, the serial killer who only kills killers, Dexter Morgan. We meet the girlfriend he pretends to love, the job […]
The StoryMen each choose five historical events that aren’t movies yet… but should be. Hear our top fives, and share yours with us! In this Episode: 01:30 – Tattoos & Museums 07:30 – Football and Football 14:30 – Fourteen Historical Events that Should be Movies! 01:02:00 – CONTEST!! Find Matt Mikalatos at: Blog: The Burning Hearts Revolution Twitter […]
Don’t miss our StoryMen interview with Doon author Lorie Langdon! I have a confession: I love the recent plethora of young adult fiction. Not Twilight – I have standards, after all, but it busted the floodgates wide open and now we’re swimming in some great, thoughtful and provocative YA Lit. From Katniss Everdeen and Percy […]