Let nothing you dismay…
Category: Faith
Reflections on Ferguson, sexism, 9-11 and a life lived in fear.
This is so beautiful. And one of my favorite Christmas songs, too.
JR.’s paper from the Baylor IFL Faith and Film festival. Using Scott Poole’s Monsters in America methodology to examine two Scott Derickson films, JR. argues that possession films offer the Church a unique window into American culture.
Amy Dennis imagines what the parable of the Unmerciful Servant from Matthew 18 would sound like if Jesus had told it today.
What aspects of Christianity make it hard for you to really, fully follow Jesus? Maybe it’s how the Church treats LGBT people. Or a congregation’s attitude toward women in ministry. Maybe it’s Bible’s complicated, complex history of transmission, and the way texts are handled by some denominations. Or maybe there are some foundational doctrines that […]
It’s raining zombies. Hallelujah.
In recent weeks there have been several events that have made me think back on some important paradigm shifts in how I read the Bible including being asked by a friend to list some important books that have changed my life, the events in Ferguson, MO, the refuge crisis at our own boarder, the reaction […]
The pervasive belief that faithful Islam manifests itself as violence is ignorant, wrong and unChristian. A loving, godly response to our Muslim neighbors should follow Jesus’ golden rule.