Why I Read Literature and Why You Should Too
Although we live in an age with the highest literacy rate in world history, we also live in an age where people are reading less and less. The amount of Americans reading literature continues to [...]
The Christian and the Cinema
Only one thing can temper a heated argument in François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (1959). It happens toward the middle of the film. The protagonist’s family halt their shouting and, at the [...]
‘The Good Place’ and the Quest for Satisfaction
The hit TV show, “The Good Place,” has recently ended, and I have been reflecting on its message and legacy. Many Christians started the show, but upon seeing that the system used to get to “The [...]
The Art of the Novel and the Christian Conversation
The Novel In An Experiment in Criticism, C. S. Lewis says that one of the chief operations of art, and specifically literature, is “to remove our gaze from that mirrored face, to deliver us from [...]
The Gospel and the Act of Storytelling
Recently, I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) with some of my students. I work for a campus ministry, and some of my students had expressed interest in playing this creative [...]
The Christian and Contemporary Art
If you walk into the contemporary section of an art museum, you will usually see three types of people: the Mindless Acceptor, the Perplexed Observer, and the Haughty Dismisser. These people may [...]