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.

Spiritual Oneupmanship and the Dangers of Digital Discipleship

The way we speak to others is just as important as the beliefs and ideas we hold.

Maybe We Shouldn’t Celebrate People’s Deaths

Are we crying out for justice so that God might reveal himself to a broken world? Or do we just want to look righteous on social media?

CAPC’s Favorite Books and Memes of 2025

An affair on the Jumbotron, papal memes, a history of punk rock, Venetian protests, and more.

Stunning Art or Soulless Slop? Taking a Look at the AI Bible’s Music Videos

One way that AI’s dehumanization might play out is a distinctly utilitarian approach to creativity, artistry, and worship.

Cottagecore and the Longing for Beauty

Cottagecore invites us to notice the loveliness in the ordinary, experience the natural world, and know that our lives are important.

CAPC’s Favorite Games, Memes, and Cultural Moments of 2024

Fashion bloggers, hyper-capitalist terraforming, JRPGs, and more.

The Vulnerability of Pain When Church Looks Like Dr. Death

Dr. Death and The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill are both entertainment, but we’d be amiss to overlook the clear warning signs they provide.

Temperance and Play: The Weird and Wonderful World of Wordle

Wordle feels like something so weird, wonderful, and pure that it shouldn’t exist on the internet in the Year of Our Lord 2022.

CAPC’s Most-Read Articles of 2021

Here’s what everyone was reading at Christ and Pop Culture in 2021.

Fugitive Lights: The Renaissance of a Cold War Phenomenon in the 21st Century

Whatever makes me search declassified FBI documents about UFO phenomena is the same thing that keeps me searching the pages of Scripture.

In 2000, the Internet Was the Future, until Every Internet Company Went Broke

Nobody really had the answers to these questions about the internet, but it was clear there was a lot of venture capital to be raised by pretending you did.

I Promised Myself I Wouldn’t Talk about “Cancel Culture” Here, but Then Crime Scene Happened, so I Guess I Have To

The reality is that the whims of the internet mob are, at best, only occasionally guided by moral clarity and a sense of true justice.

People & Happenings of 2020 from CAPC Staff

Our team highlights important people and happenings that shaped the year that was 2020.

CBS All Access’s Spiritless Twilight Zone

Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone could contend for human worth on the basis of a shared imago Dei, a spiritual aspect that provides an inherent value to each individual, while the reboot seems content to regard men and women materialistically.

Greedy Algorithms and the Gospel: How Computer Science Helps Us Appreciate God More

The computer science concept of “greedy algorithms” can help frame the gospel in a new and refreshing way.