How white supremacist groups are targeting online gamers
Extremists craft narratives of persecution, oppression, and the need for heroic struggle. So do video games.
Give God no rest (Isaiah 62:6-12)
Why should God get to sleep, like parents who have finished wrapping presents?
January 6, Epiphany (Matthew 2:1-12 )
The wise men remind us that stargazing always involves politics.
December 24 and 25, Nativity (Luke 2:8-20)
Mary gives us permission to pause and ponder what we hear.
Of Pokemon and angels
Why is Pokemon Go so captivating? At least partly because it re-enchants the world.
A game you can’t win
That Dragon, Cancer is a unique video game: it offers us the experience of our powerlessness.
Online fellowship: The ethical world of multiplayer gaming
"Anyone for Assault on the Ringwraith's Lair?" types Kam. The fellowship he forms may include old or young, male or female, Jew or Greek.
April 3, 2015, Good Friday: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; John 18:1-19:42
Aristotle writes that we would never go to the theater to see terrible things happen to a good man through no fault of his. Yet here we gather, aching for a good man’s sorrows and turning to him to make sense of our own.
April 2, 2015, Maundy Thursday: John 13:1-17, 31b-35
John 13 begins with imminent betrayal, suffering, and death. Understandably, we envision the scene with somber images. But I wonder if we overlook Jesus’ joy.