On Christmas Eve, God is here, close and breathing, offering the possibility of peace on earth, and goodwill among all. But no sooner than we are reminded of God’s Incarnation, we are confronted with the results of having faith in such a God.The last few days of December show us ...
Rassi sprinted forward to the edge of the hole, intent on leaping in after Solna but from the depths of the pit, she saw a light rising back up. “We don’t have long,” Solna said, cradling a luminous ball of deep purple and blue light as wide as her torso in front of her. ...
The dead pixel on our screen annoyed us far more than the news of the dead people we read about on aforementioned screen. And dead fictional characters were the worst of all. Something really shocking was on Game of Thrones that made people in Turkey start rioting and go full-on bananas. ...
It’s not enough to merely “watch”Game of Thrones,House of Cards,Westworld, orThe Walking Dead. No. Youbinge watch. You stream. You follow the show’sTwitteraccounts.LurktheirFacebookpages.Troll– or be trolled – onReddit, and the show’s sub-Reddits. ...
InThe Lord of the Rings, we needed the rightful king to resume the throne after centuries of Gondor’s misrule by the Stewards, whose line famously flamed out (ha!). InGame of Thrones, even though the excesses and brutality of the ruling class are thoroughly on display (Joffrey, the Lann...