Jesus the Teacher and Paul’s Vision of the Transformed Self Jesus and Paul are often set against one another — the teacher of the Kingdom on one side, the apostle of the risen Christ on the other. Yet at heart they were saying the same thing. Jesus spoke of the Kingdom of God within; Paul …
Suggested featured image: a weathered farmhouse by the water’s edge, evoking Maryland’s coastal setting. The Film Homecoming is a made-for-television drama first aired on Showtime in April 1996. Directed by Mark Jean, it adapts Cynthia Voigt’s 1981 novel of the same name. The cast is led by Anne Bancroft as Abigail Tillerman, with Kimberlee Peterson …
Social preview / subtitle:David Gordon Green’s Joe adapts Larry Brown’s 1991 novel with raw Southern grit, but its inverted parables of the Sower and the Samaritan make it one of the bleakest explorations of evil in modern cinema. Introduction David Gordon Green’s Joe (2014) adapts Larry Brown’s 1991 novel of the same name, keeping its …
The Arab Spring of 2010–11 was hailed at the time as a democratic awakening. Crowds in Tunis, Cairo, and Benghazi called for dignity, freedom, and justice. In reality, it left behind civil wars, state collapse, and new refugee crises. Why did some Arab states unravel while others, like Saudi Arabia, remained untouched? The deeper issue, …
Across cultures and ages, human beings have told stories about death and renewal. At their core lies a simple pattern: an exceptional figure suffers betrayal or destruction, yet from that destruction comes renewal — whether in new life, legacy, or cosmic transformation. Carl Jung called this an archetype of the collective unconscious. It is not …
The British Empire experienced a gradual decline over several decades, with pivotal events marking its disintegration: Key Events in the Decline of the British EmpirePost-World War II Decolonisation: This process intensified after World War II, leading to the independence of numerous colonies. India and Pakistan: achieved independence in 1947. African Nations: Countries such as Ghana …
A Meditation on Power, Presence, and the Limits of Human Effort “Who has seen the wind?Neither I nor you:But when the leaves hang trembling,The wind is passing through.”— Christina Rossetti Psalm 103:15–16 (KJV)15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.16 For the wind passeth over …
Christianity is a monotheistic religion rooted in the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Christians hold that he is the Son of God and the Saviour of humanity, and that through his death and resurrection he brings reconciliation with God and the promise of eternal life. The Bible, especially the New Testament, is its …
A critique of comfortable American middle class life and latter day hippy communities Introduction Captain Fantastic, written and directed by Matt Ross (1970 -), is a film that grew directly out of the director’s own life and values. Ross has described it as “the most personal story I’ve ever written,” inspired by his experience of …
From the Arab Spring to Today Introduction Europe’s difficulties with immigration are deeply rooted in a legal framework created more than seventy years ago. The 1951 Geneva Convention on Refugees, drafted in the aftermath of the Second World War, guaranteed protection to anyone fleeing persecution. Crucially, the system was designed so that an asylum seeker …