Enjoy the Moment
Mobile devices have become the medium through which we experience our world and ourselves, but what are we missing when we try to record every experience?
Highlights
Narnia Reveals the Best Kind of Nationalism
What does it mean to love one’s country in a world where every social and political debate is heightened to a mini-apocalypse, and the very ideas of nationalism and patriotism are often deemed evil?
In Pursuit of Pure Northernness
“If you’re wearing a jacket, you might want to take it off. It will get hot in here.” We’re sitting in a circle in a dark room with two dozen others. A magician has promised to show us a great wonder: liquid fire from a hundred miles or more beneath the earth’s surface. I’m still wondering if this…
‘Barbie’ as Portal Fantasy—and What That Means for Greta Gerwig’s Narnia Adaptation
Lewis’s adored classic now shares space with Barbie as part of that beloved subgenre.
How the Crucifix Shows Christ’s Salvation in Dark Fantastical Stories
Horror fiction routinely appropriates the cross, but ends up evoking the gospel’s compelling power.
I Left My Book in a Hotel in Toulouse
On preserving the status of the physical book as an aesthetic, social, and spiritual good.
Why ‘The Mandalorian’ Makes Sense in a World That Masks Creedal Religion
The Mandalorian violates this Way—albeit for good reason—and desperately seeks redemption.
No Dust on Me
“His Dark Materials” reflects our deeply questioning age as it persistently probes moral, ethical, philosophical, and theological dilemmas.
Wherever I Go, That’s Where the Party’s At
My favorite character in all the Narnia stories has only a small space devoted to him within the Chronicles’ pages.
Those Who Read vs. Those Who Watch
Early this year, after watching Amazon’s adaptation of Wheel of Time (among other things), I began wondering if a (moving) picture is really worth a thousand words. The articles linked below are the result of the research I collected and analyzed during that time. Instead of determining whether television and film can do justice to…