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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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Music at Mars Hill: Spotify and the Culmination of a Century of Commercial Music
Posted on April 4, 2012 | 3 Comments"Have you ever thought about what the phonograph replaced? About what recorded music replaced?" -
What Memes Mean: #Shamrocking McDonald’s Attempt at Forcing Meme
Posted on April 4, 2012 | No Comments"It appears that meme is something you just can’t force." -
The Female Gaze: Great Expectations
Posted on April 4, 2012 | 46 Comments"Your worth, our worth, is not determined by our bodies, or our seduction skills." -
The Minority Report: Prom – iscuity
Posted on April 3, 2012 | 8 Comments"No matter how fastidiously we have instilled a healthy sense of self worth in our daughters, they are going to be tempted to show more skin than we are comfortable with." -
God and Country Music: ‘No Depression’ in Heaven
Posted on April 3, 2012 | 1 Comment"No Depression and the Church share the same stories of pain, sin and the human condition." -
Citizenship Confusion: Online Evangelism?
Posted on April 2, 2012 | 4 Comments"How should we use the web to fulfill the Great Commission?" -
The Kiddy Pool: Pregnant Joggers, Black Kids in Hoodies, and the Strangers Among Us
Posted on April 2, 2012 | 2 Comments"These are lessons that I need to teach my daughters, to be cautious and mindful, to use good judgment, and I somehow need to do that without instilling paranoia." -
Sacred Space: Robert Schuller’s Glass House
Posted on March 30, 2012 | 5 Comments"The power of positive thinking has shattered on the altar of Schuller's church like so much crystal." -
Not Fit for Dinner: The Faith Policy of Rick Santorum
Posted on March 30, 2012 | 2 Comments"Santorum's faith may be sound, but sound faith does not guarantee sound reason in foreign policy." -
The Moviegoer: After the Final Kill — A Special Episode of “The Hunger Games”
Posted on March 29, 2012 | 7 Comments"I can't help but wonder if 'Games' has its enthusiasts due to a deep-seated preference for the celebrity over the martyr." -
Eat Your Vegetables: “Badlands” (Malick, 1973)
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No Comments"The movie about a young spree-killer and his 'along for the ride' girl gives us a way to think about how we relate to creatures who can’t overtly communicate." -
Mixed Signals: Sanctify Your Easter Bunny Basket with a Chocolate Cross
Posted on March 29, 2012 | 3 Comments"Christianized Easter kitsch is not produced so that we might have a more meaningful Resurrection Sunday." -
What Memes Mean: #KONY2012 Pt. 2 or What Happened to Jason Russell?
Posted on March 28, 2012 | 2 Comments"Why do so many people hate #KONY2012, Jason Russell, and Invisible Children so much?" -
The Minority Report: An Apology for the Other Trayvon Martin
Posted on March 27, 2012 | 6 Comments"If I were feeling spiteful, I could go flip through my small pool of Facebook friends and find dozens of white middle class teenagers and college students giving the finger or worse. If a decision to let someone take a picture of you doing something foolish is an indication of a person's worth, we are all in grave danger." -
God and Country Music: Purity & Party in Nashville
Posted on March 27, 2012 | 1 Comment". . . both moralism and lawlessness occupy the same airwaves, reaching the same people." -
The 2012 CaPC Theology Hoops Tourney Sweet 16 Recap
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No Comments"Let us have the education of people until they are 22, and you may have them thereafter." -
Books Besides the Bible: Was Battle Royale the Original Hunger Games?
Posted on March 26, 2012 | 7 Comments"Takami's and Collins's books are both indictments of the complacency necessary to create a culture in which children are regularly murdered and nothing is done to stop it." -
The Kiddy Pool: Thank You for Being a Friend
Posted on March 26, 2012 | 3 Comments"To me, it rings false to pretend that we relate to and like everyone the same amount; it seems natural to prefer the company of some over the company of others." -
Citizenship Confusion: The Trayvon Martin Gangsta Picture that the Media Doesn’t Want You to See?
Posted on March 26, 2012 | 89 CommentsPLEASE NOTE: most of the following pictures are NOT pictures of the Trayvon Martin who was tragically killed by George Zimmerman. If you linked to this article as evidence that Martin was a thug, you are part of the problem. Please read before commenting or link. Thanks. -
The Televangelist: The Man in the Booth Wants to Make You a Deal
Posted on March 22, 2012 | No Comments"The Booth at the End uses a 'less is more' approach and a healthy dollop of ambiguity to craft an intricate morality play."