All posts by Andrew Barber

Andrew Barber is currently the English Department Chair at the Stony Brook School on Long Island and has an MDIV from Covenant Theological Seminary. He has written film reviews and editorials for Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition and RelevantMagazine.com.

Dante Was Right: Suffering and Our Journey Toward God

“Midway on our life’s journey, I found myself/ In a dark wood, the right road lost.” These are the famous opening lines of Dante’s Divine Comedy and, even if you hate what follows, their brevity and archetypal power are hard...

/ December 12, 2022

Gaming and the Metaverse

Officially, I am a high-school English teacher. I lead discussions, assign important texts, and grade essays (slower than I should… Christmas cards from my students often read like bribes: “Merry Christmas and please grade our Narrative Essay”). But once or...

/ August 10, 2022