Tag Archives: worldviews

Why Most of Us Will be Disappointed After the Election

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Throwback Thursdays are where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be an idea or book that is now relevant again, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Canada, Canadian Politics, Donald Trump, Election 2015, Election 2016, environment, evangelicalism, Mordor, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, religion, Tea Party, Theology of Culture, UK Politics, US Politics, worldviews | 2 Comments

Madeleine L’Engle and the Poetry of Us

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Originally posted on Eclectic Orthodoxy:
by Alana Roberts Madeleine L’Engle as a poet doesn’t muddle herself into blah, kneel to politics, or contemplate evil. Yet she will never be considered by such as Harold Bloom to be a first-rate or…

Posted in Feature Friday, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged books, fantasy, literature, Madeleine L'Engle, Nietzsche, Poetry, worldviews, writing | 11 Comments

Eucatastrophe: J.R.R Tolkien & C.S. Lewis’s Magic Formula for Hope by Tim Willard

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

What is it we feel when the eagles swoop in during the final moments of the battle of the five armies in Do our emotions reveal the true depth of the fantasy genre that has captured the hearts of pop-culture? … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Original Research | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Conversion, euchatastrophe, fantasy, film adaptation, g k chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien, joy, lion the witch and the wardrobe, Lord of the Rings, myth, mythology, Norse Mythology, Peter Jackson, pop culture, The Battle of Five Armies, The Hobbit, Tom Shippey, worldviews | 38 Comments

Why Most of Us Will be Disappointed After the Election

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Note: Most of my readers are American or British, and may not be overly excited about Canada’s Federal Election happening today. What I’m talking about fits into any of these contexts, and I’ve tried to include some UK and US … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Canada, Canadian Politics, Election 2015, Election 2016, environment, evangelicalism, Mordor, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, religion, Tea Party, Theology of Culture, UK Politics, US Politics, worldviews | 28 Comments

“The Myth of Empty Space” by Dallas Willard

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I was at my extended family’s house yesterday and saw Dallas Willard’s The Divine Conspiracy on a side table. It is a bookish home, and I’m a bookish person, so I’m often flipping over books and picking up where people … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Dallas Willard, evangelical, God, literature, Ransom Trilogy, The Divine Conspiracy, theology, worldviews | 11 Comments

“As Long as We’ve Got Each Other”: Or Why Kirk Cameron Should Read “The Four Loves”

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

My wife is probably going to kill me for this one, but I’m going to offer a critique of teenage heartthrob, Kirk Cameron. It’s true, he is no longer a teen idol, and I think my wife’s pubescent crush has … Continue reading →