Have you noticed how much sitcoms have changed? The earliest sitcoms were nearly all about marriage, from Leave it to Beaver to Father Knows Best to I Love Lucy. For every Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H*, or Cheers, you had dozens of Growing Pains and Family Matters and Step by Step and Fresh Prince. As […]
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Marriage Confidential by Pamela Haag is one of the most thought-provoking and insightful books I’ve read in a long time. It deserves more than a single review, and I plan to interact with Pamela’s ideas in much more depth later this year. But I couldn’t spend a whole month talking about marriage and not include […]
This review was originally featured at RELEVANT Magazine. Click here to read it! I’ve got a confession for you: I’m a pretty cynical person. I know. You’re shocked, right? Big surprise these days, when skepticism is the norm. We’ve seen it all (on YouTube, at least). Nothing catches us off guard anymore. If you get […]
I am not a scientific person. This simple statement makes anyone who knows me laugh because, well, they know me. As a young boy I loved science. I still love discovering new things, but the part of my brain that was so revved up in 4th grade must have been driven into submission through years […]
Is it ever appropriate for Christians to kill in the name of Jesus? Church history has a long tradition of debating this, with everyone agreeing that mostly the answer is No. We diverge at the question of war: many Christians ascribe to some version of Augustine’s Just War theory, which claims that under some circumstances, […]
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Is Catwoman the Bride of Christ?
“You’ve made some mistakes, Miss Kyle.” – John Blake Last week, I explored how Bruce Wayne’s Hero’s Journey establishes him as a Christ-figure in The Dark Knight Rises. A further excellent parallel my friend Anthony Mako pointed out to me is that if Bruce is Jesus, the Selina clearly parallels the Scriptural presentation of the […]
Eating disorders, alcohol use and cutting all share the same cause as overachieving in girls: a struggle to find identity.
The Self we display on social media is always for others to see. Social media hurts girls by depriving them of the introspective space necessary to develop a strong identity.
The first factor driving girls’ loss of Self is early sexualization. Because they learn from a young age to dress for others, girls learn to be sex objects rather than develop a healthy sexuality.
A thorough resource for those serious about nonviolence and peacemaking in the Way of Jesus. Well worth your time.