“Time Adventure”: Solace in Non-Linearity
God’s view of time operates entirely differently from the human view, as His omniscience of all history and future outcomes prevents Him from being negatively affected by any present moment.
What The Vast of Night Taught Me about Living in the Moment
If we struggle believing the best is yet to come, the first step is acknowledging that not all nostalgia is healthy.
Merricat and the Sin of Nostalgia
We are called not to stay as we were found or as we wish we had been found, but to grow in spiritual maturity and knowledge of the Gospel; to remain focused on the past is to refuse to grow spiritually.
Faith Coming of Age
In spite of our drive to speed up growth and reach the goal of faith, perhaps the real goal is to trust the process. Rather than an object to be controlled, we can enjoy the blessing of time as a gift.
What Do We Owe Each Other While We Wait for The Good Place?
In essence, “What are my rights?” is private and individual. “What do we owe one another?” is personal and communal. It’s to shift from “What do I deserve?” to “What is best for us?”
Out of Many, One: What Jane the Virgin Can Teach Us about Immigration
We’ve forgotten (or refuse to see) that we are better because of our diversity, because we are a nation of immigrants, and because our collective experiences make us stronger.
Soul Music and the Obviousness of God
And that’s real soul music. It assumes God is within the reality of life—all of your life. Dancing and dating are in the same universe as politics and poetry—this is all God’s world, anyways.
The Christ and Pop Culture 25 of 2019
A list of our favorite things from 2019.
Rory Williams Is a Misfit Refined by Love
Like Rory Williams in Doctor Who, we are called to show up in the difficult places, called to be near broken people and called to uncomfortable situations.
Following in the Footsteps of Sophie Scholl’s Misfit Messiah
The film’s intentional depiction of an all too real history invites reflection on the nature of the conscience and urgency of becoming a misfit.
Notes from the Ultimate Misfit, an Enneagram Four
We all, especially Enneagram Fours, must not sacrifice the sacredness of the mundane on the altar of self-actualization.
Not Like Me: The Irony of Heeding the Tragic Hero
Simply upholding these tragic hero figures as warnings ultimately cheapens our understanding of both human depravity, and, more consequently, the extent of grace.
On First Reformed, Narcissism, and Being a Beautiful Soul
After all, to turn inward, to turn away from the world, is that not also a type of violence?
A Frankenstein Approach to Self-Definition
We tinker and work slavishly as Dr. Frankenstein did, assembling our online creations with the parts we gather from various sources.
Swipe Right: Tinder and the Quest for Perfection
In so doing, Tinder taps into the soul’s quest for perfection while inviting the user to advertise themselves for mass consumption.
Finding Reason and Goodness in the Longing for a Superhero
Our collective superhero fascination reveals a lot about how we define ourselves, Jesus, and our relationship to him.
