Author: CIFC Staff
Perceiving the “Deepest Reality”―A Chat with Chesterton
Jahanna Bolding Think for a moment: how often do you glance at a thick, putrid mud puddle as you walk past it on the street and, instead of side-stepping it […]
Wilting to Blossom
Cheyenne Davis The Sun and Her Flowers, written by Rupi Kaur, is a book of poetry compiled of emotional and relational poems dealing with heartbreak, abusive relationships, and healing. Throughout […]
Dusenbergs, Faith, and Family―An Interview with Dr. Randolph Johnson
Jahanna Bolding Dr. Randolph Johnson is the Dean of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Music at Southern Wesleyan University. Before his career at SWU, Dr. Johnson taught at […]
“Claiming to be Wise, they Became Fools”—Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Amanda Platz My ancestors certainly were not normal people. They believed in a male shapeshifter god who gave birth to an eight-legged horse, for starters. They also believed that this […]
Is a Dog Really Man’s Best Friend?
Jahanna Bolding Dog is man’s best friend, right? But what happens when a female dog moves from a domesticated animal that provides joy and platonic companionship in a man’s life […]
A Date with Chesterton
Amanda Platz The anthology entitled In Defense of Sanity claims to contain some of G.K. Chesterton’s best essays. His essays are, of course, numerous and incredible. Some of the essays […]
Living Like Hippies―A Tour
Cheyenne Davis Miranda Lambert’s “Living Like Hippies” tour arrived at the local Bon Secours Wellness Arena on January 18, 2018. This tour was performed by three headlining musicians; Miranda Lambert […]
The Hope of Health in John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down
Jahanna Bolding ‘I’ve noticed you use that word a lot, crazy. And you sound angry when you say it, almost like you’re calling yourself a name.’ ‘Well, everyone’s crazy these days, […]
Nancy Wheeler is the Hero We Need
Amanda Platz Stranger Things is the Netflix series that the world fell in love with during October of 2016. And with good reason—it is a marvelous piece of art, complete […]
C.S. Lewis and ‘The Death of Words’
Aaron Brickle In his essay “The Death of Words,” C.S. Lewis briefly describes the horrific consequences of (for lack of a more succinct description) the evolution of language. Words change […]
Anything But…
Aaron Brickle When is a person the least happy? At what point is someone so distressed that they are the farthest they will ever be from happiness? Is it right […]
CHAPPiE UNWRAPPiE
Aaron Brickle “I have consciousness. I am alive. I am Chappie.” These words closed out the trailer to South African filmmaker Neill Blomkamp’s 2015 action film CHAPPiE. CHAPPiE is a […]