Nathan Booth

To Inspire Love: Death on the Nile (John Guillermin, 1978)

This is the second  in a (long-delayed, alas!) series of posts chronicling the fortunes of Agatha Christie on film from 1974-1988. Spoilers are not only expected, but required, and I offer them with no apology. With the success of Murder on the Orient Express, it was only a matter of time before the cinema tried […]

George T. Anderson

Trauma and the Technology of Participation

As technological advance sells users on increasing personal power and protection from trauma, Christians must consider the idolatrous potential of buying in.

David A. Garner

The Briefing 6.11.15

Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week.   The ongoing quest for musical convenience often comes with a tradeoff: There’s not even a single standard playlist format to make switching services easier, like the old .m3u playlist files […]

David A. Garner

The Briefing 6.5.15

Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. Kevin Vanhoozer blends music and creativity with theology: Flush from the success of the mission, he decided, “I don’t have time to apply to seminaries, I want them to apply […]

David A. Garner

The Briefing 5.28.15

Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. A coalition of Evangelical, Roman Catholic, and mainline Protestant leaders unite to repeal the death penalty in Nebraska. “I think the faith community has been very influential. All three Roman Catholic […]

David A. Garner

The Briefing 5.22.15

Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. Maybe being evangelical is gift, not a curse: There is power in a good story. And with that in mind, a few months ago I began to write my own […]

Brigid Andrews

Naming the Animals

Brigid Andrews writes about the trauma of birthing and postpartum depression.