The Legend Of Zelda, Despair in the World, and the Christian Hope
The dark and gloomy atmosphere of Majora’s Mask makes it beautiful, reflecting the brokenness of the real world.
Six Theses
He stared up at the spire, damaged in a storm by an electric warning from God and shoddily repaired with wood.
The Root of All Evil
Money is the ultimate idol, and to love it is to worship the state.
Southern Harmony: The Complex and Fulfilling Theology of O Brother, Where Art Thou
Christ speaks in moments of contemplation, in moments of wandering and confusion, in the unspoken moments in which we do not allow ourselves to trust and fall.
Faith is the Supreme Act of the Will: A Response to Zero H.P. Lovecraft
There is no reason why the Christianity which built Chartres Cathedral and conquered the empires of the New World should be incapable of taking us to the stars.
The Magicians
I wish to begin this review by saying that The Magicians by Lev Grossman (2010, Penguin Books) ranks among my favourite books, so my criticism comes from the only place that truly good criticism can come from: fondness. Grossman’s work was first introduced to me by my closest friend, who
Buying Souls
Jean Valjean was like a man on the point of fainting. The Bishop drew near to him, and said in a low voice:—“Do not forget, never forget, that you have promised to use this money in becoming an honest man.”Jean Valjean, who had no recollection of ever having promised anything, remained
Farewell Mr. Smith
The high-water-mark of American civil religion was probably the 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Jimmy Stewart plays the titular Mr. Smith, appointed by a feckless governor to fill an empty Senate seat. Once in Washington, Smith is forced to confront a corrupt political machine centered, to his horror,