Grace in Television
Why is it that there are certain television shows that, despite sharing common themes, could hardly be more different:? How I Met Your Mother and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, for example,...
View ArticleGirls Just Wanna Have…?
Note from the Editor: The views expressed are solely that of the author. This is not an endorsement of the television show Girls. Lena Dunham is an evil genius. I’ve watched her Girls series with a...
View ArticleHistory Channel Brings The Bible To Life. Well, Sort Of.
Recently I wrote about Hollywood’s revived infatuation with the Bible. Last Sunday evening, The History Channel joined the trend with the first installment of its 10-hour series, simply titled The...
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The Problem with “Happily Ever After”
Every good story begins with a problem. A plane crashes on a desert island, leaving its occupants stranded. Two lovers are separated by their families’ hostile feud. A girl falls down a rabbit hole and...
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The Forgotten Gift of the Dove Real Beauty Video
You’ve probably seen the Dove Real Beauty Sketches Youtube video. Last week, it generated a lot of responses, from the informative to the satirical, both pro and con. Surprisingly, no one I read...
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Ted Mosby Is Not a Hero
Full disclosure: I’ve seen all seasons of the How I Met Your Mother available on Netflix, although I haven’t kept up with current episodes. It’s entertaining, it has it’s funny moments, it’s a way to...
View ArticleChristians and Television: From Death to Life, Not Rot to Sanitation
A cadaver in a lab is no more alive than a corpse in a ditch, though it may smell a little less. In the end, both are buried. Rot looks alive compared to the sanitized corpse because rot is life that...
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Cowardice is Virtue; How The Doctor Saved the World through Cowardice
Note: There are spoilers here if you haven’t seen Season 1 of Doctor Who (2005) Let’s set the stage. The Doctor (I find him amazing) is at a crossroads. The sinister Daleks (an ingenious race of...
View ArticleLearning to Love Others Through LOST
Though we were made to live in relationships with others, many people go through life alone. They have jobs and friends and interact with others, maybe on a daily basis even, but they never really let...
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Heisenberg in the Mirror
I did it for myself. I liked it. It was good. It made me feel alive. -Walter White from Breaking Bad In the beginning of Paradise Lost John Milton describes Lucifer after his fall from Heaven: O how...
View ArticleThe Hidden Theology of ‘What Not to Wear’
Recently, while feeling sick and unable to sleep, I got out of bed around 2:00 a.m. and decided to pass the time with some Netflix, settling on a couple of episodes of TLC’s What Not to Wear from...
View ArticleDon’t Just Be Yourself; Make Yourself Better
With the arrival of the new year, many of us will take time to reflect on our accomplishments and experiences of the past twelve months and to look ahead into the future. There is a sense of hope that...
View ArticleBad Life Lessons I Learned from “How I Met Your Mother”
[This article contains LOTS of spoilers about the HIMYM season finale.] A Google search turns up plenty of lists online with titles like “Life Lessons Learned from How I Met Your Mother.” While some...
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Storytelling and Expectations: How I Met Your Mother, The Last of Us, and...
When we hear a story for the first time, I think we all try to predict the ending. Sometimes we’re spot on, and sometimes we are way off. The “twist” reveals as much about what we thought would happen...
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Just Survive Somehow ⎯ The Walking Dead S06E02 Review
Beware of undead spoilers! After five seasons of AMC’s The Walking Dead, it’s easy to feel desensitized to the walkers. While they’re frightening in large numbers, the initial shock of their existence...
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