Horror struck at the Boston Marathon this past monday. Out of the ashes of bombs, heroes such as Carlos Arredondo and Jeff Bauman raised.
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Category: Arts & Culture • Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing, Carlos Arredondo, Jeff Bauman
Zombies have exploded in popularity. This post looks at zombies see what this horror subgenre shows us about ourselves.
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Category: Arts & Culture • Tags: Death, Hope, Horror, Resurrection, Theological Anthropology, Zombies
In The Road, Cormac McCarthy strips down the world in order to show us our own hearts and our need for hope and community in the midst of suffering.
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Category: Arts & Culture • Tags: Community, Suffering, The Road
Why do we gravitate to novels and tv shows and fantasy? How do they engage our imagination and desires? We take a look in this essay.
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Series: Imagination And… • Category: Arts & Culture, Theology • Tags: Desire, Fantasy, Idolatry, Imagination, Magic, Weird
I believe in the power of words--they can create or destroy. Our language reflects either God as creator, or the serpent as destroyer.
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Category: Arts & Culture • Tags: Communication, Language, Words
Every local church has a liturgy that should be formative. This series looks at how our services should flow into the other six days.
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Series: Liturgy in the Other Six Days • Category: Arts & Culture, Theology • Tags: Liturgical Theology, Liturgy, Spiritual Formation, Story-telling