Michael S. Poteet is a teaching elder (ordained minister) in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and a freelance writer-researcher and wordsmith. His most recent publication is the youth study guide for Half Truths (Abingdon Press). Follow him on Twitter (@WriterMPoteet).
Had legendary comic book artist Jerry Robinson, who died Wednesday night at age 89, left behind only the Joker as his legacy, he would have achieved more than most artists could hope for. Where would…
Maybe you’ve heard: Santa’s been under siege this year. Both a TV news anchor in Chicago to a New York elementary school teacher recently suggested that Santa’s not real, landing them on a lot of…
Time and technology wait for no man, not even Ray Bradbury. The best-selling, award-winning, and much beloved author has finally seen his most famous work dragged against his will into the new era of digital…
Today is Saint Andrew’s Day, the national holiday of Scotland. Andrew was the first disciple to bring another person to Jesus: he told his brother, Simon Peter, “We have found the Messiah” (John 1.41). According…
Today, many Roman Catholics and other Christians will remember Dorothy Day, who died on this date in 1980. If you’re not overly familiar with her (as, I must admit, I was not), the following trailer…
“Why hasn’t it changed?” That’s the question the Doctor and Susan ask about the TARDIS when they realize that, despite its appearance in a Stone Age setting, the time machine still looks like a 1960s…
Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man. — Klingon proverb (Star Trek, “Day of the Dove”) I think the anonymous Klingon sage quoted above must have been talking about…
The book of Numbers tells us that Moses “was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth” (Numbers 12.3). He’d no doubt be surprised, then, at the buzz around yesterday’s…
Are you ready for Doctor Who times two? According to Variety, the BBC is working with multiple Harry Potter-helmer David Yates to turn “its iconic sci-fi TV series… into a big screen franchise.” This should…
Sometimes, creators in the horror genre come under fire from Christians. Stephen King is no exception. Over the years, he’s been the target of some believers’ wrath; one website, for example, lumps his tales of terror…
