LOL Interwebz: A Spacetime Oddity
This is what’s weird to me about the Internet age. Instead of attacking ideas, we attack people.
Love’s Scientific Masquerade
Can romantic love be manufactured by the scientific process?
Hello from Seeing and Believing!
The Lazy Storytelling of ‘Black or White’: Love and Justice Are Not Colorblind
Black or White addresses pressing race issues in both a superficial and strangely maudlin way—so much emotion, but so little truth behind it.
Hello from Burn After Listening!
‘American Horror Story’: A Universe Devoid of Common Grace
The central conceit of American Horror Story is a universe in which acts of unspeakable evil are commonplace.
Persuasion – Hello
Listening Closer: Prayer Songs, D’Angelo and Andrae Crouch
Richard Gilmore: The Man Who Was There
The best men in our lives may not be the ones who conform to our specifications and fulfill our wildest dreams. They may be the ones like Richard Gilmore, who shows up and stays with us through it all.
In Praise of Obnoxious Family Members (and Other Hard-to-Love People)
Vulnerability requires proximity, but we live in an age when we have the power to minimize our proximity to the vulnerable more than ever before.
The Things of The Earth: “Christian Hedonism” as Applied to Culture, Free for CAPC Members
Imagine absorbing the writings of Jonathan Edwards, C. S. Lewis, and John Piper, then turning those insights into a book that offers Trinitarian analysis and appreciation of human culture.
The One-Dimensional Humanity of ‘Downton Abbey’
When a story is told the way it is on ‘Downton Abbey,’ told in such a way that the only option for viewers is to condescend to its characters, then the storytelling has failed.
The CAPC Digest #1: Introducing the Christ and Pop Culture Podcast Network + “Shut Up and Shut Out”
The forthcoming CAPC Podcast Network, and the undervalued practice of being silent and listening.
Holy Relics: The Welcome Card
The welcome card is not just a way to welcome newcomers. It becomes a possible means of grace.
My ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Dilemma
The success or failure of ABC’s new sitcom ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ carries both risk and reward for the representation of Asian-America on our television screens.
The premier of ABC’s new sitcom ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ carries both positive anticipation and reluctant risk for the representation of Asian-America on television.
The Kiddy Pool: Disney and Marketing Nostalgia
“Nostalgia feeds on itself, perpetuating the longing for a story that can never fully satisfy”
