“Narrative” Articles

In writing fiction, Taylor Swift has somehow managed to ponder the deeper truths of love and loss and life.

The standard explanation for the power of personal narrative is that out of a particular experience, the universal one can be understood, or at least felt, if only briefly.

ESPN’s decision to highlight a benched player in the course of a televised game points to something deeper about the way we are presented college football games. And, I think, to something more significant about what it means to be human.

This Southern Gothic neo-noir crime drama is also a look at two men wrestling with their understandings of God and humanity.

Nick Rynerson finds commonalities between the stories of Christianity and Outlaw Country.

“Country music doesn’t look far enough back, but it does have a traditional inclination that resonates with the heart.”

“I love Chabon, but reserve my nightstand long-term for someone else.”

Often accused of being inauthentic, we could learn a lot from Mumford’s british invasion of Americana.

“Maybe Christians need to take a page from the Drive-By Truckers and stop giving advice and tell more (true) stories.”

“This moment in Arkham City gives me hope because it was a moment of truth. A moment when the world worked as it should and my determination to save it was tested.”