Entering into the Stories of Folklore
In writing fiction, Taylor Swift has somehow managed to ponder the deeper truths of love and loss and life.
In writing fiction, Taylor Swift has somehow managed to ponder the deeper truths of love and loss and life.
Alexander is redeemed, not because he deserves it, but because Eliza grants redemption to him.
First off, it’s named for the unit of measurement large enough to record melting polar ice. Gigaton wears doom on the album sleeve.
Though Run the Jewels’ vision of a world that is not dominated by division and greed might be imperfect, it is a vision of hope.
No matter his graphic language, depression-stoked benders, and religious satire, Father John Misty still orbits Christianity with a gravity he can’t escape.
We must also educate ourselves, immersing ourselves in the stories and experiences of the Black communities and individuals in America.
Pop culture is a powerful force for change, and these picks from Christ and Pop Culture staff members are a great place to start.
There is something admirable about Cardi B and her efforts to serve her neighbors.
If there’s anything we’re capable of, it’s getting creative with power. And the power over what appears to be truth is a terrible power indeed.
Lecrae’s “Set Me Free” is an artistic extension and expression of what he sees as an opportunity to not only set himself free but to also liberate others from the vices of self-serving attitudes that consume our culture.
In their newer albums, Jimmy Eat World shows that the good stuff lies just beneath the soil of the stories we tell ourselves.
By moving past the bounds of the Christian music genre, Colony House pours truth into people who might not hear it anywhere else.
The Christ and Pop Culture team highlights some of their personal favorite pop culture artifacts of the past 10 years in the Faves of the Decade series.
Strange Negotiations peels the curtain back to show the emotional and relational cost that this seemingly successful business model extracted from David Bazan.
Sam Smith’s song, while mesmerizing musically, is rather empty spiritually. If we need a glimmer of hope but want it on our own terms—apart from being a disciple of Jesus—that hope will be rather flimsy.
The church should be a “crowded table” with a place by the fire for every woman—white, black, and brown alike—where she isn’t crammed into a narrow definition of womanhood and femininity.
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