Moses and the Hero’s Journey
- January 26, 2024
- by
- Sage Blalock
In the second part of our series on the Hero’s Journey, we are going to take a look at Moses’ story from Exodus. I’ll...
REVIEW: Pig, Nic Cage, and Radical Compassion
- August 18, 2021
- by
- Sage Blalock
I’m one of those strange people that really love Nicolas Cage movies. And not just the good ones. The quirkier, crazier, and more outrageous...
Christian Movies Revisited
- July 27, 2021
- by
- Sage Blalock
Nearly four years ago, I wrote a piece for this very site on my problems with 21st Century Christian films. In those four years,...
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Observations from Divinity School [Part 3]: Difference is Good
- June 22, 2021
- by
- Sage Blalock
In theory, most—though not as many as we would hope—agree that difference in life is a positive thing. From different experiences to different beliefs...
Observations from Divinity School [Part 2]: The Gospel and Social Justice
- June 08, 2021
- by
- Sage Blalock
The most intense culture shock for me a Wake was its central mission. During my entire life in the Church, the goal was to...
What Did I Sign Up For?
- May 25, 2021
- by
- Sage Blalock
Observations from Three Years at a Progressive Divinity School
If you’ve read my blogs or listened to the dearly departed Bite Size Theology...
Tax Collectors and Hate
- April 27, 2021
- by
- Sage Blalock
In my daily Scripture reading, I just finished up the gospels. As I read, I kept seeing something that both made me laugh and...
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Finding Community [Part 2]
- April 12, 2021
- by
- Sage Blalock
Last time, I detailed my journey from spiritual community to spiritual community from Sevierville, TN to Columbus, OH. I left off with the somewhat...
Finding Community [Part 1]
- March 31, 2021
- by
- Sage Blalock
Few things have been as difficult in my faith journey as finding new community when leaving the old one behind. In the last ten...
Writing as Liberation
- March 16, 2021
- by
- Sage Blalock
I feel like I’m not alone in saying the last year has been pretty crazy. Our whole world has been thrown for a loop,...