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Is Christianity Unified?: A Perspective from True Blood
Posted on 20/05/2013 | 1 CommentOn Facebook several weeks ago, a friend mentioned in a passing status something about Christian unity and the division of denominations to which someone replied with a quote from Lewis’s introduction to On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius: ”We are all rightly... -
Lent, Facebook and Desire
Posted on 18/02/2013 | 12 CommentsAre you giving up Facebook for Lent? Lots of people are doing it. In a 2012 survey published on Christianity Today and generated using Twitter, Facebook appeared as the 6th most common thing that people give up for Lent. Responding to... -
The Voice of a Generation, or How “Girls” Helps the Church See
Posted on 04/02/2013 | No CommentsThe HBO comedy-drama Girls, the brainchild of Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow, is an awards darling. Its freshman series received both the Golden Globe for Best Comedy and Best Actress for Dunham the same night its second series premiered. Dunham,... -
Drawing Cities: Art and Urban Place-Making
Posted on 21/01/2013 | 2 CommentsI’ve been intrigued by the This is Our City project for a while now. This is Our City is a multi-year initiative of Christianity Today that seeks to document the way Christians are changing the cities in which they live.... -
Flash Point: Artistic Invasions Into the Everyday
Posted on 05/12/2012 | 2 CommentsThey all tend to begin the same way. An individual steps out of the crowd in a public place, often a mall or transportation terminal, and begins dancing, singing, or making music everyone present can see and hear. The act... -
Meta-Review: The Hunger Games
Posted on 05/11/2012 | No CommentsWe loved Suzanne Collins’ trilogy The Hunger Games (THG). While the movie is okay, we think the books are great. So, when we set out to do a meta-review of Christian writing on THG, we knew we would be biased.... -
The Avengers’ Accidental Icon
Posted on 31/10/2012 | 9 CommentsLast May, two of my best friends and I went to see The Avengers at the cinema near our university. I should disclose from the start that I am not necessarily the target audience for the film. I like my...
