Jessica Mesman Griffith

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Stranger Things, All Too Familiar

That desire for a grand adventure, for purpose and meaning, isn’t limited to gen X nostalgia, and that’s why the show isn’t just an inside joke. Millennials in particular often cite a desire to be part of something bigger than themselves as part of their attraction to the arcana of traditional Christian worship. Stranger Things appreciates that longing—and its flipside. Season 1 acknowledges the presence of another world. It also acknowledges just how dangerous it can be to imagine we might control it.

Read the whole thing at US Catholic: http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201610/familiar-things-30755

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Jessica Mesman Griffith

Jessica Mesman Griffith is the author of four books, including the forthcoming Strange Journey (2017) and Love & Salt: A Spiritual Friendship in Letters, winner of the 2014 Christopher Award for literature. She is a cultural columnist for US Catholic Magazine and editor of the group blog Sick Pilgrim at Patheos/Beliefnet. She is an affiliate faculty member at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis and a frequent speaker specializing in spiritual autobiography, memoir, and literary nonfiction. She has an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh and is the former managing editor of the journal Creative Nonfiction.

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