Tripp York

No More ‘Neo-Anabaptism’, Please

I feel like I have a lot to say on this topic, but, to be honest, I’m not sure I care enough–which, I think, may go hand in hand with this soon-to-be hackneyed observation of mine: It seems that the only people not interested in Neo-Anabaptism, despite all the branded/popular Christian writers trendily screaming about […]

Bryne Lewis

Those Which were Possessed by Devils

Pop-culture, Demons and Philosophy Recently, I enlisted a friend to see The Conjuring with me. The movie claims to be based on real events, which seems to be a standard feature for these types of films, and depicts the haunting of a family upon moving into a new home with a grisly past, yet another […]

Lauren Wilford, Robert Andrew Norman, Zach Hoag, Zachary Thomas Settle

Breaking Bad Roundtable: Season 5, Episode 11

Zachary Thomas Settle: Faithful to the End: Season 5, Episode 11 Lauren wrote last week on the idea of sin, as its represented in the last few episodes of Breaking Bad, as a sort of commitment, a commitment that one has to honor. I think Lauren is right. Walt, is a man of utter faithfulness; […]

Tripp York

Kill the Poor (Raleigh, NC Style)

Nothing like titling a post after one of the best Dead Kennedy’s songs ever (Kill the Poor)–especially since, decades later, it remains terribly relevant. Just when you thought NC could not get any worse, anyone who attempts to feed the homeless in or around Moore Square in Raleigh, NC will be arrested. True story. Those […]

Chad Lakies

Vocation and Cultural Capital

The doctrine of vocation, emerging from Martin Luther’s theological genius and taken up by the other Reformers (and handed down to us today) has functioned to bring about the sanctification of ordinary life as Charles Taylor as others have rightfully noticed.[1] Where there was once a hierarchy in which churchly vocations (e.g., monks, priests) were […]

Zachary Thomas Settle

Breaking Bad Roundtable: Episode 10

Zachary Thomas Settle: All the Way Down the Rabbit Hole: Season 5, Episode 10 One of the most interesting things about the public’s reception of Breaking Bad is its overwhelming dislike of Skyler White; no other character has motivated such harsh critiques. I have to say, though, that Skyler has been one of my favorite […]

Jeffrey Overstreet

Filmwell's Book of Filmmaker Wisdom, Excerpt 18: Raul Ruiz

Raul Ruiz, director of Mysteries of Lisbon and Night Across the Street, from the second volume in his Poetics of Cinema: “What we have seen is something new, something the art of memory could not have foreseen: images striving for their independence. They aim to make themselves noticeable, to have greater worth than that of […]

Zach J. Hoag, Zachary Thomas Settle

Breaking Bad Roundtable: Season 5, Episode 9

Zachary Thomas Settle: The Beginning of the End: Season 5, Episode 9 The beginning of episode 9 of the fifth season of Breaking Bad reminded us why this show is so incredibly unique. The opening shot of skateboarders in the White’s abandoned pool and Walt’s terrifying greeting to his neighbor once again signify that Walt’s […]