Peripatetic Pastor

Tag: Death

  • WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?

    THINKING ABOUT CHRISTIAN HOPE What happens when we die?  Perhaps we should ask the question in a more abstract, more overtly theological, way: what is the shape of Christian hope? I come in part to these questions because they have been forcefully raised by the popular New Testament scholar, N. T. Wright in his latest…

  • BARBIE AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN

    The best biblical movie of the year is Barbie. An additional nod in the way of biblical movies should go to Oppenheimer. Together these summer blockbusters—they are jointly saving Hollywood—mine biblical themes to explore the human condition. They are secular sermons preaching to a secular audience truths the church too often neglects or buries under…

  • THE ART OF IMPERFECTION: A MEDITATION ON MICHELANGELO’S LAST WORK

    Pietas–works of art that portray typically Mary alone, holding the dead body of Jesus, are a form of devotional art. They pay homage to the suffering of Jesus and to the suffering of his mother. They are more than that. In the hands of the masters, they are an examination of the relationships between hope…