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March 2012

March 08, 2012

Eat Your Vegetables: "Mother Night" (Vonnegut, 1961)

"The novel offers a parable on the cost of losing your ethical identity, or more...

March 07, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: A Little Perfume Genius to Prime Your Empathy

"No matter how different people are on the outside, on the inside we all feel...

March 06, 2012

When Games Matter: Playing against the Grain

"My incredibly frustrating experience with Shadow illustrates how risky it is to put an interactive...

March 05, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: John Piper and an Entertainment Addiction

"It's not that Piper isn't right to challenge our culture of perpetual entertainment, it's that...

March 05, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Food, Food Everywhere – Obesity and Responsibility

"That food can lead to sin seems obvious, but the sin resides within our hearts,...

March 03, 2012

Grace Notes: Lifesavers Underground, Mortal, Scaterd Few

A trip down Christian music Nostalgia Lane, featuring Lifesavers Underground, Mortal, and The Scaterd Few.

March 02, 2012

The Televangelist: In Honor of My Dad, the Original Televangelist

"When I found out Monday night that my dad had died after a long battle...

March 01, 2012

The Moviegoer: Chronicling the Descent into Villainy

"We are not just seeing why Andrew is the way he is, but we’re also...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

What Memes Mean: Talking TED on Video Virality

"We have an amazing and unprecedented opportunity to interact with, comment on, and even create...

February 28, 2012

When Games Matter: The Weight of Personal Stories

"I know I will never save the world but I am reminded that my small...

February 27, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: The Rise of Single Motherhood

"For Christian marriage, it’s important to cling to the ideal, to hold fast to the...

February 27, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: The Backlash against Obama's Apology for the Koran Burning

"Justice in this situation involves apologizing for our negligence and actively seeking punishment for those...

February 24, 2012

Sacred Space: A Plea for the Persecuted

"Pastor Nadarkhani loves the people of Iran, and so should you."

February 24, 2012

The Televangelist: How Smash Shatters the Reality of Relationships

"It's a great show that too often settles for incredibly stupid."

February 23, 2012

The Moviegoer: Oscars 2012 Preview

"I want to share some predictions, hopes, and regrets for all of the major categories."

February 23, 2012

Eat Your Vegetables: Interiors (Woody Allen, 1978)

"Is it better to have no spirituality than its pretentious simulacrum?"

February 23, 2012

Mixed Signals: Why Christianity Doesn’t Get the Sympathy Vote

"It would also do us good to remember that today’s underdog is tomorrow’s market leader...

February 22, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: A Response to an Open Letter to Praise Bands

"In our local churches we, as the congregation, should be thinking deeply about the music...

February 22, 2012

What Memes Mean: What We All Think We Do…

"This is the problem of living in a world of conjecture -- we fall victim...

February 20, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Salvaging the "Date Night"

“Date night doesn’t mean the same thing now as it did before my husband and...

February 18, 2012

Grace Notes: Slowdive

"Most of us could probably think of a band that meets any 'favorite band' criteria....

February 17, 2012

Sacred Space: Where Addicts Find Help

"The intimate struggle of addiction calls for more intimate solutions than preaching."

February 16, 2012

Eat Your Vegetables: "High Noon" (Zinnemann, 1952)

But this film is poignant because Kane’s recent poor performance deserves a lion’s share of...

February 16, 2012

The Moviegoer: A Dark Shade of Grey

To be sure, "existential” is an apt term to describe much of "The Grey"'s philosophical...

February 15, 2012

What Memes Mean: Facebook Parenting And The Backlash Against Wuss Culture

"We are tired of raising children to become a wuss culture, but that we have...

February 15, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: Is Nicki Minaj Possessed?

"It seems that in our culture when someone wants to be "artistic" or "creatively daring",...

February 14, 2012

When Games Matter: On Love and Gaming

"This serves as testimony to the unique play experiences games can provide us when we...

February 13, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Prayers for the Nation

"But the National Prayer Breakfast, established in 1953 by the prayer groups in Congress, reminds...

February 13, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Dismissing our Opponents

"Dismissiveness implies that their perspective is so dumb that it is not worth your time...

February 10, 2012

Sacred Space: Facebook Can Help Your Church

"Facebook it can also be used wisely by us to help us build relationships inside...

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