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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Let the Weak Shame the Strong: Hunger Games as Inspiration for Youth Ministry (Archived Post)

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       Now that I am working with youth ministry again, and also preparing for next month's post ( here ), which includes discussing the...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

We Know His Name, But Is That Who He Is?: Jason Bourne and the Question of Identity

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     As a youngster, my friends and I would dabble in homemade movies.  Inevitably, perhaps due to our inability to replicate the kind of qu...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Cain and Abel Continued: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Hero vs. Hero Stories (Archived Post)

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Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, all of the the videos to the third Heart Speaking to Heart Symposium were lost.  What follows ...
Monday, May 2, 2016

With Great Power Comes As Many Reboots As It Takes Until We Are Satisfied: Spider-Man, Choice, and Responsibility

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First of all, let’s get something straight: despite whatever weaknesses some people may prefer to focus on, Sam Raimi (director) and Tobey ...
Friday, April 22, 2016

Mercy, Justice, and Les Mis (Archived Post)

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On Divine Mercy Sunday this year (April 3, 2016), my co-worker Lucas Sykes (Resident Director of Newman Hall) and I gave a talk on the th...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Discerning the Spirits of the Force, Episode II: Finn, The Year of Mercy, and Life on the Other Side of the Tie Fighter

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            I thought I would post the second episode of this little series sooner, rather than later, while the release of The Force Awake...
Friday, February 5, 2016

Love & Vulnerability in a Broken World: Heroines, Divas, and Lady Hope (Archived Post)

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  At the second Heart Speaking to Heart Symposium, in October 2015, at St. John's Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illin...