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.
I finally watched the truly outstanding film Of Gods and Men last night. If you haven’t seen it, watch it. I was blown away. The film is about a group of French Trapist monks living in Algeria in 1996 when the Civil War breaks out. They refuse to leave, even though their lives are threatened by […]
For anyone who’s ever tried seriously to read the Bible, the gap between our 21st century American culture and the ancient world of the Scriptures has proven to be very challenging, if not outright impossible. Plenty of earnest Christians have tried to understand the Scriptures only to be thwarted by the Levirate Law or unspoken […]
Unless you are Amish, you are probably aware that zombies are way in right now. Which is at least slightly weird since zombies aren’t even a little bit sexy. I mean, there’s not much you can do to glamorize the zombie apocalypse. But Walking Dead is the biggest show on TV. The number of zombie […]
Something you may not know about me: when I was growing up, I was the Apologetics Kid. Apologetics, by the way, is the fancy word for a “systematic argumentative discourse” which is the fancy way to say “defending Christianity”. I was really into Apologetics. As in I argued with my science teachers and my atheist […]
This week’s episode might be the last episode of StoryMen ever… if the Mayans are right! We welcome author and podcaster Jason Boyett to share insights from the work he’s done on Apocalypse and the 2012 hysteria. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! Films, Books and Links in this Episode Jason Boyett’s Pocket Guide to 2012: […]
As promised a couple of weeks ago, Matt Mikalatos, Clay Morgan and I have launched a semi-monthly podcast. Introducing… STORYMEN!
Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! Links we talk about in the episode: The Anti-Evangelical Hate Machine by Mike Duran Matt wrote a piece on how we are reviewing A Year of Bibilcal Womanhood. He also interviewed Rachel Held Evans. JR.’s review of A Year of Biblical Womanhood Find Matt Mikalatos at: Blog: The Burning Hearts Revolution […]
Skyfall is being hailed – and rightly so – as the best Bond of all time. On the franchise’s 50th anniversary, the new film at once completes the reboot of the bond universe begun in Casino Royale and moves forward. Skyfall‘s story is totally contemporary, setting up the franchise to keep Bond fresh in the […]
The first time I read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, I was probably 10 years old. I just remember enjoying the story, marveling at the magical world of Narnia. As I grew up, I heard that The Chronicles of Narnia were spiritual allegories, and as I reflected on the plot of the book, […]
To be is to be perceived. The only way to know thyself is in the eyes of the Other. — Sonmi-451 Cloud Atlas is the ambitious new film from the Wachowski Siblings (The Matrix Trilogy) and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run). Based on the novel by David Mitchell, it features six stories set from an […]