Managing Editor for mbird.com. Phd in New Testament and Early Christianity from Durham University, England. On Twitter @toddbrewer_
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Why Do Men Cry Watching Sports Movies?
Sports Movies Touch a Truth Deeply Hidden in the Male Psyche: An Overwhelming Sense of Inadequacy.
Another Week Ends: Technological Addiction, Omnipresent Politics, Advice Columns, Toxic Fandom, and Love Beyond Death
1. A year ago, before a global pandemic altered our lives, discussions about the promise and perils of technology had a theoretical tone to them. Having a social media account was an entertaining frivolity. You could carry a “dumb phone” around and get some street cred for opting out of the system. You might avoid […]
“Aubade,” by Philip Larkin: A Poem for Ash Wednesday
“I See What’s Really Always There: / Unresting Death, a Whole Day Nearer Now”
The Apocryphal Imagination of Richard Rohr
The More I Read of Rohr, the More He Reminds Me of Early Christian Apocryphal Literature
Storming the Capitol in the Name of Jesus
If It Was a Revolution the Crowd was Looking for, Jesus Would Have No Part In It
Another Week Ends: A Darth Vader Nativity, Holiday Blues, Christmas Hope, the Star of the Magi, & the Parable of a Dirty Sock
1. Every year, the Vatican erects a different nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square. They’re kind of a big deal. Past displays have been politically themed, while others were more traditionally beautiful. But the chosen scene this year is causing quite the stir. Including a fire extinguisher, ring-wraith figurine, and an astronaut helmet, the New […]
Giving Tuesday Indulgences for Black Friday Guilt
Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday …
Can the Good Outweigh the Bad? The Case of the Philanthropist-Serial Killer
On the Balance Sheets We Live By and the Hope of Canceled Debts