“The shaping of our character is, to a great extent, the effect of stories that have captivated us, that have sunk into our bones.” -James K.A. Smith
Guardians of Our Galaxy: Worldview and the Power of Story
Hollywood and Higher Education: Worldview and the Stories We Live By
Raised in a culture dominated by Hollywood storytelling—from Disney to Tarantino—my students often know Hollywood’s stories better than they know their own.
Video: What South Park Teaches Us About Easter
by Mike Friesen What I love about this clip is that it exposes the sentimentality that we as Christians have been caught up in over our holidays. For us, these holidays have more to do with consumerism and consumption than…
Top 10 Books on Spirituality/Theology I Read in 2011, by Mike Friesen
People are always asking me what I am reading. Here is a list of books that I have read this year that I have loved. (In no particular order)- 10. Choosing To Love The World– Thomas Merton A beautiful and academic…
N.T. Wright on Heaven, Hell, and Universalism
New Testament scholar N.T. Wright has been a great help to my wife Sue and I (she’s the biblical scholar) in developing a much more nuanced understanding of the First Century Jewish world into which most of the NT was…
Ten Most Beautiful Books I Read During the Last Decade, by Margaret Feinberg
Margaret Feinberg, prolific author whose books include Scouting the Divine and the critically-acclaimed The Organic God offers her top ten books of the past decade.