Welcome to Table Notes. In these posts, I share the latest “Believe to See” podcasts, along with links to extra resources, and maybe an observation or two. Enjoy! This Table Note is for Episode 66: “Do All Artists Have to be Weirdos?” Ever worry you’re too normal to be a[…]
So I’ve been on this YA kick because I’m researching a writing project.1 As such, I started on Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.2 The prologue did a great job of setting up an enticing premise. Then in the first chapter, the protagonist–a teenager from a dystopian future trailer park–gives[…]
This past weekend was the Anselm Society’s big yearly conference: Your Imagination Redeemed. It was a blast–speakers and artists from across the country gathered to talk about the role of imagination in the Church. In an effort to apply as much of what I’ve learned as possible, I’ve decided to[…]
Like many of you, I bounce back and forth about my feelings toward the term “evangelical.” When someone asks if I’m an evangelical, I usually panic before pretending to get a text. But some less-panicked thought has landed me at a solution. To make things even better, it’s grammar-based. Here[…]
I’m happy to introduce the blog’s very first guest post. It’s by Amy Lee–a fellow member writer in the Anselm Society Arts Guild. To get more of her (excellent) writing, visit her website, sunsteepeddays.com. When I was a very young Christian, I went looking for truth in a janitor’s[…]
As any cynic knows, the easiest targets are previous generations. It’s simple for millennials to be cynical toward people who are older than us: They’ve already had a shot at running the world. That means all remaining problems must be the result of them screwing up. They have different views[…]
My blog is about quitting cynicism toward evangelicals. But before I talk about that, we need definitions. What is an evangelical anyway? This is weirdly complicated, and has gotten me in trouble a lot. I’ll explain with a mostly-true story: I denied my faith in the Yale Law School courtyard.[…]