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July 2014

July 28, 2014

And We Behold His Glory

Most major mythologies say that humanity will end up in either a hades or a...

July 08, 2014

Why You Must Read Shakespeare to Understand OITNB’s Second Season

In its first season, Orange is the New Black (OITNB) was a show about...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Five Books to Read in College

This is a list of five amazing books. They come representing five noble genres: the...

March 23, 2014

“Didactic Paragraph-Pomposity” and the Pursuit of Truth

In one of my first encounters with Søren Kierkegaard, I distinctively remember hearing the term...

March 19, 2014

The Language of Narrative and the Recovery of Metanarrative: Part Two

What is truth? This, of course, is an ancient question. Pilate’s response to Jesus doesn’t...

March 06, 2014

Epic Mentality

In my house, my wife Katie and I are hoping that using consistent, relaxing...

June 2013

June 10, 2013

Literature and the Moral Life

During a class discussion in college, I recall one of my English professors off-handedly commenting,...

May 2013

May 13, 2013

Friendship, Gender, and Literature

“What we need is… better art and better stories—better fictional worlds, by which I mean...

April 2013

April 10, 2013

Father Brown and the Reality of Sin

I have now read about half of the total collection of stories featuring Father Brown,...

February 2013

February 07, 2013

Saving Richard III

Who was Richard III? Villain, or slandered victim of his enemies? Recent news that...