Wounds and Woundedness in The Smashing Machine
The film points toward Caravaggio’s The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, where belief is born through touching the wounds of Christ.

The film points toward Caravaggio’s The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, where belief is born through touching the wounds of Christ.

Ancient Egyptians were deeply involved in questions of the afterlife: God did indeed set eternity in the hearts of all humanity across the ages.

Movies with such a dismal ending don’t usually inspire audiences to keep coming back for more—let alone smash box office records—so what’s really going on with Infinity War?

Fortunately, Jesus Christ Superstar Live! was only a play—a surprisingly good play—and not reality.

We can pretend that bodies are shrines to our youth, but they are better considered as places. They can be havens and homes. They can be agents of mercy. But what they aren’t meant to be is preserved.

We might find a yard scattered with candy-filled eggs and we might find an empty tomb. Neither one can fill us or satisfy us like the Resurrected Christ
Metal bands understand the importance of the resurrection because if it is true it changes everything.
“About five years ago, just before Easter, I saw my grandmother for the last time.”
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