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Citizenship Confusion: Pamela Geller Abuses a Murder“Voices like Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller are very dangerous, particular for Christians and conservatives”
Grace Notes: Dead Can Dance, The Mary Onettes, Saint EtienneDead Can Dance come back from the dead, The Mary Onettes adjust their 80′s sound, and Saint Etienne just want you to dance.
Sacred Space: Superbowl Sunday“Something in the regular life of the church is going to conflict with the Superbowl this Sunday. What ought the church to do?”
Eat Your Vegetables: “The Age of Innocence” (Wharton, 1920)The novel’s tone is thoroughly ironic, as Archer continually misreads as progressive the very traits that consign him to the status quo.
Mixed Signals: What the Christian Message Says to the MassesTargeting a message to your “superfans” doesn’t mean that they are the only ones listening.
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Citizenship Confusion: Pamela Geller Abuses a Murder
Posted on February 6, 2012 | 7 Comments"Voices like Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller are very dangerous, particular for Christians and conservatives" -
Grace Notes: Dead Can Dance, The Mary Onettes, Saint Etienne
Posted on February 4, 2012 | No CommentsDead Can Dance come back from the dead, The Mary Onettes adjust their 80's sound, and Saint Etienne just want you to dance. -
Sacred Space: Superbowl Sunday
Posted on February 3, 2012 | 2 Comments"Something in the regular life of the church is going to conflict with the Superbowl this Sunday. What ought the church to do?" -
Eat Your Vegetables: “The Age of Innocence” (Wharton, 1920)
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsThe novel’s tone is thoroughly ironic, as Archer continually misreads as progressive the very traits that consign him to the status quo. -
Mixed Signals: What the Christian Message Says to the Masses
Posted on February 2, 2012 | 1 CommentTargeting a message to your "superfans" doesn’t mean that they are the only ones listening. -
Music at Mars Hill: Lana Del Rey, Rebecca Black, and Ethics
Posted on February 1, 2012 | No Comments"Marketing, branding, image, and production are not just afterthoughts in our musical culture." -
When Games Matter: Why Games Aren’t About Story
Posted on January 31, 2012 | 16 Comments"The best games give us a sense that we are making our own story and our place in that story is absolutely essential." -
Citizenship Confusion: Do You Care What Others Think about You?
Posted on January 30, 2012 | 3 Comments"Our culture delights in and rewards those who spread controversy, but do we? Should we?" -
The Kiddy Pool: What’s in a Name?
Posted on January 30, 2012 | 2 Comments"...children are not solely the property of their parents." -
Sacred Space: The Church Shouldn’t Make Voting Easy
Posted on January 27, 2012 | 3 Comments"Jesus is not running this term, so the decision is hard." -
Eat Your Vegetables: “Inglorious Basterds” (Tarantino, 2009)
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 8 CommentsThe thing that I admire most about "Inglorious Basterds" is that it enforces moral responsibility. -
The Moviegoer: What’s Oscar Nostalgic For?
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 2 CommentsOn Tuesday, the 2011 Oscar nominees were announced, and it seems that one of the year’s pet themes is nostalgia. -
Music at Mars Hill: Most “Original” Score?
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No Comments"I'm of the persuasion that the way we recognize and receive a medium like music or film is as important a cultural product as the art itself" -
What Memes Mean: Attempting to Navigate #thatawkwardmomentwhen
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No Comments"The times we braved the waters of awkwardness and realized that everyone’s in the same boat were gloriously freeing moments." -
When Games Matter: The Art of Story in The Binding of Isaac
Posted on January 24, 2012 | 1 Comment"Isaac respresents a stellar achievement in storytelling by taking something as simple as "powerups" and using them to shed light on the troubling world in which a young boy lives." -
Watching Politics From the Pew: Gingrich, Romney, and Personal History
Posted on January 24, 2012 | 2 Comments"Too often we allow ourselves to be caught up in gut reactions, jerked here and there by the most recent or loudest argument." -
Modern Family’s Cussing Controversy
Posted on January 23, 2012 | 1 Comment"To what extent are audiences passive or active in the shaping of media, which, ultimately, must please the viewers in order to survive?" -
Citizenship Confusion: Why John Piper is Wrong and Why Racism Still Matters
Posted on January 23, 2012 | 8 Comments"The Gospel must motivate us towards critiquing structural racism, as opposed to only looking to change some attitude inside of us and our neighbors." -
Sacred Space: iPads, Kindles, and Nooks, Oh My!
Posted on January 20, 2012 | 19 Comments"For the first time ever, I am teaching a book study from an electronic device." -
Eat Your Vegetables: “The Crying of Lot 49″ (Pynchon, 1966)
Posted on January 19, 2012 | 1 CommentIt’s a kind of mystery novel, so you are tempted to figure out the puzzle that leaves the novel’s central character flummoxed.