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July 2010

July 19, 2010

"Inception" and the Danger of Imagination

With Inception, Christopher Nolan takes a very real stance on the morality of dreaming.

July 15, 2010

Podcast #89: Two Very Different Decisions

One of these decisions is not like the other.

July 12, 2010

Friday Night Lights Tackles Abortion Head On

FNL provides us with a brutally honest look at how a teenager and those around...

July 08, 2010

Americans: The World Cup Can Make You A Better Person

There's more to gain from soccer than just another sport to watch.

July 06, 2010

The Last Airbender Is . . . Not a Good Movie

Was anyone else aware of this?

July 01, 2010

Red Dead’s Particular Brand of Redemption

Being an outlaw is easy; changing is the hard part.

June 2010

June 30, 2010

Podcast #88: The Court and The Office

One of these is a television show. Can you guess which one?

June 25, 2010

The Office and The Tragic Nature of Comedy

Maybe it's appropriate that we cringe as much as we laugh while watching The Office.

June 24, 2010

Podcast #87: Are Video Games Maturing or Devolving?

There may be signs of life in this medium, but you'll have to search for...

June 23, 2010

What Can We Learn From a "Blind" Referee?

Koman Coulibaly's contribution to US Soccer and what Christians can learn from it.

June 22, 2010

Novel Theophany: Megan Whalen Turner’s Fictional Pantheon

What's a reader to do when we're frustrated with the author? Trust them.

June 18, 2010

Podcast #86: The Almost Perfect Game, the World Cup, and Izzo.

Are we trapped in a culture obsessed with perfection?

June 16, 2010

My Friend, the Atheist

What do you do when you don't have the most important thing in common?

June 14, 2010

The Power of the iPad

Can technology make you better than the next guy?

June 10, 2010

When All Else Fails, Shop?

What do you do when you want to "get out of the house?"

June 09, 2010

Podcast #85: A Funeral for Print

Rich and a guest host wonder if reading is really all that important, anyway.

June 07, 2010

The Swell Season, David Crowder & the Negative Power of a Song’s Backstory

Sometimes lyrical ignorance is bliss.

June 04, 2010

Podcast #84: Spilling Oil and Banning Porn

What we can learn from BP's catastrophe, and why we love Steve Jobs.

June 03, 2010

The Call of Duty Endowment and Veterans

Does "charity" make it okay to support propaganda?

June 01, 2010

Nike and God Battle It Out For the Future

Nike's new slogan is ignoring an important fact.

May 2010

May 28, 2010

LOST, Community, and Redemption

What the church should (and shouldn't) learn from LOST.

May 27, 2010

LOST's Greatest Achievement and Failure

Lost is a great show, but it has some explaining to do.

May 26, 2010

Podcast #83: LOST in Conversation

What's wrong with Lost? What's right with Lost? What's Lost trying to say, anyway?

May 24, 2010

The Lost Finale: All of This Matters

It's not that we need to make sense of the finale. We need to make...

May 19, 2010

Life Without Lost

As Lost comes to an end, so does an era of challenging and appointment worthy...

May 13, 2010

You're Never Too Lame For Redemption

How Betty White's comeback points to a biblical truth.

May 11, 2010

An Inconvenient (Biblical) Truth

Jonathan's Merritt's Green Like God makes it clear that environmentalism isn't just a liberal issue.

May 05, 2010

Diamond Fellowship: What Baseball Can Teach Us About Community and Worship

Baseball can be even more than a national past-time.

May 03, 2010

Facebook and the Ugliness of Divorce

Facebook is like a window into the darkness of the human soul.

April 2010

April 29, 2010

Modern Family & Parenthood: Family TV for the Real World

Try not to be quick to judge these new shows. They're not quick to judge...

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