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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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Literature Features Archive
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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. -
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. -
Our Ten Favorite Graphic Novels of 2011
Posted on January 16, 2012 | 6 CommentsCaPC's illustrator, Seth Hahne, shares his favorite examples of a burgeoning medium. -
Our Favorite Five Books of 2011
Posted on January 2, 2012 | No CommentsCarissa Smith shares an idiosyncratic list of the best five books of 2011. -
Eat Your Vegetables: Beowulf
Posted on December 29, 2011 | 7 Comments"The poem reminds us of a culture’s fragility, not only through its contents but by its very existence." -
Eat Your Vegetables: “Gulliver’s Travels”
Posted on December 1, 2011 | 5 CommentsJonathan Swift's satire helps us see what's wrong not only with the world but with ourselves. -
The Kiddy Pool: Reading Matters
Posted on November 28, 2011 | 1 Comment"Children borrow and own the words in the same way they own and borrow the books." -
Eat Your Vegetables: “Paradise Lost”
Posted on November 10, 2011 | 2 Comments"It is the story of humanity: the fall. Its style is suitably grand, and its chief character represents not just one race or nation but all people." -
The Kiddy Pool: Knuffle Bunny Free, A Review
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No Comments"The beauty of the first two Knuffle Bunny books lies in the powerful emotions of the everyday, small exchanges imbued with meaning" -
The Magician King: Enduring the Loss of Eden
Posted on September 13, 2011 | 2 CommentsLev Grossman's latest explores the perceived tragedy of gods who pick and choose. -
‘Divergent’: Derivative Dystopia?
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsA Christian author's young adult novel seems similar to others, but not in the way you might think. -
‘Go the **** to Sleep’ and the Backlash against ‘Perfect’ Parenting
Posted on June 30, 2011 | 5 CommentsGuest writer Erin Wyble Newcomb explains why the obscenely popular picture book doesn't hold a candle to William Carlos Williams. -
The Vampire Defanged: An Interview with Susannah Clements
Posted on June 16, 2011 | 2 CommentsWhy is our culture fascinated with vampires, and how has that fascination changed over time? -
Tina Fey’s Comical Humility
Posted on May 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsWe could learn a lesson in humility from this feminist liberal comedian. -
…by the Bell, Chapter 3: Rob Bell’s Hell
Posted on April 7, 2011 | 3 CommentsTwo friends - one book. The winner? Civility! -
The Not So Radical Book: A Review of David Platt’s Radical
Posted on April 5, 2011 | 1 CommentDavid Platt's counter-cultural tome is less like a personal soap-box and more like a well-articulated biblical mandate. -
Play in Process: The Patient Assassins
Posted on March 17, 2011 | 3 Comments"If you're the kind of person who finds the standard fast-paced, shooter-based multiplayer games overwhelming and or boring, this is for you." -
Eat Your Vegetables: “Jane Eyre”
Posted on March 16, 2011 | 2 CommentsEach week in Eat Your Vegetables, Carissa Smith shares the benefit and appeal of some more high-brow culture we should be consuming. The release of a new film version of Jane Eyre makes this a perfect time to reread—or encounter for the first time—Charlotte Brontë’s 1847... -
The Most Popular Posts of 2010: #2 – Questioning Matthew Paul Turner: Part 1
Posted on February 8, 2011 | 1 Comment"Most Christians are well-equipped for feeling a certain amount of shame--the honesty and grace is the hard part." -
To Change the World: There Are Better Reasons for Engaging Culture
Posted on January 31, 2011 | 2 CommentsOur pipe dreams of world-changing may be misguided.