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December 2013

December 05, 2013

‘Atlantis’ Is a Lost City (and a Lost Opportunity)

Depending on your expectations, Atlantis could be viewed as an entertainingly ephemeral romp or a...

December 03, 2013

Don’t Close Your Wallet Yet: It’s Giving Tuesday

What is this Giving Tuesday thing anyway?

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Here’s a Gift Idea: Great Graphic Novels for Kids

At this point in our cultural history, it's pretty much well-acknowledged that graphic novels are...

November 27, 2013

Thanksgiving and Giving Thanks: Similar, but Different

How did the holiday that is supposed to help us be thankful for what we...

November 27, 2013

Black Friday is a Monster that Must Be Stopped!

Black Friday has burst its bounds and is threatening to devour the single greatest holiday...

November 26, 2013

Why Are We Still Surprised When “Entertainment” Does More Than Entertain Us?

"What is incredulous to me is this continuing idea that popular culture -- be it...

November 25, 2013

The Human Generation: How the Last Generation of Videogame Consoles Changed Gaming Forever

"Videogames have revived themselves by moving the focus from computer processors and features, to human...

November 22, 2013

Celebrating C. S. Lewis: ‘The Silver Chair’

"It represents an approach to catechesis, teaching children precepts through memorization—not for the sake of...

November 22, 2013

Celebrating C. S. Lewis: ‘Surprised by Joy’

"Surprised by Joy supplied the defect of my Christian upbringing and didactic theology"

November 22, 2013

Celebrating C. S. Lewis: ‘The Screwtape Letters’

"The book opened my eyes to a spiritual plane that I had heretofore neglected—to my...

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

Celebrating C. S. Lewis: ‘Till We Have Faces’

"It exposes how we see ourselves and project our notions upon God—often quite erroneously and...

November 21, 2013

Celebrating C.S. Lewis: “The Shoddy Lands”

"The lesson is that we should be mindful of the things, people, and ideas in...

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

Celebrating C. S. Lewis: ‘That Hideous Strength’

"It is a story of permanent struggle between the sacred and profane, between the earth...

November 20, 2013

Celebrating C.S. Lewis: ‘Perelandra’

The second “Ransom Trilogy” story captivated me with themes of a virginal paradise invaded by...

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

Celebrating C.S. Lewis: ‘A Grief Observed’

"Sometimes all we know of God is his absence, and other times he appears as...

November 19, 2013

Celebrating C. S. Lewis: ‘The Problem of Pain’

"Lewis knows the comfort of knowing the truth, especially when it comes to the truth...

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 Four Loves’

"It is grace in and of itself that enables any of us to be loved...

November 18, 2013

Celebrating C. S. Lewis: ‘Letters To Malcolm’

Prayer can bring tension and yet intimacy. C. S. Lewis helped remind me of its...

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

Faith and Basketball

"When the Bible says that faith is 'the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction...

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

These Comedians Getting Coffee Are not My Friends

"I wish I were as funny as Mel Brooks or as upfront as Chris Rock,...

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 06, 2013

We Know Less About Our Universe Than We Think (and I’m OK With That)

When it comes to understanding how the universe works, humanity has made amazing strides. The...

November 05, 2013

The Gospel According to Inigo Montoya (aka Mandy Patinkin)

"Revenge will steal your life until you don’t know any other way to live."

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