This week we learned that a close family friend killed himself. Sadly, this is not a new experience for myself and my family. We’ve had two very close friends previously commit suicide. While the emotional terrain along this road is familiar, the pain is always uniquely its own. The psychological effects to those left in [...]
The Survival Prepper movement has gone from fringe to mainstream thanks, in no small part, to the COVID-19 virus. Before the pandemic, most responsible citizens aspired to be disaster-prepared. The problem was, we just never followed through. That is until a (plausibly) leaked lab virus created a global panic, leading to death, governmental over-reaction, mass [...]
Back in early 2015, I interviewed Jason Wisdom. We’d connected rather randomly on Facebook. Having a musical background and an interest in apologetics, Jason posted a lot on the intersections of Christian music and faith. We seemed to share an interest in the role of the Christian artist in proximity to the local church. Well, [...]
Like many of you, 2021 has been a memorable, if not crazy, year for the Durans. For those of you who know us, or just follow me on social media, here’s a brief update on some of what’s been happening with our family. Perhaps the most significant event of 2021 for us was that Lisa [...]
The global pandemic has resulted in many unforeseen consequences, some of which we may not fully understand for decades. But perhaps one of the most interesting has been the increased interest in the occult. Shortly after the 2020 pandemic lockdowns, some noticed that interest in occultism had begun to boom. Social media platforms were seeing [...]
The horror genre has long been a vehicle for social and moral commentary. The Atomic Age spawned many cautionary tales about the potential dangers of nuclear weapons, whether they be mutational anomalies or apocalyptic futures. It’s widely accepted that Jack Finney’s 1954 novel The Body Snatchers and its 1956 film adaptation are direct allegories to the 50’s Moral [...]
This review contains major spoilers. *** As a young preacher, I learned early on that the “The mind cannot retain what the seat cannot endure.” Even the best of sermons miss their mark when too long-winded. Make no mistake about it, director Mike Flanagan’s latest entry in the horror genre, “Midnight Mass,” is both a [...]
Apologist Frank Turek’s book, Stealing from God: Why Atheists Need God to Make Their Case, expounds upon the premise that atheists must borrow from theists in order to make their points. For example, in order to argue that the existence of suffering and evil proves there is no God, one must appeal to an Absolute [...]
Here’s a glimpse into my creative space and some of my process. Thanks to my daughter at Lightframe Photo for assembling this video. (Link below) https://youtu.be/jF_XJVm1Y3Y
Francis Schaeffer coined the phrase “Doing the Lord’s Work, the Lord’s Way” in his book No Little People. In it, he argued that “the central problem of our age” is that “the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, individually or corporately, tend[s] to do the Lord’s work in the power of the flesh rather than of [...]
