Hypocrisy and Unbelief in High School David French’s recent column takes me back to my own high experiences with hypocrisy. Oct 18, 2022 Religion Personal
Does the Church Have Room for Science Fiction? Author Sandra Miesel notes the numerous Catholic authors that have made contributions to the “speculative fiction” genre. Sep 22, 2022 Nerdery Religion Literature
Are You Ready For This Saturday’s Rapture? What can we learn from Harold Camping and his misguided followers? Aug 29, 2022 Religion
Spring Spheres and Christian Persecution Renaming our Easter eggs isn’t the worst thing that the world can do to us. Aug 29, 2022 Religion
Does Faster Church Make for Better Church? I worry that adopting a more pragmatic, consumer-based approach to church and worship shifts our focus. Aug 24, 2022 Religion
The Problem With the “What The *Bleep* Church” That famous church with the shocking sign sure got your attention, but at what cost? Aug 18, 2022 Religion
The “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” and the Challenge of Confirmation Bias Though Christians may scoff at King’s assertions, we can use this as an educational experience. Aug 18, 2022 Religion
The Religious Dissonance of My Youth The religious leaders of my youth have some explaining to do. Jun 2, 2020 Religion Politics
The Safe Mediocrity of Christian Art Christians have often been guilty of promoting and encouraging art that denies the complexities of human existence. Feb 26, 2019 Best of Opus Religion Literature
There Can Be so Much More to Christian Music Given its frequent tendency to simply copy secular music, it’s easy to become jaded aboutChristian music. Jan 2, 2019 Music Religion
Pastor Wang Yi’s Declaration of Faithful Disobedience The pastor was arrested along with his wife and parishioners by the Chinese government. Dec 18, 2018 Best of Opus Religion
What keeps us from falling down? Once again, the moral failure at the heart of American Christianity is exposed for all to see. Nov 13, 2017 Best of Opus Politics
Weekend Reads: Wonder Woman, Studio Ghibli’s Theme Park, Cowboy Bebop, Bernie Sanders, Christianity’s Decline & More Also: The decline of Contemporary Christian Music, Google Chrome’s ad blocker, Harvard and online privacy, and conspiracy theories of the Left. Jun 10, 2017 Reading
Russell Moore: “Can the Religious Right Be Saved?” Christians must seriously consider what, exactly, informs and shapes our primary identity. (Hint: It’s not Republican politics.) Oct 25, 2016 Religion Politics
Youth Group Nostalgia Can Be Bittersweet As I’ve heard more stories from folks my age about their church experiences, I realize how fortunate I was as a kid. Apr 20, 2016 Best of Opus Religion
Reading: The Innocence Mission, Final Fantasy X, Video game girlfriends, Donald Trump, Bacon & more Also: Technology and dead relatives, Stephen King vs. Stanley Kubrick, midnight movies, creatio ex nihilo, and Ms. Marvel. Oct 30, 2015 Reading
Reading: Comic Book Theology, Evangelion, Sexual Abuse in the Bible, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Christian Expansion, & More Also: Alien civilizations, musical nostalgia, revisiting classic Christian albums, video games as digital literature, social media darkness, music’s ongoing devaluation, and removing advertising’s influence. Oct 24, 2015 Reading