The Intersection of Faith and Culture
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God’s been teaching me a lot about Himself in funny ways lately. For my 20th birthday, my parents gave me an amazing ring. It had a big blue topaz stone in the middle with five tiny diamonds lining either side. I was not expecting anything at all for my birthday: […]
When I lived in the same house as my parents and siblings, I wasn’t all that excited about family vacations. After all, I lived with these people. I saw them 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Why would I want to go on vacation with them too? What […]
The strange relationship between Religion and the Olympics The 2012 London Summer Olympics are a microcosm of our world in the 21st century, if for only a couple weeks. There are 10,000 athletes from over 200 countries with at least 9 prominent religions (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, Sikh, Hindu, Zoroastrian, […]
As the saying goes, all wonderful journeys must inevitably come to an end. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, the rousing final chapter in his Batman trilogy, which began with 2005’s Batman Begins and spectacularly continued in 2008’s The Dark Knight, is a propulsive ten tonne juggernaut of a motion picture; slightly lumbering out […]
Along the journey to finding the one, a few bumps are encountered. These are the stories of those bumps. A studious girl with serious ambitions, who found it easier to gain approval than to make friends, I guess it’s no great shock that my attitude toward relationships was both studious […]
What defines Christian Art? Lately this genre has illustrated or portrayed the principles of Christianity all the while remaining PG-13. Precious Moments figurines, Veggie Tales DVD’s, and pastoral paintings by Thomas Kinkade may immediately spring to mind. But all that is changing. Although some boundaries help, playing it too safe can stifle creativity. So what can Christian Art do better? And how can we define this genre differently? These are the questions we posed to a group of artists (who also happen to be Christian).