The Creative Christian Blog
Are cultural stereotypes of the church… bang on?
The church doesn't fare well in popular fiction. Think about cultural stereotypes of the church: Church is typically portrayed as hopelessly out of touch and naive—here I call Ned Flanders to the stand—or as an evil regime oppressing the rights and freedoms of hapless...
The difference between reasons and excuses
In all the great stories, would be heroes must wrestle with the difference between reasons and excuses. Life is good, life rolls on—until it doesn't. Until a crisis looms and a summons is uttered. And then we either rise into our calling or suckle our excuses. One of...
Geek Faith Tribe’s Exclusive Interview with Weird Al Yankovic
Hey, Geek-Faithers, have I got a treat for you. My friend and fellow geek writer Sandra Dimas just landed an exclusive interview with none other than Weird Al Yankovic! Sandra is awesome, partly because she and I share a philosophy that only the parts of us that need...
Who is the AntiChrist?
A few days ago while driving my daughter Glory back from a soccer game, shooting the breeze like fathers and daughters do, she asked a pretty wild question: "Dad, who is the antiChrist?" Traditionally, the antiChrist is seen as an end-times figure, the personification...
The coolest video game ever.
C.S. Lewis said we can get a fresh look at something by looking at its reflection in a mirror. Video games, even the most bizarre ones, are designed to resemble life in some way. Which means on some level, we really can get a fresh look at real life by recognizing a...
Life is like a video game?
Some have said life is like a video game. This statement reminds me of a recent movie review by a mother claiming the Lord of the Rings borrowed heavily from Harry Potter. Video games are loosely based on life, not the other way around. Life is like a video...
Four essential ingredients for living your epic calling
Last Sunday Shauna and I got up at the end of the service and shared how God has called us to leave DCC and plant a new church here in Calgary. That's the call on our lives. But I'm also here to remind everyone that Jesus began his movement by saying, "Follow me, and...
Call stories: Here’s mine, what’s yours?
All truly great stories begin with an average Joe (or Joelle) being called, often reluctantly, into something greater. Sometimes crisis thrusts change upon them. Sometimes they are invited to rise, sometimes they are coerced. In all the great stories, the inward...
Taste and see: Sample heaven, sample hell
Eternity leaves tracks. Heaven gingerly brushes earth, painting our glades with the dew of paradise. And hell is busy too, flicking amoebic dollups of evil tar from corrupted bristles wherever beauty and light has found a home. You can taste heaven, and you can sample...
Robert Pattinson: The Vampire Path
I read this on Yahoo! this morning: "Robert Pattinson isn't naming names or pointing fingers, but he's opening up about his unique views on forgiveness. Not long ago, the 27-year-old "Twilight" actor and Kristen Stewart were the stuff of Hollywood fairytales, an...
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