A Cultural Critique of Michael Jackson and Modern Idolatry
Why do so many of us still desperately want to believe in Michael Jackson?
A Pandemic of Romantic Idolatry
COVID-19 highlighted what was already true: both single and married Christians need more family in the body of Christ than romance can offer.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Is Not Safe, But He’s Good
Godzilla-worship is idolatrous in reality, but this fiction helps us simulate “worship” of a great entity, despite its terror and ability to wound us.
The Ubiquitous Google, the Omnipresent God, and the Wisdom to Know the Difference
Tyranny comes in many forms, but the most abiding characteristic of tyrants is that they enslave with indifference.
Family Matters in Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp
In Ant-Man and the Wasp, Marvel reveals the importance of intact families—wherever we might find them.
Oikos and Idolatry in Spider-Man: Homecoming
In Spider-Man: Homecoming, the villain Adrian Toomes represents a disturbingly plausible version of a very natural human tendency: the idolization of family.
LOL Interwebz: A Spacetime Oddity
This is what’s weird to me about the Internet age. Instead of attacking ideas, we attack people.
