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Chuck Colsonโs Last Word
Several months ago, I came ยญinto possession of an extraordinary bookโa hardcover copy of To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and ยญPossibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World, by...

Darren Aronofskyโs Quest for Transcendence
Few scenes better capture filmmaker Darren Aronofskyโs cinematic sensibility than the climax of 2010โs Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman. Silhouetted by brilliant light, a ballerina falls from the stage....