A people taken from their home in the not so distant past. Millions die as they are shipped in chains to a foreign land. Once on the soil they are exploited daily, no end to the demands. Their efforts and labor bear only fruit for their oppressors, day after day distancing the chasm of prosperity... Continue Reading →
*Spoiler Alert! Major spoiler for the last Harry Potter novel ahead. The theme of resurrection is dominant in the last of the seven original Harry Potter books. One of the three great “hallows” is literally called the resurrection stone. Harry himself undergoes a physical resurrection of sorts after sacrificing himself for those he loves. The... Continue Reading →
Recently, I posted a blog with one of my favorite quotes about literature which states that, “Literature [is] the laboratory of the human condition.”1 How often I’m reminded of just how true that is! Last night I was reading some selected poems from three late American poets who each reflected various "experiments" into what it... Continue Reading →
“Do not say, ‘Why is it that the former days were better than these?’ For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.” Ecclesiastes 7:10 Why are we so inclined to think that our moment is always the most pressing? The most divided? The most troubled? I think there are many reasons for... Continue Reading →
Our societal age is known for many of its attributes. Anxiety. Divisiveness. Cynicism. Sarcasm. Skepticism. Disdain. Surely some admirable things could be said, but these are perhaps some of the most dominate attitudes within our air. Yet for the Christian life, this must not be so. The Apostle Paul exhorts us to be known for... Continue Reading →
Art reveals much about a society or culture. It can be used to vividly portray conflict or express memorable protest. It can be fashioned to imaginatively express an ideology’s ideal or to rebelliously push against that underlying narrative. It would be an incomplete description of any time period if that culture’s art was not mentioned.... Continue Reading →
