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May 2012

May 17, 2012

Eat Your Vegetables: "Being John Malkovich," Being Puppets Without Strings

"It's not a fun truth that we all want to be somebody else. In fact,...

May 16, 2012

The Holy Huddle: Sports Figures, The Hunger Games, and Sociological Terminology

"Fans have difficulty separating the professional and personal in the modern world of reality television...

May 16, 2012

What Memes Mean: Ian and Larissa

"We share this video because we still want marriage to work."

May 16, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: Beach House and the Myth of Memory

"Bloom encourages us to dig deeper into our memories and even find a sunny place...

May 15, 2012

The Minority Report: Advice for Graduates

"... if you can develop a vision for your future that goes beyond yourself, you...

May 15, 2012

God and Country Music: "I Like Johnny Cash, but I don't like Country Music"

"... before you write off country music or Christianity, consider the context and be assured...

May 14, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Child-Free by Choice

"Both Badinter’s book and the child-free couples she describes represent opposition to the belief that...

May 14, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Why I Criticize the Church

"It's very hard not to be a Cheerleader for everything evangelicals do or a Parasite...

May 11, 2012

The Televangelists: "Mad Men" and Recognizing the Abyss

"[T]he most haunting image of the season for me is when Don opens an elevator...

May 11, 2012

Not Fit for Dinner: Drone Warfare and the “Playstation” Killing Mentality

"We should not forget that our neighbors include those suffering as America continues its strikes...

May 10, 2012

Mixed Signals: Global Warming Debate Leads to Chicago Billboard Slander

"If people agree with your message subconsciously but consciously think you are petty, how is...

May 10, 2012

Grace Notes: The Beastie Boys

The death of Adam "MCA" Yauch represents the end of an era in hip-hop and...

May 10, 2012

The Moviegoer: You can be "Elitist" and still really enjoy "The Avengers"

"I take issue with the insinuation that one can't enjoy The Avengers for what it...

May 10, 2012

Eat Your Vegetables: A Critique of Criticism

"But more than the film’s source for comedy, irony is at the heart of everything...

May 09, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: Father John Misty and the Myths He's Written

"Sometimes I wonder if we don't hear enough about the struggles of seeing those beliefs...

May 09, 2012

What Memes Mean: Frictionless Sharing, Cool, Annoyance, and Positive Privacy

Frictionless sharing can be problematic because it "takes away the secret place" where our ideas—and...

May 08, 2012

The Minority Report: Is Youth Ministry Unbiblical?

"When FIC pastors and church leaders label youth ministry as "an unbiblical concept borrowed from...

May 08, 2012

God and Country Music: Drive-By Truckers and Narrative Identification

"Maybe Christians need to take a page from the Drive-By Truckers and stop giving advice...

May 08, 2012

The Holy Huddle: Hamels's Plunk and the Root of Sports Violence

"With that pitch, Hamels's actions revealed something universal about the human condition as it plays...

May 07, 2012

Books Besides the Bible: Grace, Love and Literary Masterpieces

"Beloved books, too, tend to depend heavily on grace."

May 07, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Got Preschoolers? There’s an App for that.

"[C]hildren’s education always needs to be mediated by thoughtful and invested adults; in that ideal...

May 04, 2012

The Televangelists: "Grimm" Reveals that The Other is Often Ourselves

"In a world populated with frightening monsters, Grimms like Burkhardt may be the most frightening...

May 04, 2012

Not Fit for Dinner: May Day and the Danger of Violence

"The movement can only offer the chance of change, not salvation of any sort."

May 03, 2012

The Moviegoer: "The Kid with a Bike" and the Love that Never Leaves

"As his search becomes more revealing, Cyril’s child-like faith in his father begins to erode,...

May 02, 2012

The Female Gaze: Etsy, Ravelry and the Chance for Real Representation

"With over two million members and counting, Ravelry is booming. Maybe that should send a...

May 02, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: The Followers, Josh White, and Musical Division in the Church

"Ultimately it's unclear what purpose Wounded Healer was made for. It's tongue-in-cheek tone seems too...

May 02, 2012

What Memes Mean: A Disheartening Meme On Introversion

"Temperament is an integral part of this calling, a fascinating divine ordainment. It is something...

May 01, 2012

The Minority Report: When Youth Pastors Should Go to Prison

"True religious persecution is not something that can be simulated . . ."

May 01, 2012

The Holy Huddle: Is Albert Pujols Baseball's Job?

"Is there any value in paying attention to how winners respond to losing?"

May 01, 2012

God and Country Music: "Contemporary Christian Country Music"?

" . . . the Phariscetical tone to a lot of Country radio’s “God-talk” is...

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