Tag Archives: apologetics

Fun With Stats 1: Lessons on Growth from 5 Years of Blogging

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

One of the critical advantages of WordPress is that it offers the blogger tools for calculating their impact. It is also one of its critical weaknesses as the analytics are limited to daily visitor and hit counts, as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Bridge to Terabithia, apologetics, Blogging, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, On Writing, social media, The Clash, The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, The Screwtape Letters, Wordpress Stats, writing | 19 Comments

Spiritual Dynamics in The OA

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

One of the hottest new shows on Netflix is The OA. A genre-bending serial of 8 rough-hewn episodes, it has the transdimensional framework and Scoobie gang dynamics of Stranger Things, but a much more adult narrative. While Stranger Things uses … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Reviews | Tagged An Experiment in Criticism, apologetics, Brit Marling, Buddhism, cruciformity, Doctor Strange, Empire Records, fantasy, Fictional Universes, Netflix, Paschal Mystery, pop culture, Reality Bites, self-death, Story Within a Story, Stranger Things, surrender, The OA | Leave a comment

Why My Kid’s Science Teacher is Awesome

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Not just his science teacher, actually. Nicolas just won a poetry contest that his grade seven homeroom teacher encouraged him to enter. But more of that later. To science. One of our initial anxieties about sending our son to a Christian school … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged apologetics, Immanuel Christian School, science, Science vs. Religion, Teaching, theology, Theology of Culture, Theology on Tap | 1 Comment

Instructions for Avoiding God

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

On a global superpower scale, the 1960s were partially defined by the Space Race. In a strange twist on propaganda–or a poor twist in the tale–Lewis had heard that the Russians had announced that they had been to outer space … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Cold War, God, sabbath, solitude, Space Race, tech sabbath, technology, Theology of Culture, USSR, vintage ads | 9 Comments

C.S. Lewis in The Christian Century

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

I have recently been listed in the CCblogs Network (you can see the little logo to the right). This is a blogging community hosted by The Christian Century, an American magazine that highlights Christian faith and practice on the progressive and liberal … Continue reading →