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Christian Humanism – Is it a Contradiction?

April 11, 2019March 30, 2019 Chris SunamiChristianity

This is the text of an address I delivered in 2007 to The Ohio State University “Students for Freethought” student organization on the topic “Christian Humanism: Is it a Contradiction?” Good evening. I am here[…]

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Mind the Rap

April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 Chris SunamiChristianity

Repost: Originally from July 17, 2014 The free Amazon music samplers are one of the great hidden treasures of the internet.  There, buried deep on their digital downloads page is a link to literally hundreds[…]

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Remembering Carol Herbin

February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

I recently lost my good friend Carol Herbin to a tragic housefire. After starting as a participant, Carol was a longtime volunteer vocal coach at the Monday Night music program I run at the United[…]

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Encouragement Day

December 7, 2016December 10, 2016 Chris SunamiChristianity

December 21st, 2016 at NOON 211 South Fifth Street Remove the wicked advisors from around the ruler, in order that he might administrate with justice and righteousness – Proverbs 25:5 Between now and 12/21, we[…]

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The Brothers Karamazov

October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 Chris SunamiChristian Existential Humanism

Repost: I regret not reading The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky) years earlier. I was always intimidated by its immense length. After having tackled Les Miserables several years earlier however, I felt prepared. My first impression[…]

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Stopping Terrorism and Mass Violence

August 4, 2016August 9, 2016 Chris SunamiChristianity

Our current conception of terrorism and mass violence, is that it’s a huge anomaly, a bizarre occurrence, and that it somehow spreads, like a virus, through a mysterious radicalization process. That may be true, as[…]

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Science, Faith, and the Silver Chair

March 17, 2016March 16, 2016 Chris SunamiChristianity

Of all children’s authors who have integrated their Christian beliefs into their writing, C.S. Lewis is perhaps the most famous and well-respected, both within and outside the faith community. His celebrated Narnia series is uncompromising[…]

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8 Bit Kierkegaard

December 3, 2015December 2, 2015 Chris SunamiChristianity

Some of you may have enjoyed my recent repost of my popular essay “Kierkegaard’s Narrative“, about the influence of Christian existentialist Søren Kierkegaard on several popular books and movies (notably including High Fidelity). For a[…]

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Sylvie and Bruno

November 12, 2015November 11, 2015 Chris SunamiChristianity

As one of the most popular and enduring writers of children’s fantasy, Lewis Carroll is much revered for his two titanic bestsellers, Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, each dealing with a young[…]

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How Jenji Kohan Ruined Orange Is the New Black (for me)

July 23, 2015November 29, 2016 Chris SunamiChristianity

I’ve had a love-hate relationship with television producer Jenji Kohan for several years now. I loved the initial season of her suburban pot-themed dramedy Weeds, but the romance quickly cooled, as the show descended from[…]

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