Braszko Chapel Project

My friends, Alex and Jesse Braszko, have been going through a very difficult time as their 18-year-old daughter, Lily, suffers in the last stages of terminal cancer. People were wanting to send…

Cyborg Creep; Cyborg Buzz

I wanted to offer an update on some of the buzz currently surrounding, Are We All Cyborgs Now?: Reclaiming Our Humanity From the Machine, the book I recently co-authored with Joshua Pauling.…

Why Hardship isn’t Always Bad

Now that Lent is upon us, it is worthwhile to reflect on how we can offer our struggles to God, both involuntary struggles (i.e., sickness and suffering in our families), as well…

Transforming Over-Sensitivity

In Wounded by Love: The Life and Wisdom of St. Porphyrios, the saint addresses the suffering caused by over-sensitivity, and how this type of suffering, like all hardships, can be transformed into a…

How Disney’s “Encanto” Encourages Weakness, Burdens Children With Adult-Themes, and Promotes A Disordered Relationship With Elders

I recently watched Disney’s 2021 animated film Encanto. This film centers on Mirabel, a girl who is part of a Latin American community held together by the gift of magic given to…

Valentine’s Day, Plato’s Cave, and Calvin’s Divided Teleology

I have not had much time recently for blogging, so I apologize for the recent hiatus. After a long work day, much of it spent in front of screens, blogging in low…

The Role of Beauty in Worship

Last year I had the privilege of participating in a panel discussion with Fr. Patrick Cardine and Nazo Zakkak on the role of beauty in worship. During my part of the presentation…

Love the Trees!

In Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of The Bible, Ellen Davis shares an anecdote about a student who “had a job interview at a Christian school in California where staff…

The Joys of Reading: How I Lost and Rediscovered Leisure Reading

I grew up in an environment of books. Not only was my father a writer and editor, but he also owned a bookstore and a publishing company. Sometimes after school I would…

Special Christmas Sale of “Are We All Cyborgs Now?”

I have some exciting news to share! Between now and January 13th, the St. Basil Society has reduced the price of our book, Are We All Cyborgs Now? Reclaiming Our Humanity from…

Boersma’s Insights on Hierarchy & Modern Authoritarianism

Earlier this year I had the privilege of working at the 2024 Touchstone Conference. I always come away from these annual conferences inspired to take my faith more seriously, and to recover…

Why the New Bonhoeffer Movie is a Disappointment

One of the concerns I’ve often had with Christian filmmaking is the lack of subtlety. As I noted in an article for the Colson Center back in 2012, “Many Christian films take…



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