My Old Ass and Finding Beauty in Fatalism

We must not allow suffering to obstruct us from having the experiences that make life most worth living.

Inside Out 2 and the Necessity of Joy

What distinguishes Inside Out 2 from other coming-of-age films is its consistent focus on joy as salvation.

“Paul Atreides Must Die”: Dune as Bildungsroman

Immaturity and innocence must die, Dune says, for children to become adults.

Real Life and Real Redemption in N.D. Wilson’s The River Thief

Author and filmmaker N.D. Wilson’s first full-length feature film The River Thief offers real grit, real storytelling, and real redemption.

Listening Closer: Torres and the “New Skin” of Faith

The most interesting correlation between Torres and graduating Seattle Pacific University Scholars is their frequent testimony that, throughout their struggle, they have sustained their faith in Jesus Christ.

Listening Closer: St. Vincent, Sufjan, and the Mothers That Made Them

Through the music of St. Vincent and Sufjan Stevens, we might also come to appreciate our own parents—their successes, their failures, their sacrifices, their scars.