Desiring Beauty

Since practically the dawning of time, our world has been ruled by madness. Now more than ever we are bombarded daily with the ugliness that persists. It was always here, but technology brings so much more of it to light and perpetuates it. It's enough to wreak havoc on a weary 21st-century soul. So then, is life really what you…

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Evil is Easy: Why Effectively Portraying Goodness is a Challenge for Writers

Why are people so impressed with evil? Does it really take a brilliant mind to create perversity? Do you remember Sid Phillips from the Pixar movie, Toy Story? His pleasure in life was terrorizing his little sister by taking her toys and using them to perform perverse operations on. He would tear off baby heads and attach them to steel…

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Redeeming Love is Redeemable

Among the Christians who reacted badly to the movie adaptation of Francine Rivers’ Redeeming Love, I feel like the red-headed stepchild. Goodness knows, I didn’t set out to like the movie or the book. I loved them both! Back in the ’90s, my youth prevented me from appreciating the book. I can remember hearing about a book fictionalizing the historical…

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