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Not Fit for Dinner: Placing #ObamaInHistory“We can disagree about the connections made on the President biography pages, but we we would be mistaken to think that Obama is ahistorical and is leading America in a past-less present.”
The Televangelists: In Praise of Sherlock & its Co-Creator Steven Moffat“Here, then, is a brief tour through Moffat’s oeuvre of awesomeness.”
Sacred Space: What’s Wrong with Videogames in Church?“My objection to video games in church boils down to what makes a church.”
Grace Notes: My Bloody Valentine“Few bands can claim to have altered the musical landscape, much less charted out an entirely new landscape.”
Mixed Signals: How to Make a Proper Apology“Learning to make a proper apology is one of those indispensable life skills that we all need but few of us were trained to deliver appropriately.”
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Asides Features Archive
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Grace Notes: Sam Billen, Talik
Posted on August 6, 2011 | No CommentsSam Billen crafts quirky-yet-affecting indie/electronic pop and Talik's beat-laced atmospherica is perfect for lazy summer evenings. -
Mixed Signals: The Starbucks Treat Mentality
Posted on August 5, 2011 | No Comments". . . history shows that today’s treat will become tomorrow’s necessity." -
What Memes Mean: “Jesus Is A Friend”, That Guy, and Bad Art
Posted on August 5, 2011 | 1 Comment"Christian charity and kindness doesn’t mean we overlook bad ideas or bad art, even among the fold." -
The Moviegoer: How Captain America Does Patriotism Right
Posted on August 4, 2011 | 2 Comments"Captain America avoids straw-man enemies, nationalism, and celebration of independent self-reliance." -
Music at Mars Hill: Derek Webb’s Vision of Worshipful Art
Posted on August 3, 2011 | 3 Comments"I don't know if Feedback has revolutionized the Christian music industry, but it certainly has poked some holes in its surface and offered a drastically different direction for Christian art." -
When Games Matter: The Imaginative World of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Posted on August 2, 2011 | No Comments"I no longer possess the vivid imagination I had as a child, but games like ITSP help me keep from losing it altogether." -
On the Other Hand: Ethics, Ethics, Everywhere!
Posted on August 2, 2011 | No Comments"Politicians are in the limelight, but almost without exception each of us has opportunity to cause good or harm in the life spheres we occupy." -
Citizenship Confusion: Praying for those in Power
Posted on August 1, 2011 | 6 Comments"If we offered thanksgivings for all our leaders, could we mock them with political jokes?" -
The Kiddy Pool: Truth and Lies
Posted on August 1, 2011 | No Comments"The show relies more on parent-child estrangement than actual conflict to convey the isolation that these girls feel from everyone but each other." -
Grace Notes: Gang Gang Dance, M83
Posted on July 30, 2011 | No CommentsGang Gang Dance melts your brain while M83 gets epic with the saxophone. -
Mixed Signals: A Creative Muse Named Sharpie
Posted on July 29, 2011 | 1 Comment"When I see the artistry poured onto a paper coffee cup canvas, I am inspired to keep on with my own creative bent so that my gifts are not wasted and God’s glory is not diminished." -
What Memes Mean: Rebecca Black And Pulse-Checking
Posted on July 29, 2011 | 2 Comments"Memes can tell us what our culture finds funny, entertaining, encouraging, meaningful, and relevant." -
The Moviegoer: The Rest of the Year
Posted on July 28, 2011 | 6 CommentsWith the summer movie season coming to a close, and Oscar season just around the corner, it is time to preview some of the movies that will highlight the rest of 2011: -
Instant Watching: Piccadilly Jim
Posted on July 27, 2011 | No Comments"Piccadilly Jim is a light, fun, over the top flick with intelligence, just like a bit of relaxing summertime reading." -
Music at Mars Hill: God Is Able; Are We?
Posted on July 27, 2011 | 5 Comments"Any music that lifts our souls and emotions and pulls us toward God can never be without its own set of particular musical triggers and styles." -
When Games Matter: The Tragic Amoral World of Far Cry 2
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No Comments"FC2 is a game of non-stop survival, it rarely gives you the time to stop and consider your actions and the results are appropriately tragic." -
On the Other Hand: Argue More! Argue Better!
Posted on July 26, 2011 | 3 Comments"I think it is bad that we don’t teach kids to argue more." -
The Kiddy Pool: An Uneasy Education
Posted on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment"One of the biggest conflicts I face in my thought process is that my ability to “opt out” reflects my position of privilege, and does nothing for children in poverty." -
Mixed Signals: Milk Campaign Title Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Posted on July 22, 2011 | 3 Comments"The portrayal of women as irrational tyrants and men as cowering sycophants does little to turn my heart toward the product." -
Music at Mars Hill: Light and Dark in Cults’ Debut Album
Posted on July 20, 2011 | 3 Comments" . . . their debut album is a surprisingly honest look at the dichotomy between light and dark that is raging within all of us."