Monthly Archives: November 2013

“The Governor’s return comes only as he begins to see the value of the monster within.”

How did the holiday that is supposed to help us be thankful for what we have, actually make it harder to be thankful?

Black Friday has burst its bounds and is threatening to devour the single greatest holiday that we have left.

“What is incredulous to me is this continuing idea that popular culture — be it rock n’ roll, television, video games, etc. — ought to still be considered as something not worth serious consideration and thought.”

“Videogames have revived themselves by moving the focus from computer processors and features, to human beings.”

“Nobody seems to have any evidence that it’s spreading, or that it’s new, or that it’s racially motivated, or that black youths are the ones typically responsible, or that whites are typically targeted.”

“It represents an approach to catechesis, teaching children precepts through memorization—not for the sake of rote knowledge, however, but so that the guidelines sink so deeply into children’s hearts that such commands become, in effect, a part of them.”

“Surprised by Joy supplied the defect of my Christian upbringing and didactic theology”

“The book opened my eyes to a spiritual plane that I had heretofore neglected—to my detriment.”

“This is why the label ‘immigrant fiction’ offended me, because instead of acknowledging and engulfing such experiences into the community at large, it suggested that they are somehow deviant or misfit.”

Days before the 50th anniversary special, two CaPC writers choose their favorite “Who” stories, moments, and catchphrases.

It exposes how we see ourselves and project our notions upon God—often quite erroneously and to our own demise.

“The lesson is that we should be mindful of the things, people, and ideas in which we invest ourselves.”

“in ‘Decoration Day’, Isbell has done what a long line of storytellers have done before him: giving us tangible truth in a beautiful, unquantifiable parable.”