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February 2014

February 21, 2014

CAPC Podcast #4: Hot Pockets, Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church, The Beats Music App

Listen here. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we discuss a wide range of topics and provide the kind...

February 19, 2014

Introducing: Christ and Pop Culture, The Podcast

Click here to listen! After nearly a year of dormancy, we're ready to get back...

February 19, 2014

The Kiddy Pool: All in the Olympic Family

The Olympics and the Church.

February 18, 2014

Olympic Metaphors and Marriage

When we choose other metaphors over Christ and His Bride, we diminish the mystery of...

February 14, 2014

Downton Abbey: Guilt, Shame, and the Fear of Confession

Warning: This article contains spoilers about the sixth episode of Downton Abbey’s fourth season. Each week,...

February 14, 2014

How The Lego Movie Helped Me Overcome Fantastical Disappointment

I was disappointed in The LEGO Movie reveal because, at times, I'm disappointed in myself.

February 12, 2014

Walking with the Dead: The Trauma and Healing of Community

"Community creates the potential for trauma, but it also provides the context for healing."

February 11, 2014

The Kiddy Pool: Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Paradox of the Loving Addict

"Every relationship with an addict follows the same patterns of peripheral powerlessness"

February 10, 2014

Living with Longing: The Genuine Challenge of Singleness, Chastity, and Heartbreak

God gave us the gift of marriage and family as a foundation for service, not...

February 07, 2014

Ocean’s 11, 1944: Sorting through the Jumble of THE MONUMENTS MEN

While George Clooney's wildly-uneven THE MONUMENTS MEN doesn't know what it's supposed to be, one...

February 06, 2014

Downton Abbey: Means to an End?

'Downton Abbey' raises the significant question of whether we ought to treat people as means...

February 05, 2014

I Watched the #CreationDebate and it Kind of Bummed Me Out

God made the universe out of nothing. He may have done it in six literal...

February 05, 2014

Kurt Vonnegut: Unlikely Apologist

The late Kurt Vonnegut inspires loyalty among his readers. He’s the kind of author whose...

February 04, 2014

The Kiddy Pool: If a Pony Neighs in the Forest

Life and death are in our tongues, so let us speak words of life and...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Downton Abbey: All In the Family

Warning: This article contains spoilers about the fourth episode of Downton Abbey’s fourth season. Each week,...

January 31, 2014

In Light of Macklemore’s Same Love, the Church is Called to a Different Love

A church choir, stained glass windows, and an altar decorated the background of one of...

January 30, 2014

Those Generous Robots: Daft Punk and Musical Nostalgia

Daft Punk have never been shy about their influences or the sense of nostalgia that...

January 29, 2014

The Kiddy Pool: Marathon Mama

On running and mothering and grace above all.

January 28, 2014

Richard Sherman: Role Model?

Those who find the rant excusable aren't presenting it as model behavior; they simply aren't...

January 27, 2014

CBS’s ‘Intelligence’ Tests the Trade-Offs of Technology

Intelligence is a formulaic show, but its writers deftly manage the formula.

January 24, 2014

Ask Uncle Brad: The Persecution Complex, The Snapchat Ghost, and Charity

How do I deal with persecution complex? Why is the Snapchat logo a ghost? Should...

January 23, 2014

‘Tearaway,’ Tolkien, and the Role of Sub-Creation

Warning: This article contains spoilers about the video game Tearaway. Tearaway I don’t think Media...

January 23, 2014

Downton Abbey: Bring the Light

Warning: This article contains spoiler about the third episode of Downton Abbey’s fourth season. Each...

January 22, 2014

M*A*S*H and the Military Brat

"A story about war is a story about people."

January 22, 2014

Flowers in the Attic and the Allure of the Dark

"I am grateful for God’s story that captured me away from both the saccharine sweet...

January 22, 2014

How “Happy Days” Made Me (Horrible)

We went for a hike, alone. I felt pretty good about it--very cool and in...

January 21, 2014

#Instagrown: In an Age of Instantaneous Everything, What Happens to Adolescent Yearning?

Teenagers are often labeled as easily distracted cowards who hide from face to face interaction...

January 17, 2014

Brain Death and Dialogue: What Two News Stories Can Teach Us about Responding with Grace

How might Christians better respond when news is confusing in controversial, emotionally challenging issues with...

January 17, 2014

Ask Uncle Brad: “My Dad is a Culture Warrior” (Plus: Daniel Diet, Correcting the Internet)

"When your dad goes into full-on culture warrior mode, he signs you up for the...

January 17, 2014

Journey through the Judgement House

Martyn Jones visits a "Judgement House" designed to scare people into acknowledging their mortality, and...

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