i’ve never read an anne rice book. i’ve never seen an anne rice-adapted movie. i’ve never been interested in vampires or books about vampires. despite these things, though, i’ve been a distant and intrigued observer—over the last 10 years—as anne rice has come back to faith. growing up in the catholic church, at the age of 18, she left her [...]

whether it’s a primary motivator or a smaller piece of the puzzle, most objective, analytical observers of the tea party can see that racial undertones are, well, more than just undertones. they’re relatively major players within this “movement”. nearly 90% of those involved are white and generally upper middle class. i’m not sure if you’ve heard or not, but the [...]

this is part of an ongoing series called 25 in the 2000s. if you want a bit of information about the series, you can find the introduction here. often, the story of a culture, a people, a time period is shared through cinema. movies transcend moments and create timeless asides from normal life. so it was over the last 10 [...]

indeed, friedrich nietzsche was exactly right about christianity. well, not about everything. but certainly, he got a few things right. while i have had the, um, pleasure of dabbling into a very small amount of nietzsche’s philosophies during my time at the seminary (mostly in relation to moral/faith development), i don’t claim to be an exhaustive authority on all things [...]

this is the third post in an ongoing blog series in which i go, track-by-track, through derek webb’s new album, stockholm syndrome. here’s a list of past posts: 1. black eye2. cobra con ——————————————- throughout stockholm syndrome, webb weaves a series of poetic lyrics that dig beneath the surface of the obvious. it’s not so much that the meaning is [...]

I read a fairly vast array of blogs. all the way from tony jones to even, yes, mark driscoll. i read the cry of social justice from the sojourners blog all the way to the calvinist smorgasbord of tim challies. on the more conservative wing of the blog spectrum, i semi-regularly read ed stetzer’s (director of research for the evil [...]

this is the second post in an ongoing blog series in which i go, track-by-track, through derek webb’s new album, stockholm syndrome. here’s a list of past posts: 1. black eye ——————————————- after positing his theological presupposition for the entire album (that the church has become a willing and endeared participant in its captivity), webb begins to lay out a [...]