Three years ago, reading the book of Amos convinced me to become agnostic. Now, I am wondering if perhaps it is the theology I wanted… Read More »Amos and Divine Violence: Prophet of Bitter Hope

Once again, I am writing about a Christian metal album released during a strange and painful season of my life. This one, however, is not… Read More »Haste the Day’s Dissenter: Nuclear Metalcore in Oblivion

Acknowledgment This piece is dedicated to another fabulous professor I studied under at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. This person has played a tremendous… Read More »Dead Poets of Jerusalem: Ecclesiastes and Dead Poets Society

This is not a traditional Beyond the Logos post. It is more of a laid-back “treat,” I guess. I do not use a lot of… Read More »Here Be Dragons: Why We Love Horrific Images

Once again, I have taken an unexpected leave of absence from writing here. Hopefully it should be the last for a while. I did not… Read More »This Too is Hebel: Degrees, Jobs, and Everything Else

Another fun title with a totally unanswerable question. I could perhaps say the main character of the Bible. But instead, I think I’ll speak of… Read More »This Too is Hebel: Who is God in the Hebrew Bible?

Now that’s a fun title. Fun because I know, and you know, I cannot provide you with a single, definitive answer to the question: What… Read More »This Too is Hebel: What does Ecclesiastes Mean?

Everything sucks. Nothing makes sense. It seems that since birth, these two statements have bounced off the walls of my mind. I am a pessimist,… Read More »This Too is Hebel: Grief, Psych Wards, and the Bible

I told myself I would not write anything on the recently started Iran War. But unfortunately for myself, I find I cannot write on anything… Read More »Anointed for Armageddon: The Christian Nationalist War

Life sucks. Let’s just name it as it is. It is one of the most fundamental facts of life itself. It is packed to the… Read More »Shadow Journaling with Ecclesiastes