Everything Everywhere All at Once Go see this movie. Once you do, you’ll want to watch it again and again. You might call Everything Everywhere all at Once a science-fiction fantasy, but underneath, it’s the story of one woman’s transformation, told in “an exuberant swirl of genre anarchy” — hilarious, absurd, and poignant — with…

It depends on your point of view. Imagine a couple is arguing in their living room, in front of a big window. In this situation, if both of them are yelling, neither one is really listening to the other. …

God as a First Resort. There’s an ongoing soundtrack to my life, and lately the lyric going through my mind has been singer/songwriter Sara Groves’ “Love wash over a multitude of things.” This line is from her sublime song “When It Was Over.” …

The Pleasure of Prequels. I’ve been watching prequels lately — namely the Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney+ and the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds series on Paramount+. What’s so entertaining for me about watching these (without any alternate-timeline nonsense) is that not only do I get to learn lots of missing information about these…

Pre-paid forgiveness. Not too long ago, writer and activist Wendell Berry mentioned having a friendly conversation with Trump voters at his local farm-supply store in Port Royal, Kentucky. He explained that this type of cordial behavior is required in a small town: “If two neighbors know that they may seriously disagree, but…

How to Believe in America. As the Fourth of July approaches, this year feels different. I’ve been wondering what patriotism means, and how we ought to celebrate, when our hold on democracy continues to be so tenuous. But I have worked my way from weary to hopeful. Let me tell you how I got there. …

Thinking out of the box? What box? Not only is it time for us to think out of the box, it’s time to decide that there is no box. There are no sides to a box that isn’t. We can’t box anyone in or out. No boxing anyone into a corner that ain’t. We’re wrestling…

Made in God’s “image and likeness.” We define God in so many ways. A multifaceted word for God is the Hebrew word יהוה — also called the tetragrammaton — the four-letter Name of God. For fun, I like to use this illustration of the letters stacked up to make a human stick figure.

I am thankful to You, because I am awesomely and wonderfully made! Your works are marvelous! My soul knows this fact very well. — Psalm 139:14 The Feminine Power of God. There are many different words used for “God” in the original Hebrew language of the Bible — most of which have sadly been lost…