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.
The armor was never a hobby or a distraction. It was a cocoon. — Tony Stark Iron Man 3 is Robert Downey Jr.’s fourth (and possibly final) turn as Tony Stark under his third director – Shane Black (Jon Favreau and Joss Whedon being the previous). It’s also the first Marvel Phase 2 film – […]
Civil dialogue seems to be a thing of the past. More and more, we divide ourselves into camps, turn every issue into Us vs. Them. Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice. Democrats and Republicans. Cubs vs. Cardinals. And increasingly in our culture, Christian vs. Atheist. When we polarize our positions, we eliminate any real opportunity for dialog. I […]
Listen, Rate & Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! The StoryMen talk about what it means to lead, and explore many of the challenges facing young leaders. We welcome Brad Lomenick, the head of the leadership organization Catalyst. We talk about all the great wisdom in Brad’s new book, The Catalyst Leader. We also end up talking […]
Pain and Gain is the new film starring Mark Wahlburg (who will forever be Marky Mark in my heart) and The Rock. It’s smart, funny and completely over-the-top, which makes it hard to remember that the story actually happened. (Here’s a great article from Slate fact-checking the film). But the most surprising is that this […]
Listen, Rate & Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! The StoryMen discuss what it means to be a fan. We talk Batman, the evolution of Geek culture and whether women get a fair shake in today’s Fandom. In This Episode 0:00 – Episode 13, ROME, and Veronica Mars 8:00 – Superhero Television 12:00 – Geek Chic […]
I grew up going to Christian Youth Summer Camp. The ongoing joke was that camp concluded each year by playing the Michael W. Smith neo-classic “Friends Are Friends Forever” while everyone cried and hugged their new best friends forever and swore to write to each other. Which of course never happened. (And yes, I grew […]
For more than a decade, Brad Lomenick has led Catalyst, the premier leadership brand for young Christian leaders. He’s finally distilled his 20+ years of leadership experience and his time at the helm of Catalyst into a simple, accessible and straight-forward guide to what it takes to be a next-generation leader. Brad defines a Catalyst […]
Win four FREE BOOKS! Details below! Listen, Rate & Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! What if an anorexic girl became Famine, the rider of the Apocalypse? And what if Death got suicidal? The StoryMen welcome author Jackie Kessler to celebrate the release of Breath, the final book in her excellent series The Riders of the Apocalypse. […]
Don’t miss our interview with Jackie Kessler on the latest StoryMen podcast episode! You have a chance to win a FREE set of all four Riders of the Apocalypse books! What happens when Death gets suicidal? Thus begins the final chapter of Jackie Morse Kessler’s Riders of the Apocalypse series. The first three books introduced […]
42 is the new biopic of Jackie Robinson, the first black man to play Major League Baseball. It’s a typical sports film in that it’s inspirational and feel-good. It’s also a typical race film in that it’s fairly heavy-handed. Even though 42 doesn’t look too hard to find a weakness in Robinson, neither does it […]