New Patheos Series, “The Bible Brief,” Unpacks the Patterns, Themes, and...
Years ago, as a young Greek Orthodox kid, I remember my parish Priest standing up and saying to our congregation, “We’re Christians. We should read the Bible.” And then he added, almost as an...
View ArticleJoker: A Christian Take
How can religious faith help to stem the crisis of meaning in our world, a theme so vividly rendered in Joker?
View ArticleTolkien’s Theological Speculations
By all accounts, a tiny fraction of those who have read or viewed The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings (LOTR) have been able to plow through The Silmarillion (Houghton Mifflin, 1977) assembled by...
View ArticleAre There Skeletons Buried in Catholic History?
In his new Patheos series, Reclaiming Catholicism, Franciscan Priest, Fr. Casey Cole, examines some of the less understood and frequently sensationalized parts of Catholic history.
View ArticleSuper Bowl LVI: The Catholic Roots of the NFL
Catholic football fans may not realize how much their fellow believers have been involved in the history and success of American football.
View Article“Everything Everywhere All at Once”: A Guidebook to the Power of Opening Our...
By Dr. Sam Rader (Spoiler Alert) Several weeks ago, I wrote a post on Instagram: “I want to create a new martial art. When one opponent can coax the other to stop fighting, through gestures of love and...
View ArticleIntroducing From Sin to Saint, A Podcast From Patheos
Saints are made, not born. They come from different faiths, homelands, and backgrounds to change the world for the better. We know these figures for the miracles they performed, the sacrifices they...
View ArticleBook of Mormon Films Focus on Jesus as the Savior and Sole Source of Salvation
On June 17, 2022, the Motion Picture Studios of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held a Media Day—inviting the press to observe the kickoff of the filming of the fifth and final season...
View ArticleLunch with Bono and U2
I’m staring at a computer screen in my Colorado office one fine fall day in 2001 when the phone rings. “Hello, my name is Jack Heaslip,” says a voice with a foreign accent. “The boys in the band call...
View ArticleGerwig’s Barbie Is Gender Revenge Porn, And It Breaks My (Liberal, Female) Heart
By Dr. Sam Rader Greta Gerwig’s newest feminist film Barbie, produced by Mattel and co-written with her husband filmmaker Noah Baumbach, uplifts women while exalting the idiocrasy of men. Every male...
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