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October 2011

October 11, 2011

When Games Matter: Controlling Horror in the Rise of Nightmares

". . . there is very little in our lives that we have complete control...

October 11, 2011

Watching Politics From the Pew: Who Cares if He Is Mormon?

"I do not expect everyone to agree. But I do expect, once in a while,...

October 11, 2011

The CaPC Podcast #100: The Christian and the Illegal Immigrant

Drew Dixon and Brad Williams discuss Alabama's new illegal immigration laws and the Christian's complex...

October 10, 2011

The Kiddy Pool: Persons of Interest in Mississippi's Amendment

"Proponents of the Mississippi measure assert that life begins at conception; I happen to agree...

October 08, 2011

Grace Notes: The Prayer Chain, Teen Daze

The Prayer Chain reissues a long-lost recording and Teen Daze explores a silent planet.

October 07, 2011

The Televangelist: How NBC’s Parenthood Instills Empathy

"The startling development that has me watching every week is the degree to which the...

October 07, 2011

Sacred Space: Cowboys and Niche Churches

"I like the idea about reaching cowboys for Jesus, but something about having a 'Cowboy...

October 06, 2011

The Moviegoer: "Looking Closer"

"Like Robinson and Malick, Overstreet has taught me to sharpen my optical lenses by the...

October 06, 2011

Mixed Signals: I Am Not Defined by My Facebook Friend Count

"We can collect hundreds of online Friends, but we would likely only spend a free...

October 05, 2011

What Memes Mean: "…And The Deaf Hear…"

"Every so often, a video makes its way through the group-share ringer because it’s incredibly...

October 04, 2011

When Games Matter: Leedmees, Kinect, and Creativity

"Leedmees requires patience, foresight, balance, and teamwork. Its a game of both body and mind."

October 04, 2011

Watching Politics From the Pew: Making the Mensch

"[W]hat we are doing about developing and preparing the right kinds of leaders in our...

October 03, 2011

Citizenship Confusion: Care to See Charity?

"At the risk of sounding dramatic, I want to suggest that charity is a virtue...

October 03, 2011

The Kiddy Pool: Free to be Freida

"I can’t imagine how many silly, beautiful things I’d miss out on if I always...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

The Televangelist: A Case for the Idiot Box

"Channel surfing is ... dangerous, it's inefficient, and it results in your watching things merely...

September 30, 2011

Sacred Space: The Preacher and Popular Culture

"How do we make certain that we aren't giving Jesus a make-over to look like...

September 30, 2011

Elsewhere: Robertson "Clarifies", Bell Goes to Hollywood, Dogs Surf

This week's Elsewhere will make you laugh, cry and yell with your fist shaking in...

September 29, 2011

Mixed Signals: New from Ikea: A Nursery for Men

"[M]any messages in the marketplace today speak highly of women by way of demeaning men."

September 29, 2011

The Moviegoer: "Moneyball" and the Art of Reinvention

"Moneyball reminds us that reinventing one's self is less a mathematical formula than an art...

September 28, 2011

Music at Mars Hill: The Emotional Contradictions Behind Strange Mercy

"St. Vincent's album is a reminder of the contradictions that exist within myself that shape...

September 28, 2011

What Memes Mean: So Facebook Changed Everything (Again)

"So why all the incessant complaining? More lessons in human nature, I guess."

September 27, 2011

When Games Matter: Kinect, Community, Ninjas, and Fruit

"Cultivating community takes many shapes--I never would have thought it would involve furiously chopping digital...

September 27, 2011

Watching Politics From the Pew: Ugly Debate Crowds

"Your cheers betray the hatred in your hearts and the poison in your minds."

September 26, 2011

The Kiddy Pool: The Face of Food

"I’m not opposed to meat consumption on principle, but I think we are doing ourselves...

September 24, 2011

Grace Notes: Jay Tholen, Mount Eerie

Jay Tholen offers more Gospel chiptune and Mount Eerie contemplates mankind's fragile existence.

September 22, 2011

Mixed Signals: One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Billboard

"God makes all things new"

September 22, 2011

The Moviegoer: A History of Driving

"Drive is...primarily...style over substance. And, yet, it is by virtue of its style that the...

September 21, 2011

What Memes Mean: Pat Robertson And The Danger (And Decline) Of Demagogues

"But we should remind ourselves that his “long line of statements” exists in the first...

September 21, 2011

Music at Mars Hill: Canon Blue's Rumspringa

"We are all in different phases of our lives and it would do us a...

September 20, 2011

When Games Matter: Deus Ex and Its Dirty Trick

". . . the more heavily a game relies on story, the more careful that...

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