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Reviewing Squid Game 3 (Podcast)
Read more: Reviewing Squid Game 3 (Podcast)Spoiler alert and content warning! In this episode we review the third season of the smash hit Korean show on Netflix, Squid Game. As we debrief our experience watching the third season, we talk about the crazy ending, what surprised us the most about what the third season did and didn’t do, what we appreciated…
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Disability, Autism, and the Church (Podcast)
Read more: Disability, Autism, and the Church (Podcast)In this episode we discuss how churches can be more inclusive of people with disability and varying ability. John Anthony Dunne talks with Brittany Hurlbert, whose work is in educational and therapeutic settings, working primarily with people who have autism. After explaining what autism is, what its relationship to asperger’s is, and some general misconceptions,…
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Advent and the Meaning of Life
Read more: Advent and the Meaning of LifeChristmas and the days leading up to it, otherwise known as advent, have profound implications for our everyday experience. The incarnation infuses meaning into a humanity lost in a void of meaninglessness. It has certain clear ethical implications, as well as direction for reflections on place and vocation. Lastly, it musters up an incarnational ideology…
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On Interstellar — and Super-humanity
Read more: On Interstellar — and Super-humanity*Spoilers ahead* ‘We are the bridge!’ ~ Cooper I had been reading Nietzsche for my Christmas/New Year ‘holiday’ reading this year, and when I heard the above line when I caught the last showing of Interstellar (as highly recommended by Jamie Smith earlier on this blog) in the cinema, I had somewhat of a shiver…
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On Movies of 2014 — and Humanity
Read more: On Movies of 2014 — and HumanityMuch could be said about the movies of 2014: from talking about the Biblical adaptions (or from the book of Enoch) of Russell Crowe’s Noah in Noah and Christian Bale’s Moses in Exodus: Gods and Kings, to musing about Scarlett Johansson’s becoming super-human in Under the Skin and Lucy, to making some kind of pseudo-intellectual…
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Between Evolution and Existential Angst
Read more: Between Evolution and Existential AngstI was on holiday in Oslo recently. As I was hoping to get some reading and coffee/beer tasting done, I only visited one museum: The Munch Museum. The Munch Museum, featuring works by the painter Edvard Munch, is actually located right next to the Olso’s Natural History Museum. The Munch Museum is most well-known for having…
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The Damsel in Distress & Video Games
Read more: The Damsel in Distress & Video GamesAs part of National Women’s History Month, I wanted to comment on an interesting video I recently watched on YouTube. It’s about the ‘Damsel in Distress’ trope. Although it’s central focus is the prevailing use of this trope in video games since the early 80’s, the perspective is actually quite a bit broader, drawing upon…
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Scottish Rugby Reflections
Read more: Scottish Rugby ReflectionsThis past weekend I went to my first Rugby match and watched Scotland narrowly defeat Ireland 12-8. This match was the third out of five games that Scotland is meant to play as part of the Six Nations Tournament (which includes England, Wales, France, and Italy as well). Last year Scotland earned the Wooden Spoon:…
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Little Boxes: Reflections on Multi-Culturalism (Guest Post)
Read more: Little Boxes: Reflections on Multi-Culturalism (Guest Post)London has proclaimed itself to be one of the most multi-cultural cities in the world. There are over, “300 languages, 50 non-indigenous communities with populations of 10,000 or more, with virtually every race, nation, culture and region” represented in the sprawling metropolis.[1] One of the best places to examine London’s vibrant multi-cultural tapestry is in…
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Race 2 Barcelona: Lessons Learned While Hitch-Hiking
Read more: Race 2 Barcelona: Lessons Learned While Hitch-HikingI have just recently returned to St Andrews from a wild couple of weeks that included a hitch-hiking competition. Every year, the University of St Andrews Charities Campaign puts on an event called “Race 2.” The goal of the competition is to get from point A to point B as fast as you can. Only…