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December 2013

December 03, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: The Burden of Not Knowing & the Loving Arms of Advent

"I used to fear, during my pregnancy with my second daughter, that God would smite...

December 02, 2013

Connecting Head and Hands: The Tragedy of Science Fiction Without Redemption

Modern cinematic works of science fiction try to imitate the message of Metropolis, showing the...

December 02, 2013

Does God Listen to Rap? An Interview with Curtis Allen

"Rap is bridging the gap between two different worlds and is accomplishing more gospel unity...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Walking with the Dead: In which the Governor Remembers who He Is

"The Governor’s return comes only as he begins to see the value of the monster...

November 27, 2013

Moving Images: Interpreting Film In Spirit and Truth

Maybe more than any other people group, Christians believe that stories shape people, making us...

November 25, 2013

The Knockout Game Myth and its Racist Roots

"Nobody seems to have any evidence that it's spreading, or that it's new, or that...

November 22, 2013

The Objectionable Fiction of ‘Immigrant Fiction’

"This is why the label 'immigrant fiction' offended me, because instead of acknowledging and engulfing...

November 21, 2013

Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 11: Best of Show

Days before the 50th anniversary special, two CaPC writers choose their favorite “Who” stories, moments,...

November 21, 2013

Jason Isbell’s Decoration Day and Stories of Truth

"in 'Decoration Day', Isbell has done what a long line of storytellers have done before...

November 20, 2013

Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 10: Showing the Perfect Forever-Love Story

A time agent or lizard detective may promote other lifestyles. But Who fans only weep...

November 19, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Joy Is Sufficient

"To produce anything of worth, we need to spend time producing nothing fearlessly."

November 19, 2013

Walking with the Dead: The Governor Returns, but will He be Redeemed?

"Throughout the show the child/parent relationship plays a vital role in helping a person keep...

November 19, 2013

How to Revitalize Young Conservatives: Don’t Pal Around with Fools

"There's no reason why figures like Barton, Beck, and Boykin should be treated as valuable...

November 18, 2013

Celebrating C. S. Lewis: “The Weight Of Glory”

"Our desires indicate the deep ways we long to be acknowledged and known by God."

November 15, 2013

Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 9: From Dark Sci-Fi to Joyous Fantasy

In most of showrunner Russell T. Davies’s stories, “everything has its time and everything dies.”...

November 14, 2013

Lou Reed and the Iconography of Rock and Roll

"In the same way that religious icons represent larger realities, Lou Reed stood for his...

November 13, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Jim Henson’s Compromise

"How many of us wrestle with the differences between our ideas of marriage and family...

November 13, 2013

My Complicated Relationship With Sports

"I love college basketball and football, but the system is broken."

November 12, 2013

It’s National Novel Writing Month, a Time to Delight in God’s Creative Act

As I was lamenting to a friend several weeks ago about my inner urge to...

November 11, 2013

Walking with the Dead: The Immanence of God in the Zombie Apocalypse

"For all his convictions that God is still out there, still working some ultimate plan,...

November 11, 2013

A Veteran’s Thoughts on Veterans Day

"I want our children to know that while it's a noble thing to support our...

November 08, 2013

‘Ender’s Game,’ Genocide, and Moral Culpability

"The film’s vision largely distills the essence of the novel and in the process provides...

November 07, 2013

Snapchat and the Ghost of Communication

"We build relationships just a little bit every day, even if it is only ten...

November 07, 2013

Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 8: Christianity and “Whomanism”

"Doctor Who provides no consistent answer to the question of what the universe is made...

November 06, 2013

Why Complementarian Women Should Read Jesus Feminist

According to guest writer, Lore Ferguson, Jesus Feminist is not the tired story of a...

November 05, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: “To My Favorite 17-Year-Old High School Girl”

U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins shares a poem on our significance and inconsequentialness.

November 04, 2013

New Rules for User Comments: The Bottom Line for the Common Good?

In the past few weeks various Internet sites, such as YouTube, Goodreads, and Popular Science,...

November 01, 2013

Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 7: The Episode I Never Want to See Again

Daleks destroy, angels strike, and monsters chase, but in “Doctor Who” the most horrible villains...

November 01, 2013

The Understated Power of Influence: Why Lou Reed is Such a Big Deal, Even If You’ve Never Heard of Him

"15 minutes of fame be damned: Lou Reed will have decades of influence."

October 2013

October 31, 2013

I Finally Made Myself Watch The Exorcist, and I Did Not Leave Without Hope

What one CaPC writer found after he overcame crippling fear and subjected himself to the...

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