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    Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.”—Madeleine L’Engle When I first started writing in this space it was an attempt to try and deal with some of the great anxiety I was feeling and experiencing over turning 40. Anxiety is something I have wrestled with my whole life.Continue reading “Chasing the Moon: The Crippling Nature of Anxiety and the Healing Power of the Imagination”

Film A one man show written together along with his audience. An emotional and conceptual magic trick that proves all too real. A love letter to all those who struggle with knowing who they are, their value and their worth. And a gift to those struggling with mental illness, depression or just general feelings of lostness,Continue reading “Month in Review: Memorable Reads, Watches and Listens For February 2021”

It has been over 30 years since I saw the film the Neverending Story, and, full confession, I was not aware that it was based on a book. Stumbling across the novel brought back fond memories of the story, and ignited my desire to get aquainted with the source material (followed up by a rewatchContinue reading “The Neverending Story and the Faith-filled Imagination”

20He went into the house. A crowd gathered again, so that they couldn’t even have a meal. 21When his family heard it, they came to restrain him. ‘He’s out of his mind,’ they said. 22Experts who had come from Jerusalem were saying, ‘He is possessed by Beelzebul! He casts out demons by the prince ofContinue reading “Blasphemy of the Spirit, the Work of the Accuser and Making Sense of the Unpardonable Sin (Mark 3:20-35)”

Happy Sunday everyone. I had a real epiphany this morning reading through a portion of Mark’s Gospel. It comes from Mark Chapter 4 and the Parable of the Sower. Again he began to teach beside the sea. Such a very large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the sea andContinue reading “Participation in the Kingdom of God: A Fresh Reading of the Parable of the Sower (Mark 4)”

I decided to pen this blog post not necessarily to expand on the tough subject of God’s “Impassibility”, but to document some of what I have been encountering lately and offer some of my own reflections on why I find discussions like this to be more frustrating than helpful. Why am I specifically concerned withContinue reading “N.T Wright, God’s Impassibility and the Problem of Theological Rhetoric”

FILM 1. Two of my hands down favorite watches- Italy’s Martin Eden (2019), part love story between cynic and idealist, and part love letter to Italy, the film is an exploration of the relationship between art and meaning with an emphasis on given meaning from which we are then able to create the story ofContinue reading “Month in Review: Memborable January Reads, Listens and Views”

It seems an eternity ago since going to the theater was still a functional part of my daily routine. This became all the more apparent when revisiting the Sam Mendes Directed 1917, a cinematic experience built for the big screen experience and a much celebarated part of the 2019/2020 film season. One thing that IContinue reading “Keep Your Eyes on The Trees: Sam Mendes’ 1917, Genesis One and Further Theological Reflection on a Life Lived and Experienced Between Two Trees”

If, as the Gospel according to Mark declares in light of the arrival of the one who “will baptize with the Holy Spirit” and thus fufll the words of the prophets (1:8), “the time is fulfilled, the Kingdom is at hand” (1:15), this declaration becomes the basis by which we encounter the ensuing invitation ofContinue reading “Shaking the Heavens and Revealing the Wonder of the New Creation: The Gospel According to Mark 1”

Pixar’s Soul was my number one film of 2020, and not just for the exceptional animation, which blends abstract and surrealist style with some genuine attention to detail. To echo the words of Chicago film critic Josh Larsen, “when I watched Soul, I needed Soul.” After an extremely difficult year, Soul offered a timely messageContinue reading “Disney’s Soul And The True Measure of a Life”