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David Williams reflects on the sources of our Western metaphysics and how they influence our theologies of the Eucharist.

  by Rachel K. Ward The spectacle presents itself as a vast inaccessible reality that can never be questioned. Its sole message is: “What appears is good; what is good appears.” Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle, 1968 Relevance is the exact opposite of countercultural, the unintended consequences are significant. Gabe Lyons, The Next Christians, […]

For over three decades, Weird Al has been engaging in serious reflection of culture.  His reflection is bundled up and wrapped around rock and pop tunes and a comedic veneer, but his re-writing of lyrics break open genres and open us up to something new.  In his newest release, Alpocalypse, the cover of which portrays […]

What’s that sound I hear on the Sunday before the 4th? It’s probably the vast majority of churches in the United States paying homage to its’ nation-state’s tribal deity. Religious rituals, holidays/holy days, and the war-driven liturgy of the masses have turned Uncle Sam and Jesus into siblings (of course, Uncle Sam is the Big […]

It’s so nice to read a glowing REVIEW. It is, indeed, a rare thing. This is not to suggest I deserve it, only that the law of averages must require that, at some point, someone writes something pleasant about something I have written. So, thank you Justin. Even if this is nothing but lies, flattery […]

The Pruitt-Igoe housing project was open for business in 1954, completed in 1956, and destroyed in 1972. It then took four years to knock down the 33 buildings of the modernist development, which had been clustered together a bit northwest of downtown St. Louis in Le Corbusier fashion. The Pruitt-Igoe footprint is now an unexpected […]

LifeWay Christian Bookstores. I’ve only been kicked out of four or five of them. Like an Amish gone rogue, I’ve even been banned from one in North Carolina. “We do not tolerate such belligerence from people like you,” I was told. “What do you mean, ‘people like me’? Plus, what’s belligerent about posing a simple […]

Matt Morin reflects on Augustine what MMA requires of its participants.

In response to a recent post on this blog, a commenter challenged my view that science is quite properly “naturalistic” in its method—that is, ignores God.  He raised some points that are worth unraveling.  Here’s my response: Dear Trevor, Thanks for writing.  I respectfully disagree with your idea that methodological naturalism is “nonsense (at least […]