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Spiritual Formation in an Autocomplete World

Remove enough friction and you don’t have a more efficient formation process. You have no formation process. You have content delivery.

Moments of Joy From the 2026 World Cup

The whole world coming together proved even more beautiful than the beautiful game itself.

We Need New Words for the Experiences We Didn’t Have Before AI

The speed of AI’s advancement currently outpaces our ability to describe and discuss its impact.

The Way Out of the Maze: A Reflection on Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear

Burke’s novel pulls the psychological and physical curtain back to reveal where the promise of a simpler life falls short. 

A Cultural Critique of Michael Jackson and Modern Idolatry

Why do so many of us still desperately want to believe in Michael Jackson?

The Bat in Daylight: Matt Fraction, Batman, and a New Day in Gotham City

You don’t wait for institutions to become trustworthy, or people to become good, or the city to become clean before deciding whether it’s worth fighting for.

The Nature of Kendrick Lamar’s “Suffering Servant”

Lamar’s music is a battlefield of competing theologies embedded in the dissonance of lived experience.

The Prophet and The Pagans: Narcissism versus Humility in Jonah

Whether pastors or politicians, average Jo(nah)s or communities as a whole, we must move from being self-absorbed to being self-abnegating.

Modern Transcendence in Movies: The Threat of Enchantment in The Green Knight

David Lowery’s Arthurian tale reveals that humanity’s rational mastery over the earth is a self-satisfied illusion.

Sanctifying Splatter-punk: Rage, Fear, and Embodied Play in Christian Art

Want to know what questions haunt our society? Ask horror.

Daredevil: Born Again Tests the Limits of Christian Grace

The Disney superhero series can help us appreciate the brazenness of Christ’s grace.

Spiritual Oneupmanship and the Dangers of Digital Discipleship

The way we speak to others is just as important as the beliefs and ideas we hold.

Modern Transcendence in Movies: The Spirit Descends on Mother Mary

Mother Mary declares that the modern age is not so impervious to the spiritual as it would like to think.

Abortion Stories, Reproductive Wrongs, and Our Need for Each Other

If one overarching theme can be discerned in such a variegated collection, it’s this: No abortion takes place in a void.

The Last Unapologetic Hero: Masculinity and Heroism in 007 First Light

The game assumes the audience already understands the dangers built into the Bond archetype, and then it moves beyond them.

“Cobra Kai Never Dies”: The Redemption of Johnny Lawrence, John Kreese, and Cobra Kai

Part of what makes the Cobra Kai series so great is how it shows Johnny and Kreese’s transition into heroes.