Christianity

In this podcast, I speak with Dr. Reg Grant, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, published novelist, actor, and apparently tap-dancer. In this part, Reg shares how two films affected his life (good timing with November's Artuality on movies!), and we begin our discussion of the artist's pursuit of truth.

Dr. Grant taught me about story structure and arc and character development.

This podcast runs four and a half minutes.

The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor sets secularism against religious destiny.

This is the fourth and final part of my interview with Dr. Glenn Kreider of Dallas Theological Seminary. In this conversation, we talk about the importance of the physical redemption of the earth to our theology of art.

This video runs under four minutes.

This is the third segment of my interview with Dr. Glenn Kreider, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, about art and Christianity. In this part, we talk about facing the evilness in this world and bringing in the hope of the day when God will set everything right.

And we talk for a moment about Sweeney Todd, my favorite musical!

The podcast runs under 6 minutes.

At seminary, while I learned much from my systematic theology classes, I probably learned more theology through my cultural anthropology and missions classes. I realized in those classes that theology is not static. Previously, I thought you learned theology then applied it to your life. As I studied the history of the Church, missions, and the global Church, I realized that theology is a conversation between God and humanity, and because humanity changes and is limited by culture, the shape of the conversation changes.

This is the second part of my interview with Dr. Glenn Kreider, a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. The interview is about beauty and sentimentality, and this segment looks specifically at the cross and resurrection.

The video runs about 5 minutes.

A month or so ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing three professors at Dallas Theological Seminary who'd influenced me.

Dr. Glenn Kreider was one of them.

I only had Dr. Kreider for one class, but in that class, he raised questions that made me think differently. Incidentally, Dr. Kreider introduced me to Chagall's White Crucifixion. Dr. Kreider used art in his teachings and allowed me to write songs instead of papers.

It happened one night, it was a dark and stormy night, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. No matter how it begins, everyone has a story to live. This series looks at the story of the Christian life. Part Nine talks about The Road Back, or intigrating The Reward into your everyday life.

This video runs about 4 minutes.

Blissfully Domestic has a new channel: Inspired Bliss. But wait! There's more! I'm a weekly columnist for Inspired Bliss.

I know what you're thinking. Domestic? Heather? She can barely keep her fish alive. Her shower grout's permanently pink.

Somehow I slipped in. (Don't tell the editors about my real life.)

It happened one night, it was a dark and stormy night, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. No matter how it begins, everyone has a story to live. This series looks at the story of the Christian life. Part Eight looks at the Reward earned after the Ordeal--when you've finally found what you've been looking for.

(You know a girl's gotta quote U2.)

Part Eight runs five and a half minutes.