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Best Books I Read in 2011
My 2011 recaps ends here, with my list of the best books I read in 2011. I read 42 books, of vast variety–some old, some new, some fiction, mostly nonfiction–many of which were in some way research...
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Notes From the Tilt-a-Whirl
N.D. Wilson’s new “bookumentary” DVD, Notes From the Tilt-a-Whirl, is sort of like the Waking Lifeof Christian apologetics films. And by that I mean, it’s full of awe, curiosity, philosophizing, and a...
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Review: The Grey
Joe Carnahan’s The Grey is the first truly great 2012 release. Which is surprising. I didn’t expect all that much from it, thinking it might just be a typical “angry Liam Neeson” action film. But wow...
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Moving Beyond "Christian Films"
The filmmakers and many of the defenders of Blue Like Jazz have gone out of their way to distance Jazz from the “Christian film” stigma. Understandably. Director Steve Taylor even stirred up what...
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33 Films That Take Faith Seriously
Christian moviegoers sometimes lament the dearth of good, positive, realistic portrayals of faith in film. If Christians are portrayed in film, it’s usually as right-wing zealots (Citizen Ruth), scary...
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9 Tips for Eating Christianly
For the last 10 months I’ve been writing a book about Christian approaches to consuming culture, and one of the things I discuss in the book is food. How can Christians be better consumers of food?...
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The Divine Guide in Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life"
“And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of...
View ArticleAre You Free to NOT Drink?
Brett McCracken is one of the original team of bloggers for ConversantLife.com. His newest book, Gray Matters (Baker Books), examines some of the hot-button gray matters of Christian cultural...
View ArticleExodus: God's and Kings
The following review by Brett McCracken originally appeared in Christianity Today online. Ridley Scott’s version of the Exodus story focuses on the tenuous relationship/rivalry between Moses (Christian...
View ArticleWhat Proximity Is Worth
This post contains excerpts from a piece in mereorthocoxy.com. Being a blogger and writer on the Internet, there are many amazing people from all over the world who I “know” and have occasional online...
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