Category: Popular Culture
Being Surprised By Love For An “Enemy”
I’m posting this on Election Day, because it just occurred to me now. I’m also writing today as the only thing I can write as, sometimes: as a Christian. I hope that those of other faiths ... Read More
“Blood in the Soil: Liberating Space, Identity and Farm Workers in the United States” by Patrick Reyes
From the perspective of my parents’ union, I come from a long line of wealthy, middle-class, white Protestant Americans on my mother’s side, and Chicano Catholic farm and manual labor working-clas... Read More
Malala Fever and the Challenge of Sustaining Belief by Junaid Sulahry
When 14-year-old Malala Yousufsai was tragically shot in the head earlier this month by the Taliban, it seemed that the entire world came down with “Malala fever.” The wounded Pakistani ... Read More
Asking More of Us
Here in the middle of the political season, I’m feeling the energy rise all around me. The political conventions turned up the heat. The debates are ongoing, and the media narratives surround us... Read More
Forgiveness from a Humanist Perspective
On October 2nd I was invited to present on forgiveness and reconciliation from a humanist perspective. It was an eight person panel for “Ahimsa Day” at Claremont Lincoln University. It... Read More
Why Jesus’ wife matters to me
The writing prompt in this week’s digest to State of Formation scholars asked, “Does it matter that Jesus may have had a wife?” I was surprised by the strength of my own response: a gray, hard-... Read More
We Need to Talk About Islam
Given the recent attacks on American, British, and German embassies by Muslim extremists we are confronted by a serious claim. By reflecting on a Redditor's post about Islam in the midst of a supposed... Read More
A Master is Coming. Let the Right One In.
In 2007 P. T. Anderson released a film many people considered to a masterpiece. The theme of the film can be best summarized by its tagline, "When Ambition Meets Faith... There Will be Blood." This we... Read More