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December 2011

December 15, 2011

Eat Your Vegetables: "Singin' in the Rain"

"Singin’ in the Rain" is glorious because it revels in its own artificiality.

December 14, 2011

What Memes Mean: Star Wars vs. Star Trek vs. Twilight

"Fantasy should offer us escape to a place where the return leaves us better off...

December 13, 2011

When Games Matter: When Music Makes a Game

"The goal behind each of these puzzles is literally to coax pixies out of their...

December 12, 2011

Citizenship Confusion: Atheists Are Idiots, Really?

"Let their prayer be, 'I believe, Lord; Help my unbelief,' rather than, 'I believe, Lord;...

December 12, 2011

The Kiddy Pool: Why I Prefer a Troublesome Santa

"I like the impishness of Weir’s Saint Nicholas as set in opposition to the perfection...

December 10, 2011

Grace Notes: Talk Talk, HTRK, A Light Goes On

Talk Talk's influence has lived on and only grown stronger, even two decades after their...

December 09, 2011

Elsewhere: A New-Earth, Cussin', Submission, and Ayn Rand on Symbolism

In Which Various Links are collected from every one of the Internets so that you...

December 08, 2011

Mixed Signals: Your Best Work Now!

Creative work requires a bravery to face the scary stuff, knowing that God is already...

December 08, 2011

Eat Your Vegetables: "Citizen Kane"

Let’s work with the assumption that "Citizen Kane" says something essential about being an American.

December 07, 2011

Music at Mars Hill: The Roots and the Suffering of the Innocent

"It raises the age-old question of injustice and how to live in a world where...

December 07, 2011

What Memes Mean: How to Reimagine a Nativity Scene

"Our attempts at reproducing the nativity are usually flawed from the start, even if we...

December 06, 2011

When Games Matter: The Wonderful Lore of Skyrim

"... the multitude of these details serves to do something rather rare in video games--it...

December 05, 2011

Citizenship Confusion: Ray Comfort and the Victim Complex in the American Church (Updated)

"The American Church sees itself as a victim..., when, in fact, Christianity is one of...

December 02, 2011

Elsewhere: Motown Nickelback, Serious Ninja Movies, and Skyrim

In Which Tom Bissel learns not to make fun of gamers who play RPGs.

December 02, 2011

Sacred Space: Tim Tebow Is My Brother

"I don't think it should bother us that Tebow is irking both the godly and...

December 01, 2011

Mixed Signals: Influencing People for Good

Using social proof for God's glory, not simply moral improvement.

December 01, 2011

The Moviegoer: "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" (Herzog, 2011)

Werner Herzog guides us through the world’s oldest known art display.

December 01, 2011

Eat Your Vegetables: "Gulliver's Travels"

Jonathan Swift's satire helps us see what's wrong not only with the world but with...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

What Memes Mean: Facebook Stocking Stuffers and Liking Things

Perhaps the infiltration of the Like button into all facets of modern life simply puts...

November 29, 2011

When Games Matter: Game Night as Means to Sanctification

"Too often I refuse to apply the Bible to the "little things" in life--like card...

November 29, 2011

Watching Politics From the Pew: The Cost of Healthcare and Wisdom

"Our national crisis is an amazing display of the simple fact that sinful humans are...

November 28, 2011

The Kiddy Pool: Reading Matters

"Children borrow and own the words in the same way they own and borrow the...

November 28, 2011

Citizenship Confusion: Defending the Empty Form of Public Faith

"Is our country any more Christian because of our President's Thanksgiving address or holiday decorations...

November 26, 2011

Grace Notes: Gavin Bryars, A Winged Victory For The Sullen

Variations of "Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet".

November 25, 2011

Sacred Space: Tame Your Tongue!

"If a tamed tongue makes a perfect person, then perhaps we should all take a...

November 24, 2011

Mixed Signals: Christmas Rage Available at Kohl's (Rebecca) Black Friday

When I hear people lashing out over a 30-second TV spot, I am reminded of...

November 24, 2011

The Moviegoer: "Martha Marcy May Marlene" (Durkin, 2011)

Sean Durkin's film offers a haunting glimpse into the nature of cults and the damage...

November 24, 2011

Eat Your Vegetables: "The Ambassadors"

Holbein's painting warns us against seeking complete knowledge as well as succumbing to fatal pessimism.

November 23, 2011

Music at Mars Hill: John Mark McMillan's Proclamation of Hope

"McMillan has been one of the consistent voices . . . that refuses to dilute...

November 23, 2011

What Memes Mean: WW2 Tweets from 1939

"What we often today call 'inanity' is what future generations will call 'history.' "

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