The Shape of Water and the Image of God
The Shape of Water works on several levels: as a Cold War spy movie, a fantasy tale, and as an homage to old…
‘Love Is a Dirty Word’–Giovanni Adams’ One-Person Show
This is a long-overdue review of Giovanni Adams’ one-person show, Love is a Dirty Word, which ran in June of 2017 in Los…
Notes on Nine Days of Watching Jesus Films
Two weeks ago, I found myself subbing in as backup quarterback when Rev. Jim Friedrich, hobbled by back pain, couldn’t make it to…
Trump Is Not the Future: Living in the ‘Already but Not Yet’
A Sermon: I want to start by saying something prophetic and maybe even a little bit foolish. I don’t believe Trumpism is the…
The ‘Boston Declaration’ Swings and Misses
When the Nashville Statement came out, retrenching the religious right in its 1950’s-vintage morality of the family, I used a silly picture from…
Pop Closets
I was in a gay bar in New Haven, Connecticut when I realized George Michael’s “Freedom ’90” was a coming out song. Of…
Blade Runner (1982): Do Androids Dream of Redemption?
The original Blade Runner is one of the most influential science fiction films of all time. Most noticeably, directors and artistic designers have…
Questions I Wish (Liberal & Conservative) White People Would Ask Themselves about the National Anthem Protests
It’s amazing to how quickly Black people’s protest can become an argument between white people. When it comes to the NFL protests during…
Twin Peaks: The Return
“Twin Peaks is different, a long way from the world…and that’s exactly the way we like it. But there’s a back end to…