Mike Schramm

Mike Schramm teaches theology and philosophy at the high school and college level in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He earned his MA in theology from St. Joseph's College in Maine and an MA in philosophy from Holy Apostles College. He co-hosts the Voyage Podcast with Jacob Klatte.

Saving Victim: Peeta as a symbol for the Eucharist in The Hunger Games

It is with a certain amount of enjoyment that I see The Hunger Games movies have somewhat reentered the pop culture conversation as they began trending on Netflix recently, especially as we enter Holy Week, and even more fitting as we come upon Holy Thursday. While certainly not the sensation they were when first released,

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Be Willing to Take a “Long, Long Time:” Lessons from “The Last of Us”

In reference to the recent, highly acclaimed episode of the hit show “The Last of Us,” which includes a same-sex relationship and a double-completed suicide, my post seeks to show how even here there are powerful, beautiful themes present that the Christian must acknowledge and celebrate, but that this is the long way by which

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