Christianity

The Pope and Down syndrome

I am not a Catholic and know very little about Pope Benedict XVI, but came across the following while reading up about his visit to the US:

It may be worth noting that Joseph Ratzinger had personal experience of the Nazi approach to “rejects.” A cousin…

Big Bird vs. Goliath

I’m revisiting some thoughts from a few years ago because I still haven’t found an answer that is satisfying.

I begin…

Stanley Harwuz…Hour…Hauerwas

Last night I went to the University of Minnesota to hear Stanley Hauerwas, named America’s best theologian by…

Trust, and a little OCD

I probably shouldn’t be blogging today: The first snowflakes are drifting down, the Vikings won yesterday and Britney…

Celtic Christianity

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Fun vs. “meaningful”

My experiences on the 48 Hour Film Project have given me a lot to think about this past week. Nearly twenty years ago when I was a freshman in college, I did a project on Christian vs. secular filmmaking. I proposed that most Christian films … well, they came up short. Short on plot, short…