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November 08, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Penetrating the Electronic Buzz of the 21st Century for Evangelism

Every Thursday in Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship...

November 07, 2012

Civil Discussion: Obama the Winner, Romney the Loser, Richard the Hypocrite, Ben the Cynic

"If I have any hope, it’s hope that Obama wants to be known as someone...

November 02, 2012

Civil Discussion: The Voting Mandate

Every Friday in Civil Discussion, Ben Bartlett (who majored in Political Theory) and Richard Clark (a...

November 02, 2012

Play in Process: Tokyo Jungle is the Ultimate Game About the Rapture

Each week in Play in Process, Richard Clark shares what he’s been playing and why it...

November 01, 2012

The Moviegoer: Bernhardt “Bernie” Tiede, Angel of Death?

Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. The film (and the...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

The Feedback Loop: Looking Back In Anberlin’s Vital

"But when I listen to Vital as a whole, I can't help but forget all...

October 30, 2012

Feminine Appeal: You Don’t Have to Be a Sexy Crayon for Halloween

Join Faith Newport and Erin Straza each week for Feminine Appeal, an e-discussion bringing a...

October 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Checklist: Love Thy Neighbor

"Emergency situations require preparedness beforehand and the acting out of our faith during and afterward,...

October 26, 2012

Civil Discussion: Foreign Policy, Finality, and FASHION!!!

"These days if the other guy ties his shoe with a bow, you have to...

October 25, 2012

The Moviegoer: Movie Making and the Politics of the Exfiltration Thriller

Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. Let me set up...

October 25, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Billy Graham and Speaking of a Mormon President

"I worry that if he gets elected, some Christians will view him as a representative...

October 23, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: A Case for Catechism

Every week in The Kiddy Pool, Erin Newcomb confronts one of many issues that parents must...

October 19, 2012

Civil Discussion: Debating the Debate, and Binders Full of Women

"Well, you’re right, which is why I disagree completely."

October 19, 2012

The Televangelist: Why Pete and Pete is the Greatest Live Action Kids Show that will Ever Be Made

"In that The Adventures of Pete and Pete sought to reinvest the world with the...

October 18, 2012

The Moviegoer: Sinister Images

Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke)...

October 16, 2012

The Feedback Loop: Is “Gangnam Style” What America Needs?

It took me multiple social interactions with the song in order to become convinced that...

October 16, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Diapers, for the Glory of God

I got pregnant with my first daughter almost 4 years ago now; I subsequently carried...

October 12, 2012

Civil Discussion: Mad Biden, Slick Ryan, and the Debate of Increasing Polarity

"On the civil scale I give it like 4/10 malarkeys."

October 11, 2012

The Moviegoer: Looper, Selfhood as Travel Agency, and Intergenerational Responsibility

Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. A Special Note from...

October 11, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Anti-Muslim Rhetoric and Christian Political Institutions

"The increasing adoption of anti-Muslim political rhetoric by flagship Christian political institutions is one significant...

October 09, 2012

The Feedback Loop: Derek Webb’s Struggle For “Ctrl”

"It is a prophetic warning against chasing our lust for control, but also an invitation...

October 09, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: We Are… God’s Handiwork(ers)

"I think that creative itch derives directly from our origins as creatures made in God’s...

October 05, 2012

The Televangelists: “Freaks and Geeks” Offers a Thoughtful and Hilarious Look at High School

Freaks and Geeks deserves all of the acclaim that it has received over the years,...

October 05, 2012

Civil Discussion: Romney’s Great Debate

"This is exactly why I shoot for an even-handed tone in evaluating candidates."

October 01, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Project Runway’s “It’s Fashion Baby”

"It’s my job to to treat them as whole humans while demonstrating that even if...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

The Moviegoer: The Law Made Arbitrary

Lawless seems to take the perceived incoherence of civilization's manner of order, and ascribe it...

September 24, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: MoMA’s “Century of the Child” Exhibit

"It’s worthwhile for grownups to consider our own understandings and ideals of childhood, because, after...

September 24, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: My Prodigal Grandmother

In loving, gratuitous memory of Arline Noble, March 28th, 1920 to September 18th, 2012.

September 21, 2012

The Televangelists: An Apocalypse You Can Believe In

"Revolution is a well-made show but I found myself constantly taken out of the series'...

September 20, 2012

Play in Process: If Games Can Kill

"It seems increasingly clear: for the most part, videogames aren't a way to relax. They...

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