Two Handed Warriors

Am I ashamed of the gospel? A Conversation with Randy Elrod’s: Why Christians Are Creating More “Edgy” Art, and Jeff Goin’s, Are Christians Writing “Edgy” for the Wrong Reasons? by CJ Darlington In the last couple of years I’ve noticed a trend in Christian fiction. More and more aspiring authors desire to write edgy fiction. And by [...]

On April 7, author, and playwright-turned-pastor Dave Schmelzer interviewed me for a podcast posted 4/19 on his website: Not The Religious Type, on the Blue Ocean platform. It was a great experience, and I really want you to listen to it. However, first I’d like you to know a few things about Dave and his [...]

J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivers her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. (via harvardmagazine.com). . J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.

Good art tests boundaries. It always has. We artists just need to check our motives (and egos) before we endeavor to create it. A Conversation with Randy Elrod’s: Why Christians Are Creating More “Edgy” Art, and C.J. Darlington’s, “Writing edgy… for all the wrong reasons. by Jeff Goins | 18 Comments | Twitter |  Facebook | Google+ Sometimes in our quest to usher art in to [...]

Are Millennials more influenced by advertising than previous generations, or less influenced? Depends on the data we love the most. by David Kinnaman Millennials (or Gen Y, or Mosaics) have caused a lot of new study and discussion. I was reading this morning about their media use and response to advertising. One analyst claims in AdAge that [...]

If you are an artist who also happens to be a Christian, expect to be judged and misunderstood. by Randy Elrod If you are an artist who also happens to be a Christian, expect to be judged and misunderstood. If you are a Christian and an artist, you live in the tension of creating art [...]

A great industry resource now available  in e-version The American Film Academy is proud to announce that AFI has re-launched American Film™, an updated, digital version of our popular newsstand magazine published from 1975-1992. The new American Film™ e-magazine, which officially launched on April 1 and is available exclusively to AFI members, takes readers behind [...]

As the Blue Like Jazz movie controversy starts to get rolling, we thought it might be worth reposting a few lessons learned from 2011′s greatest controversy surrounding “Love Wins” “Christians are routinely taught by example and word that it is more important to be right than to be Christlike. In fact, being right licenses you [...]

The TV and Film industry’s sexualization of teenage girls pales in comparison to the combination of sex and violence in the music industry Adam Caress is a thoughtful inside commentator on music, faith and culture for Mule Variations: Music Culture Ideas (and a favorite former student.) In this powerful, disturbing, and carefully researched post, Adam [...]

Everything changed the day I met the Devil Rev. Dale S. Kuehne, Ph.D. is the Richard L. Bready Chair of Ethics, Economics, and the Common Good and founding director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, in Manchester, NH.  He also serves as pastor of Emmanuel Covenant Church in Nashua, NH, [...]