Dec 7, 2019 Best of Opus Literature Pop Culture The New Fundamentalism (Same as the Old Fundamentalism) The fundamentalism I experienced in the religious circles of my youth can now be found in progressive and “woke” circles.
Nov 29, 2019 Best of Opus Comics Black Science Is a Mind-blowing Trip Through Alternate Realities & Family Dysfunction (Review) Filled with stunning artwork and a trippy-yet-emotional storyline, Black Science is a top-shelf sci-fi adventure.
Aug 22, 2019 Best of Opus Religion The Extravagance of God The One who created, with extravagance, the galaxies and their billions of stars relates to lowly humans with a similar extravagance.
Jun 17, 2019 Anime Best of Opus A Deep Dive Into Hideaki Anno’s Mind-blowing, Groundbreaking Neon Genesis Evangelion Since its 1995 debut, Evangelion has become one of the most popular, influential, and controversial anime titles of all time.
Apr 25, 2019 Best of Opus Music 15 of My Favorite Songs by Starflyer 59 For 25 years, Jason Martin has delivered one solid tune after another. These are some of his best.
Apr 15, 2019 Best of Opus Interviews Music Celebrating 25 Years of Blue Collar Love: Starflyer 59’s Past, Present, and Future Starflyer 59’s songs often wax nostalgic and wonder where life has gone. Their latest album is the culmination of that line of thinking.
Feb 26, 2019 Best of Opus Literature Religion The Safe Mediocrity of Christian Art Christians have often been guilty of promoting and encouraging art that denies the complexities of human existence.
Feb 9, 2019 Best of Opus Opus News Supporting Opus in 2019 If you’ve ever found a new favorite album, movie, etc., through my writing, consider becoming an Opus supporter today.
Jan 24, 2019 Best of Opus Music The Greatest Christian Metal Albums of All Time This took me down a very specific nostalgia trail.
Jan 1, 2019 Best of Opus Music My Favorite Songs of 2018: Fine China, Damien Jurado, Khruangbin, Low, The Mary Onettes, Ride, Silk Demon & more I listened to a lot of music this year; these 21 tracks were the ones I kept coming back to with each passing month.
Dec 22, 2018 Best of Opus Movies Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and the Exhilaration of Representation (Review) Easily one of the most exhilarating and entertaining superhero movies I’ve ever seen, and all the moreso for its inclusivity.
Dec 18, 2018 Best of Opus Religion Pastor Wang Yi’s Declaration of Faithful Disobedience The pastor was arrested along with his wife and parishioners by the Chinese government.
Nov 16, 2018 Best of Opus Miscellany Your Language Affects What You Can See We all have epistemic blind spots of which we are completely unaware.
Oct 25, 2018 Best of Opus Technology Internet Memories and Battle of the Bands ‘93 For better or worse, the internet has become a big collective memory organ.
Oct 17, 2018 Best of Opus Literature Howard Pyle’s Men of Iron: A Fanciful Coming of Age Story in the Middle Ages (Review) A rousing, strongly principled adventure story that I would’ve loved to read back in 5th grade (but I still enjoyed it as an adult).
Sep 23, 2018 Best of Opus Music Low Tear Their Music Apart on Double Negative, with Stunning Results (Review) Some of the most challenging music of Low’s career, but also some of the most daring, intriguing, and rewarding.
Aug 25, 2018 Best of Opus Music Old-School Christian Goth & Industrial: The Children of Power, Christian Image, and New Society (Review) These albums are a fascinating glimpse into a realm of Christian music that most people probably never even knew existed.
Jul 4, 2018 Best of Opus Music The Boundless Optimism of Japan’s “City Pop” The music of artists like Toshiki Kadomatsu sounds utterly disposable but I can’t get enough of it these days.
May 1, 2018 Best of Opus Movies Random Thoughts About Avengers: Infinity War and the Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Review) The Marvel Cinematic Universe reaches an apocalyptic milestone ten years in the making.
Apr 2, 2018 Best of Opus Comics Exploring the Strange, Ultra-Futuristic World of Tsutomu Nihei’s Blame! Tsutomu Nihei’s manga masterpiece is a journey through a bizarre world filled with nightmarish technology run amok.