Peculiar Crossroads Podcast

That Thing You Do is a favorite of '90s kids like me and has become a cult classic in the last 25 years. But the movie also has a surprising lesson to teach about stewardship and the wisdom we must exercise in using the gifts God has granted us. Read or listen to my analysis here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vi...

How the Harry Potter movies convicted me of the hurtful way I treated people years ago and revealed an important truth about how we show love and empathy toward each other in the church. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit korimorgan.substack.com

I love Makoto Fujimura, but as I've studied unity in the church more, the concept of border walkers he discusses in Culture Care feels discordant for me. In this post, I talk about the weird place of not feeling like you fully belong and how Christ's desire for unity among His Bride opposites this feeling. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...

That time at church when a scene from The Spy Who Shagged Me became really relatable. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit korimorgan.substack.com

Learn about my lifelong history with the theatre and the joy of watching a play. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit korimorgan.substack.com

Here, I talk about the act of listening to music, memories of taping songs off the radio, and what we have lost by streaming our favorite songs. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit korimorgan.substack.com

Learn how a classic movie gave hope to a troubled teenager and paved the way to understand the hope of Christ. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit korimorgan.substack.com

Last week, I discussed Flannery O’Connor and what her dark, dissonant, and yet hopeful stories mean to me as an author and a believer. However, although her writing is intensely disturbing, it’s not entirely unexpected for Christian writers to be influenced by her. I’ve met many believers with similar journeys to mine who also see her as significant to their faith. Beyond Flannery, though, my list...

Before we talk any more about me, we need to talk about Flannery O’Connor. That’s because she isn’t just my favorite author. She is the author who makes me want to write. Her work is a prime example of what happens when Christian writers uncompromisingly tell the stories they’ve been given in their particular language and from their particular “country,” be it literal or metaphorical. Of course, t...