“Just for a moment she rained tears like the spring thaw, and then she glinted radiance like the spring sun. There was so much to grieve over, and so much to celebrate, she did not know which to do first, and essayed both together, like April. But her age was April, and the hopeful sunshine won.” -Ellis Peters, One [...]
I’m a gamer. I’m also something of a wannabe theologian. I really, really love it when these two interests collide. Sometimes, that means finding something that works as a Christian allegory in a game’s narrative. Other times, it means running into complicated moral issues that make me reevaluate my views (not unlike what my friend Drew wrote about in a [...]
“In Francis Thompson’s poetry, as in the poetry of the universe, you can work infinitely out and out, but yet infinitely in and in.” -G.K. Chesterton “And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had [...]
Some of us Christians have set out to find fragments of the Gospel in pop culture. We seek out altars to unknown gods that we can preach alongside like Paul on Mars Hill. Sometimes, we think and act like God has to insert Himself into His creation somehow; He comes to the world to find an opportunity to slip in [...]
“And there we were all in one place A generation lost in space With no time left to start again; So, come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick Jack Flash sat on a candlestick ‘Cause fire is the devil’s only friend And as I watched him on the stage My hands were clenched in fists of rage No angel [...]
Recently, I found a free book on Amazon called Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos. I wasn’t sure if the book was going to be a religious-bash, or heretical nonsense. But I downloaded it anyway. What I found was an intense ride, right from the start. Matt opens his story, sitting with Jesus in a hate-filled coffee house in Seattle, drinking [...]
This is an age where you have Bratz, Barbies and photo edited models ruling the beauty market. These dominant images are all sporting looks and proportions that are humanly impossible. Therefore, the unreal and unattainable is dictating to real women what is is needed to be attractive. Unreachable expectations have been placed on women, and especially young girls, to look [...]
I have been as of late struggling with the very notion of free will. Are the things that we do determined by God ahead of time, or do we control our own paths, the very way our lives are shaped and the way they flow? Or, perhaps more intriguingly, is the answer somewhere in the middle? Many works of fiction, [...]
“No, the serpent did not Seduce Eve to the apple. All that’s simply Corruption of the facts. Adam ate the apple. Eve ate Adam. The serpent ate Eve. This is the dark intestine. The serpent, meanwhile, Sleeps his meal off in Paradise– Smiling to hear God’s querulous calling.” -Ted Hughes, “Theology” “Jesus said…’On the day when you were [...]
Dear sirs and madams, First off, I want to say I’m a longtime reader. I went to a Christian elementary school and they used to have your magazines in the library. Maybe my memory has re-colorized the visuals from my past, but I seem to remember they were always printed in sepia tones. All the boys in my grade used to [...]
Two new articles on #bombadillo.net! #Zelda and #houndofheaven from @thefireborn and @PapistWitness
Well... half an hour into the new year and I finally wrote my second #Bombadillo article. Tryna knock out an article for #Bombadillo before the new year officially hits. Can I do it?! We shall soon see! #Bombadillo #XMas is short for Icthys Mass. So it's an early Christian acronym for #Christmas. #Justsayin #Bombadillo Christmas is a time when the lost begin to sing of Jesus Christ the saving one. #Carols #Deliriou5? #Bombadillo Reminded of Fr. Vincent Donovan's work among the Masai. #yeg Church of the Sacred Heart is the best implementation I've seen. #Bombadillo Visited #yeg Church of the Sacred Heart -- Canada's National Parish for First Peoples. Extremely interesting blend of imagery. @thefireborn because I'm trying to integrate twitter onto the front page of #Bombadillo #Bombadillo Testing the new http://t.co/q5BrSlr7 twitter feed. Need @thefireborn and @PapistWitness to tweet, too.“Just for a moment she rained tears like the spring thaw, and then she glinted radiance like the spring sun. There was so much to grieve over, and so much to celebrate, she did not know which to do first, and essayed both together, like April. But her age was April, and the hopeful sunshine won.” -Ellis Peters, One [...]
“Just for a moment she rained tears like the spring thaw, and then she glinted radiance like the spring sun. There was so much to grieve over, and so much to celebrate, she did not know which to do first, and essayed both together, like April. But her age was April, and the hopeful sunshine won.” -Ellis Peters, One [...]
I’m a gamer. I’m also something of a wannabe theologian. I really, really love it when these two interests collide. Sometimes, that means finding something that works as a Christian allegory in a game’s narrative. Other times, it means running into complicated moral issues that make me reevaluate my views (not unlike what my friend Drew wrote about in a [...]
“In Francis Thompson’s poetry, as in the poetry of the universe, you can work infinitely out and out, but yet infinitely in and in.” -G.K. Chesterton “And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had [...]
Some of us Christians have set out to find fragments of the Gospel in pop culture. We seek out altars to unknown gods that we can preach alongside like Paul on Mars Hill. Sometimes, we think and act like God has to insert Himself into His creation somehow; He comes to the world to find an opportunity to slip in [...]
“And there we were all in one place A generation lost in space With no time left to start again; So, come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick Jack Flash sat on a candlestick ‘Cause fire is the devil’s only friend And as I watched him on the stage My hands were clenched in fists of rage No angel [...]
Recently, I found a free book on Amazon called Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos. I wasn’t sure if the book was going to be a religious-bash, or heretical nonsense. But I downloaded it anyway. What I found was an intense ride, right from the start. Matt opens his story, sitting with Jesus in a hate-filled coffee house in Seattle, drinking [...]
This is an age where you have Bratz, Barbies and photo edited models ruling the beauty market. These dominant images are all sporting looks and proportions that are humanly impossible. Therefore, the unreal and unattainable is dictating to real women what is is needed to be attractive. Unreachable expectations have been placed on women, and especially young girls, to look [...]
I have been as of late struggling with the very notion of free will. Are the things that we do determined by God ahead of time, or do we control our own paths, the very way our lives are shaped and the way they flow? Or, perhaps more intriguingly, is the answer somewhere in the middle? Many works of fiction, [...]
“No, the serpent did not Seduce Eve to the apple. All that’s simply Corruption of the facts. Adam ate the apple. Eve ate Adam. The serpent ate Eve. This is the dark intestine. The serpent, meanwhile, Sleeps his meal off in Paradise– Smiling to hear God’s querulous calling.” -Ted Hughes, “Theology” “Jesus said…’On the day when you were [...]
Dear sirs and madams, First off, I want to say I’m a longtime reader. I went to a Christian elementary school and they used to have your magazines in the library. Maybe my memory has re-colorized the visuals from my past, but I seem to remember they were always printed in sepia tones. All the boys in my grade used to [...]
