In Valerie Sayers’ latest novel, The Powers, we grasp the full, fragile edges of characters whose lives seem to be on the verge of shattering. It is 1941, right before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and for a host of characters living in the bustle of New York City, there… [more]
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Stephen King on God (though don’t hold him to it)
While talking with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross yesterday to promote his new book, Joyland, novelist Stephen King spent a good deal of time discussing his religious upbringing and whether or not he believes in God. Joyland is set in a 1973 amusement park, and that led King to compare carnival… [more]
Mad Men, Rotten Ralph and unrepentant characters
It was hard enough explaining why Christians should watch Mad Men on Moody Radio. I also had to justify it to my 7-year-old. I had been invited on Moody’s “Up for Debate” program to take the pro-Mad Men side (you can hear the conversation here). Afterwards, my daughter wanted to… [more]
A new call for Christian engagement with video games
“You won’t find many religious people here,” said an up-and-coming game designer when I informed him that I was interviewing video-game makers about their religious and spiritual beliefs. He was right. While at this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, I had the opportunity to talk to a dozen… [more]
Hearing others’ voices in The Silence and the Roar
One of my most powerful reading experiences came from a college course I took on postcolonial literature. I was 20 and my reading history had been intensely and entirely personal: I read books in order to escape, to identify with characters and to make sense of my life. But once… [more]
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Ben Kreis It always comes back to the heart of the viewer. Is he vicariously living the sin or observing it from the outside?
Mad Men, Rotten Ralph and unrepentant characters
KristyQ As someone who writes reviews for a living, it would be pretty easy to pass reading these books off as keeping up with the culture and knowing what people are talking about. But in this case, I just don't think it's worth it; I fear losing more than I would gain.
Why I still haven't read Fifty Shades of Grey
Esther Aspling I think evangelicals have a hypocrisy in how they expect, say, Catholics to re-look at their beliefs, but then we don't believe we need to search out why we do the things we do or believe the things we believe.
Why we shouldn’t be so quick to set sail with Rob Bell
Brett Ramey The biblical points touched on deal with great characters in Bible history who suffered when enticed by their own lusts. This is still the downfall of many today, both great and small.
The generic genius of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah
Joshua Pease (This) reminds me of the Death Cab song "I'll follow you into the dark." It's logically ridiculous - we'll die and nothing will happen but at least we'll be together in the nothingness. But it's sadly beautiful in its own way too.
Atheism, the afterlife and an illustrated interview with Maurice Sendak
Tim Hendrickson One of the reasons why the novel of belief is so rare is (that) the literary establishment would either ignore such a work or read its belief as less than genuine.
Why 'novels of belief' are the exception, not the rule