Jason Lief

In my past life I was a high school baseball coach. I remember trying to teach 14-15 year old kids to pitch. Most of them would grab the ball and chuck it as hard they could, usually over throwing the catcher. If they had never…

One of my favorite classes to teach is a biblical studies course over Acts-Revelation. This spring has been one of those classes you actually don't want to end--it has honestly been a joy to teach. For the past two months we've wrestled through the book…

Yesterday I was listening to a conversation with a historian on the difference between the historical Jesus and the Jesus of faith. It was interesting, but I've heard it before. You know, the Jesus of faith being the result of a mossy, mythical, build up.…

And so she woke upWoke up from where she was lying stillSaid, "I gotta do somethingAbout where we're going" You gotta cry without weepingTalk without speakingScream without raising your voice You know I took the poisonFrom the poison streamThen I floated out of here I…

) Some might suggest that purpose of watching a film is to identify with the characters--to get caught up in the story. Sure, there are times when a director or writer wants us to loathe a character, usually in order to make some moral or…

Got a little soulThe world is a cold, cold place to beWant a little warmthBut who's going to save a little warmth for me We know the fire awaits unbelievers all of the sinners the sameGirl you and I will die unbelievers bound to the…

  In my time of dying, want nobody to mourn All I want for you to do is take my body home Well, well, well, so I can die easy  Jesus, gonna make up my dyin' bed. Meet me, Jesus, meet me. Meet me in the middle of…

  "So who are you rooting for in the Super Bowl?" All week... the same question. "I hope they both lose," is the response I've been giving. "Oh, but Peyton Manning..." Blah, blah, blah. Yes, great football player, even better SNL host. His skit about…

At the beginning of every Biblical Foundations course—a college course for college freshman—I spend the first week or so talking about the importance of mythology. I have them read the first two chapters of the book From Homer to Harry Potter: A Handbook of Mythology in…

The New York Times recently ran an Op-Ed piece by Michael Moore on the topic of Obamacare. True to form, Moore's piece makes both conservatives and liberals unhappy. On the one hand he refers to Obamacare as an abysmal failure, not because of the birth…