Dec 27, 2019
Happenings: Favorites of the Decade from CAPC Staff
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.
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Dec 27, 2019
‘A Christmas Carol’ for the Cancel Culture
A world that can produce an Ebenezer Scrooge without a merciful God to save and bless us would be a very dark place indeed.
Dec 26, 2019
Reading & Playing: Favorites of the Decade from CAPC Staff
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.
Dec 26, 2019
Into the Unknown with Elsa, Queen of Arendelle, and Mary, Mother of God
In Elsa’s story, I see a path that Mary might also have taken as she learned to lean into the delicate whisper of God’s voice. In her humanity, Mary had to learn to say “yes” over and over again in the small things.
Dec 24, 2019
Music Favorites of the Decade from CAPC Staff
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.
Dec 24, 2019
Singing into the Darkness: How The Sound of Music Teaches Us to Rebuke Fear
How The Sound of Music can prepare us for Christmas.
Dec 23, 2019
TV & Film Favorites of the Decade from CAPC Staff
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.
Dec 23, 2019
On Rest and Christmas
Why does resting on Christmas make some people anxious?
Dec 20, 2019
Seeing and Believing 230 | J.J. Abram’s Star Wars Episode IX and Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewel
Wade and Kevin visit a galaxy far, far away to review The Rise of Skywalker. Then the duo comes back to earth to examine Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewel.
Dec 18, 2019
Strange Negotiations: The David Bazan Documentary
Strange Negotiations peels the curtain back to show the emotional and relational cost that this seemingly successful business model extracted from David Bazan.
Dec 17, 2019
Persuasion 180 | A Die Hard Christmas
Films like Die Hard threaten our traditional notions of Christmas and peace on earth and goodwill toward men. And that’s why we need them.
Dec 16, 2019
Remembering D. C. Fontana, Star Trek’s Woman of Two Worlds
Star Trek writer D. C. Fontana crafted a bridge, from her own liminal experience to the worlds of her audience.
Dec 13, 2019
Seeing and Believing 229 | Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life and Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story
Family stories are the focus this week with Terrence Malick’s A Hidden LIfe set in WWII, and Noah Baumbach’s emotionally charged Marriage Story.
Dec 11, 2019
A Hidden Life: Terrence Malick Helps Us See the Invisible
In A Hidden Life, Terrence Malick has painted a true Christ.
Dec 10, 2019
Persuasion 179 | A Hallmark Christmas
In this new mini-series called A Persuasion Christmas, each episode will feature conversation with Erin and Hannah about a specific way pop culture is shaping our mindset and approach to celebrating Christmas.
Dec 10, 2019
Out of Apathy: The Transcendence of Morality in The Mandalorian
Stories that follow patterns like this show us that no one is really nonessential—they give us a sense that although the world is big, every person is important, no matter their birth, status, role, or function.