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November 2017

November 16, 2017

An Interview with the Christian and Atheist Friends Who Host the Podcast ASSUMPTIONS

I wrote about Daniel Melvill Jones and Kyle Marshall's podcast, Assumptions, previously here. The constructive dialogue...

October 2017

October 13, 2017

OCD, Stephen King’s IT, and Facing Our Fear

OCD and Fear I have struggled with bouts of OCD since my teenage years. When...

July 2017

July 29, 2017

What Flannery O’Connor Might Say to Christian Moviemakers, Musicians, and Artists

For many, barely-Christian thought, even that which dips its toe affirmatively in heretical thinking or...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Why FARGO Is My Favorite Film (Part 2)

Yesterday, I wrote about the first reason the Coen brothers' Fargo is my favorite film...

May 24, 2017

Why FARGO Is My Favorite Film (Part 1)

Last week, prompted by a great question coming from the podcast Assumptions, I asked you...

May 16, 2017

Assumptions: A Podcast in Which an Atheist and a Christian Talk about Stories

Did you guys know that this is not the only place on the internet where...

May 06, 2017

Beyond the KKK: Getting at White Supremacy in the Church

When you try to speak to evangelical Christians today about white supremacy or white privilege,...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Does the Bible Approve of the Sexual Violence in The Handmaid’s Tale?

As I write, streaming service Hulu has just released the first three episodes of the...

February 2017

February 20, 2017

Dispatch from the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival: Empathy at the Movies

The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is currently being held in Missoula, Montana. This year,...

August 2016

August 09, 2016

The Bicycle Thief: Humanizing Criminal and Crime Victim

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

Abortion: Beyond the Culture Wars to Story–4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, and 2 DAYS

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

May 02, 2016

2001: A Space Odyssey

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

Babette’s Feast: New Creation and Easter’s Resurrection

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

March 18, 2016

Ozu’s Tokyo Story and the Struggle to Honor Our Parents

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

March 02, 2016

THE SEVENTH SEAL, the Hiddenness of God, and the Inescapability of Death

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

INTO GREAT SILENCE: Joy and Vocation in the Cloister

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

IKIRU: “To Live” as God’s Mask

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

January 07, 2016

A New Year, A New Series: The Intersection of Film and Faith

For the past few months, a combination of busyness, frustration with the state of blogging...

October 2015

October 05, 2015

A Salute to Henning Mankell

One of my favorite genres of fiction is Nordic noir, and one of my favorite...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Show Me a Hero: HBO’s Zeitgeisty Historical Miniseries Deals with Housing Desegregation in the ’80s

"Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy," F. Scott Fitzgerald said....

August 17, 2015

With Pathos and Humor, The Skeleton Twins Evokes Water as Both Life and Death

Water can mean death. It can be a place of drowning, suicide, natural disaster. For...

August 03, 2015

Blood Brother: A Documentary That Shows How Deeds Can Preach

Rocky Braat, a pretty ordinary young American man, goes to India with a friend. He...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Creativity–and Goals for This Blog

This weekend, I spent a large portion of time binge-watching HBO's The Newsroom, which just...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

Beats of the Antonov (Seattle International Film Festival)

While in Seattle last week, I had the opportunity to visit the Seattle International Film...

May 11, 2015

Rachel Held Evans: Willing to Be a Messy Christian for the Sake of a Messy World

Rachel Held Evans wrestles with the Church and with faith and she does it publicly....

April 2015

April 06, 2015

Mad Men: Our Ontological Brokenness

Last night, it was the beginning of the end for AMC's Mad Men: a show...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

Calvary: A Film That Wrestles with the Cruciform Life

(Trigger warning: this review contains some non-explicit references to sexual abuse. The film itself speaks...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

Julianne Moore’s Short But Profound Statement at the Oscars

In the midst of all the film industry self-aggrandizing and back-slapping, you may have missed...

February 18, 2015

The Overnighters: A Documentary about the Bakken Oil Fields, a Lutheran Pastor, Sin, and Service

The Overnighters (2014) is writer/director Jesse Moss's documentary film, centered around the men who seek...

February 02, 2015

Marilyn Hagerty and the Joyful Novelty of Thankfulness

I'm guest-posting today for my dear friends over at Christ and Pop Culture. If you...

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