Category: Social Commentary

• a tale of two Fridays

  I’ve never made a big deal of Black Friday. This is mostly because I don’t have it in me to wait in line for hours in the cold to get a TV. Look, I understand the appeal, I really do. But I understand more deeply the appeal of my mattress and warmth, and I’ve always…

  bricejohnson

  November 27, 2012

  From the Theologian’s Chair, Social Commentary

  Black Friday, consumerism, Culture, economics, Good Friday, Jesus, Technology

• trickers and treats

  I never went trick-or-treating as a kid. My parents were convinced that it was the Devil’s own day and the sure-fire sign that Jesus was coming back soon. When I was young, my mom would tell me there were demons running around the neighborhood, going door to door. I would nervously peek out the blinds…

  bricejohnson

  November 8, 2012

  From the Theologian’s Chair, Social Commentary, Stuff of the Earth

  candy, Christianity, Faith, Friendship, Halloween, holiday, identity, Jesus, mask

• sheepish faith

  

  Social media has become a place to forge your identity and have your own soapbox to shout from. Opinions on sports, culture, religion, society, Beyonce, dogs, technology, music, and belly button lint, they all litter my Facebook and Twitter timelines. I’ve learned to develop a filter for most of the content I see. But being a…

  bricejohnson

  May 15, 2012

  From the Theologian’s Chair, Social Commentary

  facebook, Faith, God, Jesus, Lamb, lamb of God, Religion, sheep, shepherd, twitter

• sorrow saturday

  

  They shifted around listlessly. Through the walls they could hear the soft sobbing and occasional wail of the women in the next room, and the men would look at each other briefly before ashamedly diverting their eyes. How could they be so wrong? Everything had seemed so right. Peter dabbed at the corner of his eye,…

  bricejohnson

  April 8, 2012

  From the Theologian’s Chair, Social Commentary

  Christ, Christianity, disappointment, disaster, disciples, Easter, Faith, God, Good Friday, hope, Jesus, Saturday

• what’s in a name

  What does your name mean? I got into a conversation with a woman the other day because her son and I shared the same name, except he was Brice with a “y”. I’m the more rare kind. We were talking about how the name Brice/Bryce isn’t that common of a name. In fact, she had…

  bricejohnson

  March 13, 2012

  From the Theologian’s Chair, Social Commentary

  Faith, Religion, Theology