David Drury

David Drury

David Drury holds a master's degree in interdisciplinary Christian studies from Regent College, University of British Columbia. His fiction has been published in Best American Nonrequired Reading. Learn more about Drury at daviddruryauthor.com/author.

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A Costco employee cooks chicken at Costco in Mountain View, Calif., March 3, 2010. The company has sold its rotisserie chicken for $4.99 since 2009. (AP/Paul Sakuma, file)

The Costco rotisserie chicken is eucharistic reading of grace

"This everyday food item has come to function symbolically as shared bread offered at a cost, meant to be eaten together, not optimized for profit or prestige," writes David Drury. 

In Apple TV's "Pluribus," Rhea Seehorn plays Carol Sturka, a cranky author who is isolated after an alien virus "joins" the rest of humanity into a peaceful and content hive mind. (Apple TV)

Hive mind: What Apple TV's 'Pluribus' teaches us about freedom, faith and joinership

We need contemporary storytellers to do what the parables originally did — wake us up. Vince Gilligan's television series does exactly that, writes David Drury.

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