No, Brainwashing Isn’t a Thing. So I Guess Your Problems Are Your Own Fault.
If anyone could engage in brainwashing, it’s the God of the universe, and he doesn’t. Which probably tells you . . . something.
Raised by Wolves: The Temptation and Trauma of an Android Eve
Raised by Wolves shows us a world where the tools we’ve fashioned (AI) are placed in the position of fashioning us.
It’s a Festival, Not a Machine: Celebrating The Symbolic World
Jonathan Pageau’s channel, The Symbolic World, provides a means for the baptism of the evangelical imagination into this symbolic life.
Understanding & Lamenting Racial Injustice: CAPC Staff Recommendations
Pop culture is a powerful force for change, and these picks from Christ and Pop Culture staff members are a great place to start.
Virtual Reality was Virtually Real, for About Five Minutes in the Nineties
Ultimately, the problem with VR was that it, like so much that happened in the nineties, put technology ahead of content.
Don’t Get Fooled Again: On MIDI 2.0 and the Reality of What We Hear
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.
Transcending Evolution: Love and Death in Spring
Spring suggests that to be truly human is to love in a manner that transcends any evolutionary roots.
Exhibit A Pulls the Rug Out from Under Our Notion of Truth
In our enthusiasm to defend truth, we have denied a doctrine at the heart of our faith: that we are finite, sin-corrupted creatures with senses and intellect that are both inherently limited by our creatureliness and marred by the introduction of sin into the world.
I’m a VSCO Girl, in a VSCO World: It’s Fantastic with Eco-Friendly Plastic
Combining both consumerism with an early adoption of digital technology, the VSCO girl shows us who we really are; we can just see it better in the teen trend.
The Ubiquitous Google, the Omnipresent God, and the Wisdom to Know the Difference
Tyranny comes in many forms, but the most abiding characteristic of tyrants is that they enslave with indifference.
You’re Not You When You’re Always Connected
Turning your phone off isn’t just good for you, it’s good for the people around you.
All the Foods I’ve Failed to Eat
The tragedy of food waste is deeper than statistics about greenhouse gas emissions and money wasted. The story of most food waste is poor stewardship.
21 Grams, Woo Science, and the Quantum Soul
In 21 Grams there is a measure of redemption for each character, which invites us to toward a fuller sense of personhood through (quantum?) entanglement with the living God.
In the Dark: Some Thoughts on the Best Podcast out There
Though plenty of other podcasts display all the hallmarks of slick production, In the Dark is unique in eschewing the entire, folksy podcast ethos.
Lamenting the Death of the Small iPhone
Choosing the iPhone SE was a way for me to practice the spiritual discipline of simplicity.
Persuasion 145: Joy Is Finding a Public Power Outlet
Erin and Hannah examine the realization that joy is finding a public power outlet when our mobile devices send us into survival mode with a low battery.
