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Kelly J. Baker, renegade zombie scholar, on pop culture, parenting, and other religious phenomena.

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Goodbye, Tim LaHaye

By Kelly J. Baker | July 28, 2016

When I first encountered Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins’ Left Behind (1995), I was sitting on the a sage-colored corduroy coach at my mom’s house. Left Behind rested on a…

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Without Meaning To

By Kelly J. Baker | February 26, 2016

I search for meaning everywhere. In television shows, theme songs, top 40 hits, novels, Internet memes, and casual comments from friends and strangers. I look for meaning in relationships. In…

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Sadness Is My Favorite

By Kelly J. Baker | December 11, 2015

“Sadness touch my memories, Mama.” My two-year-old repeats this sentence like it’s his mantra. We’ve been watching Inside Out on heavy rotation at our house. He and his seven-year-old sister…

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Words to Live By

By Kelly J. Baker | August 26, 2015

I got another tattoo. A black and gray owl with wise eyes rests on my right bicep. A locked heart lays on its chest. Its claws grasp the key. I…

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Look For The Signs

By Kelly J. Baker | May 1, 2015

The Messengers is another supernatural mystery from a network, the CW, known for vampires, zombies, demons, angels, and other monsters that go bump in the night. I watched the first…

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Kingsman: The One-Percent Apocalypse

By Kelly J. Baker | February 26, 2015

I went to watch Kingsman: The Secret Service the day after Valentine’s Day. My husband and I were eager to see a movie, any movie really, that didn’t involve talking…