Present Shock and Paul
In haste, I broke open my fortune cookie, discarding the cardboard tasting shell, searching for that slip of paper of banal wisdom. But to my surprise, there was nothing inside. Thinking I must have...
View ArticleHow (Not) to Date Like Jesus
Contrary to the claims of dozens of books found in Christian bookstores, or perhaps evidenced by those myriad books, the Bible does not include an instruction manual for dating like Jesus. One cannot...
View ArticleSteve Turner’s “Popcultured”: A Review
Steve Turner, in Popcultured: Thinking Christianly About Style, Media and Entertainment, takes on the daunting task of exploring the relationship Christianity ought to have with popular culture. Turner...
View ArticleAre TED Talks the New Sermon?
The digital age is invading our society like the army of locusts in Joel’s ambiguous prophecy (Joel 2:1-17). We have been ushered into a world of bits, bytes, data, and meta-data. Our interpersonal...
View ArticleJana Marguerite Bennett’s “Aquinas on the Web?”: A Review
Jana Marguerite Bennett, Aquinas on the Web? Doing Theology in an Internet Age, New York: T&T Clark, 2012, 200 pages, $37.20. Like Jesus’ critics who wondered, “Can anything good come out of...
View ArticleMore Than a “Like”: Social Media Presence as Pastoral Care
Death and dying are never easy topics to broach. In some cultures, it is taboo to speak or even hint at death. But despite the silence around the topic, death never ceases to march on, ferrying souls...
View ArticleAntagonism on YouTube: Metaphor in Online Discourse
There are a few corners of the digital world that I leave unvisited in order to preserve my sanity, namely the dark net, my ex’s Facebook page, and YouTube comments. Stephen Pihlaja braves the last of...
View Article
