The American Dream Is a Discipleship Problem

The American Dream Is a Discipleship Problem

It’s easy to assume the biggest threat to our faith is doubt, distraction or even sin. But what if it’s something subtler — like being quietly shaped by values that look nothing like Jesus? In America, we’re discipled from the time we can talk to believe in upward mobility. More is always better. Hustle is always holy. Comfort is something we should strive for — and if we’re lucky, God will reward us with it. We’ve been taught that success equal…

The Banality of the American Dream

Suellen Rocca was one of the original six artists who comprised the Hairy Who. The Chicago artist group exhibited three times in the city between 1966 and ’68, then, in 1969, Walter Hopps curated the final Hairy Who show at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC. Nearly six decades later, what continues to impress me about these artists is that they each developed an individual visual language, and started tracing this trajectory at the outset o…