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August 2013

August 09, 2013

God And Country Music: New Avett Brothers Album Means Only Good Things

"What make the Avett Brothers such a wonderful group is their consistency and their heart."

July 2013

July 26, 2013

The Last Battle of The Civil Wars

Joy Williams and John Paul White are one of the most surprisingly popular bands of...

July 24, 2013

God and Country Music: Traditionalism as a Shadow of Reconciliation

"Country music doesn’t look far enough back, but it does have a traditional inclination that...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Mad Men Recap 6.12 & 13: There’s a Good Man in that Homesick Monster

Mad Men Recap 6.12: "You're a Monster" The definitive image book-ending the recent Mad Men episode "The...

June 25, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Only Children Are Lonely and Selfish (Just Like the Rest of Us)

"I think sometimes in the rhetoric about how many children we (or better yet, other...

June 21, 2013

The Moviegoer: Man of Steel in Awesome, if not Guiding, Beams of Light

Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. In Zack Snyder's Man...

June 18, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: What’s In A Name, Mrs. Carter?

"Our names tell us how we know ourselves, how we want to be known, and...

June 14, 2013

Mad Men Recap 6.10 & 11: “Be Slick, Be Glib, Be You!” But Don Has Children, Too

Mad Men Recap 6.10: "Be slick, be glib, be you!" Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Cutler...

June 11, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Will Smith And His Family Are Superheroes. What’s Your Family Metaphor?

"Our families define us, and we define them, mapping out a microcosm of our vision...

June 07, 2013

Citizenship Confusion: Valedictorian Prays but Should Christians Rejoice?

"When prayer is reduced to a political protest in order to defend our right to...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

The Moviegoer: Ride or Die? A Fast and Furious 6 Conversation

Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. Editor's Note: If you're...

May 30, 2013

CaPC Podcast #122: It’s a Family Cast! Plus, Living in and Touring the Deep South

Click here to listen! This week, editor-in-chief Richard Clark is joined by his Mom, Louise...

May 30, 2013

Citizenship Confusion: Instead of Cutting Aid, Let’s Increase It

"We need to be known for our passion for caring for the poor and needy...

May 28, 2013

Mad Men Recap 6.8 & 9: What Holds People Together, A Wellspring of Confidence

Mad Men Recap 6.8: What Holds People Together This season of Mad Men's eighth episode,...

May 28, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: The Anniversary Trust Test

"All we can do each day is thank the Lord for new mercies, assess the...

May 23, 2013

CaPC Podcast #121: Why the Office Truly Matters

Click here to listen! Editor in Chief Richard Clark, Associate Editor Benjamin Bartlett, and Pop...

May 23, 2013

Citizenship Confusion: When WORLD Mag Promotes a Radical Anti-Muslim Advocate

In Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship to the...

May 23, 2013

God and Country Music: Nostalgia, Alienation, and Home

Country music takes me back to a time when things were supposedly better.

May 21, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Remembering ‘The Office’… and Our Vows

"But that scene with Pam and Jim reminded me of something more, too, of something...

May 21, 2013

Music Matters: Feeding the Poor with Beauty in Music

"Without beauty, our souls would be as malnourished as our bodies would be apart from...

May 17, 2013

The Moviegoer: The Colossal Vitality of Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby Illusion

Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. I went into Baz...

May 16, 2013

God and Country Music: The Really Attractive False Heaven of Small Town Living

If I had the funds, I would be darn tempted to try to find the...

May 14, 2013

Mad Men Recap 6.7: Are Good Deeds Ever Just Good Deeds?

Bob Benson always seems to be around. Whether conspicuously eavesdropping, or dropping in at opportune...

May 14, 2013

Music Matters: Sweetly Singing over the Pain in Iron & Wine’s ‘Ghost on Ghost’

Each Tuesday in Music Matters, Matthew Linder explores the intersections of music, culture, and faith....

May 14, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Re-reading Gatsby (Careless People and Beautiful Little Fools)

"The problem with reading the book at age 15 was that I, a privileged idealist...

May 10, 2013

The Moviegoer: Exorcising Iron Man’s Demons

Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. Sometimes, amidst the explosions,...

May 09, 2013

Citizenship Confusion: Why I Support Internet Sales Tax, as a Christian

"If Christians believe that our governing authorities are appointed by God, and that we ought...

May 07, 2013

Mad Men Recap 6.5 & 6: Hoping for Eucatastrophe, Worrying About the Bomb

Mad Men Recap 6.5: Hoping for Eucatastrophe Michael Ginsberg's father, Morris, is a holocaust survivor...

May 07, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Who Cares for the Care Workers?

Who cares for the Care Workers? Who looks after the ones who look after everyone...

May 03, 2013

Vikings Are People Too

On March 3, History Channel premiered its much-discussed miniseries The Bible, which proved to be...

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