CAPC Exclusive: Read the First Chapter From Gina Dalfonzo’s The Screen and the Mirror
Gina Dalfonzo’s new book considers how flawed movie characters can teach us about our own fallen natures.
Modern Transcendence in Movies: Annihilation Ventures Beyond Reason
Alex Garland’s 2018 sci-fi/horror film reminds us that the world contains powers that refute our modern rationality.
Spiritual Formation in an Autocomplete World
Remove enough friction and you don’t have a more efficient formation process. You have no formation process. You have content delivery.
Moments of Joy From the 2026 World Cup
The whole world coming together proved even more beautiful than the beautiful game itself.
We Need New Words for the Experiences We Didn’t Have Before AI
The speed of AI’s advancement currently outpaces our ability to describe and discuss its impact.
The Way Out of the Maze: A Reflection on Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear
Burke’s novel pulls the psychological and physical curtain back to reveal where the promise of a simpler life falls short.
A Cultural Critique of Michael Jackson and Modern Idolatry
Why do so many of us still desperately want to believe in Michael Jackson?
The Bat in Daylight: Matt Fraction, Batman, and a New Day in Gotham City
You don’t wait for institutions to become trustworthy, or people to become good, or the city to become clean before deciding whether it’s worth fighting for.
The Nature of Kendrick Lamar’s “Suffering Servant”
Lamar’s music is a battlefield of competing theologies embedded in the dissonance of lived experience.
The Prophet and The Pagans: Narcissism versus Humility in Jonah
Whether pastors or politicians, average Jo(nah)s or communities as a whole, we must move from being self-absorbed to being self-abnegating.
Modern Transcendence in Movies: The Threat of Enchantment in The Green Knight
David Lowery’s Arthurian tale reveals that humanity’s rational mastery over the earth is a self-satisfied illusion.
