Two Handed Warriors

Reflections on Leadership, Faith and Culture by Drs. Sue & Gary David Stratton

The Dark Knight Rises

The Joker Is Satan, and So Are We: René Girard and The Dark Knight, by Charles Bellinger, PhD

Part 2 in series: René Girard: The Greatest Christian Intellectual You Never Heard of Christ is not a character in the movie, but he is present throughout, in the sense that his defeat of Satan on the cross, through nonviolent love, put…

By Two Handed Warriors | June 12, 2014 | Authors/Bloggers, Faith, Hollywood | 2 Comments |

The Poetry of Batman: This is how The Dark Knight Rises, by Mike Friesen

by Mike Friesen Soren Kierkegaard once said, “What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely…

By Two Handed Warriors | July 20, 2012 | Hollywood, Television and Screenwriters | 1 Comment |

Welcome to Two-Handed Warriors! A humorous name for a friendly conversation exploring the (false) dichotomies that often divide us: faith vs. science, social justice vs. witness, business vs. ministry, art vs. STEM, culture-making vs. church planting, spiritual formation vs. theology, Hollywood vs. higher education, professional studies vs. the liberal arts.

We dream of helping foster a movement of friends helping one another lead lives of other-centered service supported by both the life of the mind and the life of the Spirit. Anyone aspiring to become as ambidextrous in their life and leadership as Inigo Montoya was with his sword.

En-garde!

-Gary & Sue

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