When the Church Treats Sadness Like the Villain: What Pixar’s Inside Out Gets Right About Grief
Sadness is not the enemy of faithfulness, and the impulse to suppress it may do more harm than the grief itself.
Sherlock‘s Fourth Season Forgets What Makes Sherlock Holmes the World’s Greatest Detective
For all its psychologizing of its subject, what the final season of Sherlock fails to understand is Sherlock himself.
John Carpenter’s Halloween and the Problem of Horrendous Evil
Sometimes evil doesn’t have a backstory; it exists for its own sake. This is what makes John Carpenter’s Halloween so effective.
When I Realized That the Bible Could Not Cure Everything
In my first pastorate, I said some stupid things.
The Science Behind Effectively Sharing Your Faith
“The ultimate apologetic is the combination of our relationship with God and our relationships with each other, intentional relationships in which the life-changing truth of our Faith is made manifest for all to see and consider.”
Can A Psychopath’s Brain Teach Us Anything About Justice?
If someone is driven to become a psychopath by factors completely outside of their control, to what extent can they be held accountable for their actions?
Dan's Real Life is A Lie
Ben Bartlett on why Dan’s advice industry should go on hiatus for a while.
