19. Feminism: “Women are Rising” #CaPC25

20. Mad Men: “There’s the Slightest Hope” #CaPC25

21. The Mindy Project: “Delivers the Laughs Without Delving into Snark” #CaPC25

22. Cart Life: “I Wanted to Make a Better Life” #CaPC25

23. Disunity in Christ: “A Prophetic Breath of Fresh Air” #CaPC25

24. When We Were On Fire: “The Dismantling of Christian Cliches” #CaPC25

25. From Up on Poppy Hill: “Argued More From the Heart” #CaPC25

The Kiddy Pool: Free Lunches and Child Labor

“Whether we treat children in poverty as inmates or as brothers and sisters speaks volumes about the Gospel we preach and practice”

How the Grinch Graced Christmas

The Common Grace goodness of Dr. Seuss’s holiday story.

The Ancients are Coming: Medieval Texts at Your Fingertips

I’m thankful that modern technology makes this work of preservation and dissemination possible.

God and Country Music: 5 Christmas Country Songs That Aren’t Awful

Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson on Homosexuality: Abusing the Yuck Factor

Let’s go on and start loving each other, Phil. And let’s begin by being slow-to-speak and choosing our words wisely.

The Kiddy Pool: White Santa and White Jesus at Home

“It’s not just that Santa is most frequently depicted as white, it’s that so many people simultaneously insist on his whiteness as essential and obvious without recognizing what that says about how much race actually matters to us.”

The Undeniable Childhood Appeal of Father Christmas

Could Father Christmas be so gracious to answer that child anyway?

Facebook “Likes” Aren’t Enough, But Would a “Sympathize” Button Make it Worse?

How much sympathy can a click even give?

A Call for Writers