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December 2019

December 11, 2019

Give Art for Christmas

Works of art--whether paintings or literature or crafts--make outstanding Christmas presents. They are unique. They...

October 2019

October 08, 2019

Horror and the New Nihilism

Classic horror tales, like Dracula, depict good vs. evil. But today's horror genre tends to...

September 2019

September 17, 2019

The Imagination Recession

Hollywood is disappointed with the summer movie box office. Though there were a few hits,...

July 2019

July 09, 2019

The End of Mad Magazine

Mad Magazine is ceasing publication after a 67-year run. The satirical magazine--which was a formative...

May 2019

May 06, 2019

T. S. Eliot Predicts Today

Ross Douthat says that our Notre Dame Cathedral--an edifice constructed by thousands of creative people...

May 03, 2019

The Golden-Mouthed

We Protestants don't go by patron saints, but if there were to be a patron...

April 2019

April 08, 2019

Tolkien the Television Series

Amazon Prime is producing a television series based on J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth,...

April 01, 2019

“In My Hour of Darkness”

I heard Gram Parsons' song "In My Hour of Darkness" on the radio the other day...

March 2019

March 06, 2019

The Fasting and Feasting of Lent

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I love this season of the church...

February 2019

February 08, 2019

“One of the Great Weirdo Cities of the World”

Sam Anderson is a writer for the New York Times Magazine who came to Oklahoma...

January 2019

January 10, 2019

“Good fences make good neighbors”

My fellow Patheos blogger Roger Olsen has written an eloquent critique of President Trump's desire...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

The Late Bre Payton on Protecting Down Syndrome Babies

I am saddened at the death of Bre Payton, one of my students at Patrick...

December 12, 2018

The Fall of Ancient Greece

We often look for parallels between the state of our civilization and the fall of...

November 2018

November 01, 2018

From Confusion to Clarity about Christianity

Have you noticed when talking to non-Christians that often what they object to is...

October 2018

October 23, 2018

A New Anthology of Classic Christian Poetry

When I was teaching, I longed to find a good anthology of classic Christian poetry. ...

October 10, 2018

Netflix to Film Chronicles of Narnia

Netflix has announced an exclusive deal with the C. S. Lewis estate to film the...

August 2018

August 24, 2018

Lutheran Educational Resources, Reading Lists, & Free Stuff

Summer vacation is over! Back to School! Good old golden rule days! For some families,...

July 2018

July 27, 2018

The One Hour Bible

The Bible is a really good book, most people would agree, but who has...

July 26, 2018

Saint G. K. Chesterton?

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a truly great Christian author. He was a Christian apologist who...

July 24, 2018

Orwellian Abortion Signs

I've been posting about the relevance of George Orwell's novel 1984 to today and how...

July 16, 2018

Political Language

Once again, I am reminded of George Orwell. . . .Our discussion of pro-abortion language...

July 13, 2018

Down the Memory Hole

Thinking about expunging politically-incorrect authors, censoring literary classics, and re-writing history made me think of...

July 12, 2018

Purging Laura Ingalls Wilder from the Canon

Even though Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) is a female author of true greatness, she is...

July 04, 2018

Chesterton on the Virtue of Patriotism

On this Independence Day, I would like to offer you words from G. K. Chesterton...

June 2018

June 25, 2018

Myth vs. Parable: A Religious Awakening of Paganism?

David Brooks in the New York Times offers an interesting contrast between "myth" and "parable,"...

June 14, 2018

Reading as Miracle

One of the superpowers most of us have but often take for granted is reading. ...

June 11, 2018

The Suicide’s Question

TV bon vivant Anthony Bourdaine committed suicide last week, just days after fashion mogul Kate...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

Communal Reading in the Ancient World & the Early Church

In the ancient world, people read out loud, even when they were by themselves. Thus,...

May 29, 2018

What Happens When Mind, Soul, & Body Go in Different Directions

Love in the Ruins (1972) is a dark, comic, disturbing, and yet profoundly Christian novel...

May 28, 2018

“The Anticipated Davidic Figure” in the Psalms

My son-in-law Adam Hensley, Old Testament Lecturer at Australian Lutheran College, has just published his book Covenant...