Last month, I ventured out on a short retreat to Gethsemani Abbey in Trappist, Kentucky. The Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery founded in 1848 and is the oldest Trappist monastery in the U.S. The Trappists are Cistercian monks, only stricter, with a greater focus on silence and manual labor. […]
In the Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas gives his famous Five Ways or five arguments for the existence of God. In the fourth argument, Aquinas observes that things in the world have varying degrees of qualities, i.e., some things are better than others, more true, more noble, etc. “More” or “less” […]
The short film “Ancestra,” directed by Eliza McNitt and produced by Darren Aronofsky premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Festival. It is groundbreaking because of its use of AI generated imagery. The narrative centers on a mother’s profound love for her baby daughter as she calls upon cosmic, ancestral forces to […]
“Bugonia,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, is a 2025 black comedy that delves into the psyche of Teddy Gatz, a conspiracy theorist who believes the CEO of the pharmaceutical co. he works for, Michelle Fuller, is an alien out to destroy humanity. He kidnaps and imprisons her in his basement, intent […]
It sounds more like a theme park for techies than an art museum. Dataland, the world’s first museum devoted to AI arts, is scheduled to open in Los Angeles this spring. For those wishing to address the vexing question, “Is AI art really art?” I direct you to online forums […]
Recently, I saw an ad with a family stringing cranberries to make a garland and I thought of an analogy by the 20th century apologist, Cornelius Van Til. Van Til uses an analogy of beads on a string to explain how Christians makes sense of facts. I’ll explain his analogy, […]
It’s been one week since the assassination of Charlie Kirk and it’s still hard to believe. The rippling effects of his martyrdom are unfathomable. Following the initial flood of tears comes the flooding of the internet with articles and videos about Kirk, his family, and his organization, Turning Point USA. […]
In the newly published Understanding Christian Apologetics (Hendrickson, 2025), five methods of defending the Christian faith are explained and critiqued. If you are interested in apologetic methodology, I recommend the book as a good introduction to the various methods promoted today and the arguments for/against them. As someone who finds […]
I waited a quarter of a century. My love for the Dutch artist, Rembrandt, began in my early twenties, and ever since then, I had had my heart set on traveling to the Netherlands to see his famous painting The Night Watch. Six weeks ago, the day finally came. I walked […]