“Advent” Articles

Hope, love, joy, and peace are ours in grappling with the realities of death, judgment, heaven, and hell.

Unlike the precision of a Broadway number, Advent feels more like improvisation.

Advent was historically preoccupied with the second coming of Christ and focused on the last things: death, judgment, heaven, and hell.

There’s something special in discovering there are still new stories to be told within Star Wars that are more than recycled nostalgia.

Many of our most beloved secular and sacred carols have sorrowful connotations intrinsically wrapped up inside them.

Just as Scrooge re-evaluates his life and actions when he comes face-to-face with his tombstone, so too does the tradition of memento mori ask us to evaluate our lives in light of eternity.

In this year’s final issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine, our authors look to classic Christmas tales, newer interpretations of favorite stories, and unlikely holiday viewing choices to remind us of the intangible truths wrapped up in our Christmas traditions.

My favorite idea of any Star War is when that dusty old Jedi teaching is shredded and burned to the ground.

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.

Holiday RomComs may not be literary classics or tackling the harsh realities of the world, but they are telling stories and offering rest.

The most-read article list is a check of our readership’s pulse, so to speak.

Readers are able to experience the supposedly familiar early chapters of Matthew, Luke, and John with new eyes.

There’s a tension between the peace we sing about and internal chaos we so often experience during Christmas.

Our writers share how traditions shape their Christmas celebrations.

Our culture has tied Christmas fulfillment to the amassing of stuff.

In these seasons of Advent and Christmas especially, history points to a church whose worship is particularly political.