The Nashville Statement: Fighting a Losing Battle with the Future
There have been many moves the Church has made over the years to render itself irrelevant. The Roman Catholic Humanae Vitae comes to…
You Can’t Beat the Alt-Right with Violence
First, the grief. I was horrified by what I saw from online videos in Charlottesville this weekend. The sight of that car plowing…
Dunkirk and the ‘Just’ War Movie
Some thoughts on Dunkirk, director Chris Nolan’s masterful war film portraying the events of the evacuation of more than 388,000 Allied troops from…
Why I Can’t Condemn Eugene Peterson for His Views on Same-Sex Marriage
Controversy has recently engulfed Eugene Peterson, retired Presbyterian pastor and author of the bestselling Bible translation The Message for his statements about same-sex…
Interview with Stephen Cone, Director of ‘Princess Cyd’
The day after the West Coast and gay festival premiere of Princess Cyd (at Frameline 2017 in San Francisco) writer-director Stephen Cone and…
‘Princess Cyd’: Latest from Stephen Cone, Director of ‘Henry Gamble’ and ‘Wise Kids’
Last Week, I had the chance to see the West Coast and gay festival premiere of Princess Cyd, the latest from Stephen Cone.…
‘Wonder Woman’ is another Name for God
There are times in history when the veil between the daily struggle for doing good and the cosmic struggle for justice becomes thin.…
The Theology of The Handmaid’s Tale
Watching The Handmaid’s Tale has filled me with…thoughts. Scattered thoughts. Random thoughts. Things that don’t easily coalesce into a coherent essay. As usual…
Casting JonBenet: A Story of American Decadence
Casting JonBenet (now streaming on Netflix) takes a novel approach to telling the story of the JonBenet Ramsey murder. There is no blurry…