“Counting Stars” with Aristotle: Why Do I Feel So Right Doing the Wrong Thing?
OneRepublic’s song joins the chorus of voices throughout history which have mourned the perplexing human condition.
The Fantasy Genre Both Requires and Reinforces Disenchantment
Fantasy stories can do so much more than encourage nonspecific spiritual yearnings through fantastic settings and characters.
Out of Mayhem, Hope: Reflecting on Lady Gaga’s Mayhem
Lady Gaga’s latest album is a powerful reminder to dance through my own chaos of mental angst.
Six Principles for Making a Life of Christ: The Chosen and its Forerunner
The success of these two productions indicates that people are intrigued by a human, divine, holy, and likable Christ.
Take Me to Church: Max’s Somebody Somewhere
Sometimes church is a collection of broken, lonely people who might be exiled from other faith communities, and who long to know their worth.
Kaos Drains: What This Provocative (and Cancelled) Series Says About Our Distaste for Disorder
When we are expected to invest in storytelling whose very basis is un-formation, it seems we largely ignore it.
“Because You Let Me.” The Horror of Speak No Evil, Niceness, and Complacent Men
Speak No Evil starkly portrays the point at which niceness becomes a weapon in the hands of those cruel and clever enough to wield it.
Metamodernism: Understanding the Spirit of the Age
The metamodern mood is hopeful but cautious, sincere but self-aware, believing while doubting all the same.
