The opening shot of Jeymes Samuel’s Book of Clarence shows several criminals nailed to crosses per the first century Roman method of capital punishment. In the foreground, a white Jesus remains prominent, after which the camera maneuvers to concentrate our focus on the titular character portrayed by LaKeith Stanfield. After this, we see a creditContinue reading “The Book of Clarence | A Review”
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Friday Night Gospel | February 2nd
Happy Friday…Happy February. Here’s your wrap up of all the places law and grace “showed up and showed out” this week. Enjoy and feel free to drop a comment, like, or follow us! The Death of the Internet? Is it the ‘end of the web as we know it’? A brief article at IFL ScienceContinue reading “Friday Night Gospel | February 2nd”
Friday Night Gospel | January 26th
Happy Friday! Here’s your law/gospel roundup of all the places the perpetual tension between grace and self sufficiency have shown up in my feed (and my life) recently…I didn’t have time to cover everything I wanted to expound on, but alas, there’s always next week, I suppose. As always, feel free to share your favoriteContinue reading “Friday Night Gospel | January 26th”
Friday Reflections | January 19th
Happy Friday! Here’s a recap of the several places where I saw grace, law/gospel implications, and good news show up in surprising and unexpected ways. As always, feel free to drop a comment or share your favorites moments of experiencing or noticing the grace of God this week…Enjoy! End of Days? Last week, Bored PandaContinue reading “Friday Reflections | January 19th”
Emocore, Ecclesiastes, CS Lewis, and Grace…
Poets are priests mediating the invisible world for us spectators. Inasmuch as they describe the transcendent realm, they are relating to us truth about life, about love, about ourselves…if they do it with raw honesty, it helps us connect with our own personal register of emotions, memories, and sets of experiences. They might even helpContinue reading “Emocore, Ecclesiastes, CS Lewis, and Grace…”
The (Self) Justification of Cardi B…
Cardi B created a pop cultural phenomenon via her controversial 2020 single, WAP, an acronym insinuating what some consider the ultimate anthem of modern sexual liberty. Consequently, ironic merchandising gimmicks and parodies abound…even extending to the church realm with remixes like Worship And Praise…yes, someone actually had the gall to implement this… While WAP isContinue reading “The (Self) Justification of Cardi B…”
Minor Threat, Salad Days, and the New Birth…
Minor Threat’s Salad Days from their final 7-inch record reflects the beginning of punk rock’s inclination toward introspective and existential themes that remained developed far beyond simple, 4/4-time, aggressive songs about the government, anarchy, etc. The song betrays profound angst about the aging process, which is an ironic preoccupation for a group of (then) 20-somethingsContinue reading “Minor Threat, Salad Days, and the New Birth…”
Poison, Proverbs, and the Peace of God…
Growing up, we spent many of our summers visiting my grandmother who lived in a small Arkansas town that may have contained about 500 people max. Yet, it wasn’t too far from civilization where there were shopping malls and some semblance of metropolitan normalcy. What I distinctly remember is that amidst her humble accommodations, sheContinue reading “Poison, Proverbs, and the Peace of God…”
The Cinematic Language of Law & Grace in The Fabelmans
The most explicit reference to Christianity in Steven Spielberg’s quasi-autobiographical film, The Fabelman’s revolves around young Sam Fabelman’s love interest in a Christian girl with whom he attends Grand View High School. Sam (a stand in for a young Speilberg) has just been physically attacked for his Jewish heritage by his peers, one of whomContinue reading “The Cinematic Language of Law & Grace in The Fabelmans”
How the PBS Newshour Helped Me Navigate Parenting, the Pandemic, and the Growing Divide in America: A 2020 Wrap Up & Retrospective…
Most of what I consumed for ‘entertainment’ last year came in the form of countless nights sunk down into my beloved tattered sofa after wrestling kids to sleep and losing myself in the realm of the PBS Newshour. This was mostly by default as we only get 3 channels with our antennae and since myContinue reading “How the PBS Newshour Helped Me Navigate Parenting, the Pandemic, and the Growing Divide in America: A 2020 Wrap Up & Retrospective…”
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 