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March 2010

March 01, 2010

How Comic Books Can Help You Think

They're more than just an adolescent past-time.

February 2010

February 18, 2010

Questioning Matthew Paul Turner: Part 2

"I think humor used well sheds light on our need for hope."

February 17, 2010

Questioning Matthew Paul Turner: Part 1

"Most Christians are well-equipped for feeling a certain amount of shame--the honesty and grace is...

January 2010

January 29, 2010

Podcast #71: How "Chuck" "Lost" the "Assassin's Creed" While Emerging from Church

This week, we're at your mercy.

January 28, 2010

Assassin's Creed 2: Shot Through the Heart

A video game tackles religion head-on. The results are mixed.

January 19, 2010

Footnotes in the Sand

Guest writer, Seth T. Hahne demonstrates how Joe Sacco's new book strips Gaza to reveal...

January 14, 2010

Looking Back: Five 2009 Video Game Moments That Give Me Hope for the Medium

At their best, video games can cause us to rethink what we know about the...

January 12, 2010

How Reading Disturbing Novels can make you a Better Reader of the Bible

Can anything good come out of being disturbed?

December 2009

December 17, 2009

Looking Back: Books and Music in 2009

Carissa Smith shares the books and albums that got her through the year.

November 2009

November 19, 2009

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: Blue Like Jazz, All Grown Up

In his new book, Donald Miller decides he doesn't want to live a boring life.

October 2009

October 21, 2009

"The Magicians": If Harry Potter was Doubtful

It’s been called “Harry Potter for grownups,” but it’s more like “Narnia for the disillusioned.”

October 14, 2009

'Bright Star,' Dim Characters

With a great romantic poet as its subject matter, you would think this film would...

October 01, 2009

Conference on Christianity and Literature: The City (Part 2)

Carissa Smith shares her thoughts and insights on a conference you probably should have attended.

September 2009

September 30, 2009

Conference on Christianity and Literature: The City (Part 1)

A special treat: Carissa Smith shares her thoughts and insights on a conference you probably...

September 18, 2009

Podcast #60: The Pop Culture 180

Who suffered most? Rich and Ben go head to head to find out.

September 15, 2009

Pop Culture 180, Part 6: Twitter Vs. Books… No Contest

No one claims that social networking can replace books, but is it worth our time...

September 13, 2009

Pop Culture 180, Part 5: Video Games Vs. Books… a Fight to the Death?

Are the two mediums mutually exclusive, or something else?

September 10, 2009

Pop Culture 180, Part 4: I Can't Quit! And Do Meanlingless Comments Represent Real Relationships?

Absence from books makes the heart grow fonder.

September 09, 2009

Pop Culture 180, Part 3: I Told You I Could Quit… But Now I Dislike People.

Reading is certainly enriching, but is it an inherently selfish act?

September 07, 2009

Pop Culture 180, Part 2: Giving up The Great Conversation to tell you what I had for lunch.

Will giving up reading affect my view on the world? Will social networking make an...

September 07, 2009

Pop Culture 180, Part 1: Giving up Halo for E.M. Forster

Will giving up video games make me a better person? Will reading make me smarter?

August 2009

August 11, 2009

Our Holy Grail: An Honest Depiction of Christianity in Pop Culture

Guest writer, Seth T. Hahne discovers a graphic novel that would make any Christian proud.

August 10, 2009

Not That Kind of Girl: Rejecting the Evangelical Narrative, But for What?

This is not your typical testimony. Could it be worse?

July 2009

July 31, 2009

Podcast #55 – Part 1: Top 5, Top 5 and Top 5!

Lists are good.

July 21, 2009

'The Year of Living Biblically': What Does True Biblical Literalism Look Like?

What happens when one man decides to do what he's told, even if he doesn't...

June 2009

June 16, 2009

Flannery O'Connor and the Christ-Haunted Biography

Non-Christians like her too!

June 15, 2009

Summer Reading: Memory and Ethical Complexity in Tigana

It's not much of a summer read, but it is a rewarding and challenging novel...

June 10, 2009

Going Beyond New Releases: Appreciating Culture as Tradition, Part 2

How technology changed us, and what we can do about it.

June 09, 2009

Beyond New Releases: Appreciating Culture as Tradition, Part 1

How consumer culture makes us slaves to the new.

June 04, 2009

The CaPC Summer of Pop-Culture-Type Reading!

Ben is not good with names.

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