“A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!” This line seems to me to...
What is Beauty?
posted by DJL
Of late I seem to have fallen into the topic of gender. I wrote last week about Disney’s efforts to redefine “princess” and about what our movies teach our kids about gender roles, and even this morning in the daily devotions I asked whether we should be concerned that Jesus’ twelve...
Promoting Self-Esteem in our Daughters
posted by DJL
“Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest one of all?” That most famous of lines from children’s fairy tales has been brought back to the silver screen this year in two major films, one a comedy starring Julia Roberts, the other a dark fantasy with Charlize Theron. But I’m not writing about either of these films; rather, I’m interested in the subject that animates both movies, the fairy tale that inspired them, and increasingly our whole culture: beauty. It is for the sake of beauty that the Queen is willing not just to abandon Snow White to her fate but actually seek to murder her. And it’s a quest for beauty that is...