“Pleasure” can have the feel of a dirty word sometimes in church culture, like it’s dangerously indulgent and carnal, or tainted with innuendo. But God himself takes pleasure, and he created us to do the same. In fact, he even designed it so that pleasure and delight would be a gateway to one of the… Read More Redeeming Pleasure in ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess
Meg Raspberry has given up. And frankly, it’s a pretty rational thing to do—maybe even a healthy thing. After all, she is cursed to die within the year, and acceptance is one of the stages of grief. So, isn’t it right that she just accept reality, come to terms with her mortality, and see what… Read More Once Upon a Witch’s Death, Ep. 3: Meg Raspberry & The Choice Between Life & Death
Rewatching Violet Evergarden (the series) recently reminded me why it is still my favorite anime, even after seven years since it first aired and five since its brilliant conclusion. Despite the influx of major shounen action productions during this period, few have matched its impact on me. The storytelling, character depth, and emotional resonance of… Read More Violet Evergarden and Understanding the Meaning of Love
Zenshu has been a favorite around here this season, and the finale did not disappoint! It pulls together all the threads that we wrote about for earlier episodes (spoilers ahead!): there’s Memmeln’s continued faith in the Lord Exister and the hope it gives her to the very end; there’s QJ’s resurrection, completing his Christ-like arc… Read More Zenshu and Spiritual Warfare: The Power of Creating
God loves us for more than one reason. Sounds simple, right? But when you pause to think about it, if you’re anything like me, you may be left wondering whether you’ve ever taken this simple truth to heart. Scripture tells us that God loved us first, but why did he do so? Why does he… Read More The Villainess’s Bestie and Why God Loves
Before Evangelion, there was Gundam. In the 1970s and the 1980s, the memories of the Second World War were still fresh, and the Cold War turning blazing hot was a close, frightening prospect. Time travelers were finding the ruins of our civilization buried in the ground. Akira saw Tokyo rebuilt around a giant crater. Even Dr. Seuss… Read More Gundam 0079: Not Peace, but the Sword
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change…” From the very first moments of Naoko Yamada’s latest film, it is clear that Kimi no Iro/The Colors Within is something special—particularly for our community here at BtT. If The Heike Story was her exploration of Buddhism, The Colors Within is Yamada’s Christian… Read More Film Review: The Colors Within
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