The Dead Do Not Forget: Advent as the Practice of Penitence
Advent was historically preoccupied with the second coming of Christ and focused on the last things: death, judgment, heaven, and hell.
“Paul Atreides Must Die”: Dune as Bildungsroman
Immaturity and innocence must die, Dune says, for children to become adults.
Mare of Easttown and the Allure of Other People’s Grief
As Mare of Easttown poignantly depicts, when we’re in serious pain ourselves, it’s tempting to hide behind other people’s grief.
Persuasion 216 | Nature Is Healing
What’s the point of pursuing healing when it doesn’t seem to last? Erin and Hannah discuss in the finale to the Finding Common Ground series.
How the Muppets Helped Me Contemplate My Mortality This Christmas
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.
CAPC Magazine Issue 4 of 2020: Traditions
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.
In Memory of Larry Prater
His life’s work was the common and righteous work of loving those around him until he physically was incapable of serving others.
The Performers We’ve Lost and the Stories They Carried
The deaths of young celebrities lead to collective shock and grief because of the unique roles performers hold in society.
Star Trek: Picard’s Beautiful Failure of Imagination
Star Trek: Picard cannot conceive a vision for the good life without an ending in death, which is a failure of imagination.
Ashes to Ashes, Stardust to Stardust: Watching Sunshine during a Pandemic
A good story doesn’t make you feel more afraid than you were before; a good story helps you see the best way to act in the midst of your anxious fear, providing you with hope.
The Good Place Finale: Death Is Bad, and Other Problems in the Afterlife
Why doesn’t the Good Place satisfy? It doesn’t satisfy because it’s an eternity of people getting literally anything they want—anything they can ask for or dream of or do—for the rest of all time.
Kobe Bryant, Bigger Than Basketball
As fans we think of and appreciate the impression Kobe left on the game, but we remember his humanity as well.
How Christians Deal with the Loss of Time
Why do I feel a jot of sadness when I drive past the cornfield that now occupies the space where my childhood home once stood?
The Spiritual Discipline of Hanging Out in Cemeteries
It’s by numbering our days—contemplating death—that “we may get the heart of wisdom.”
In The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the Coen Brothers Show Love for the Good Book
By playing to the canon in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, while at once forging their own trail, the Coens manage to both nod to and question the orthodoxy of what we’ve been told about the grand ‘ole world of outlaws and guns and rickety wagons.
Remember Death by Matthew McCullough, Free for CAPC Members
Matthew McCullough suggests that death awareness allows us to find joy in the problems of this world.
