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December 2010

December 16, 2010

Appetite for Production: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Content?

Guest author, Garrett Brown, deals with the implications of information overload.

October 2010

October 07, 2010

Glee's "Grilled Cheesus": Is Religion Beyond Reason?

When Glee addresses issues of faith, it's a hit and miss affair.

September 2010

September 16, 2010

When Google Doesn't Meet Your Religious Standards

Surfers who are concerned about being potentially morally and spiritually contaminated by Google's search results...

September 16, 2010

Podcast #94: Swift and Kanye Make Up & Viral Culture

Thanks to the magic of online video, we don't have to actually watch the VMAs.

September 15, 2010

The David Bazan Interview: Coming to Terms with Doubt

"I like when anyone tells their story honestly. That’s always good. "

August 2010

August 04, 2010

What Reading a Digital Bible Does to Your Mind

We dare you to read this entire article without being distracted.

June 2010

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 04, 2010

Podcast #84: Spilling Oil and Banning Porn

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

May 2010

May 03, 2010

Facebook and the Ugliness of Divorce

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

April 2010

April 06, 2010

A Defense of Online Dating

Forget the stigma: online dating may be worthwhile after all.

March 2010

March 03, 2010

Podcast #75: The Coming Farmville Apocalypse

Ben and Rich discuss the cultural implications of Farmville, and give Chat Roulette a spin.

February 2010

February 12, 2010

Your Status Update Is A Fire!

David Dunham is carefully choosing his words when writing status messages.

February 05, 2010

Podcast #72: Two Speeches and the Fall of the U.S.A.

Will the iPad change how we think of computers? Will Obama change how we think...

September 2009

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 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 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...

July 2009

July 17, 2009

Podcast #54: Revolutionary Road and Your Online Identity

What's so great about the suburbs and privacy?

June 2009

June 26, 2009

Podcast #52: How Twitter Changed Iran and the SBC

You can trust that this podcast goes on for more than 140 characters.

June 25, 2009

My Online Image: Facebook, Twitter, and Privacy

It's now second nature to share our lives with the world... but should we?

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 05, 2009

Podcast #49: Terminator, Twitter, and Meaningless Fun

Ben and Rich discuss a bunch of stuff. Something here is bound to pique your...

May 2009

May 28, 2009

An Ecclesiology of Twitter

Twitter is all about community, so isn't it the perfect fit for church worship service?

April 2009

April 24, 2009

Podcast #43: Susan Boyle, Sliders, iPods and Facebook

Rich and Ben address Susan Boyle's sudden rise to stardom, the appeal (and lack of...

April 15, 2009

How Facebook Challenges Narcissism

Richard Clark explains why the critics are wrong.

April 14, 2009

Compartmentalizing My World: iPods and Community.

Alan Noble explains how iPods can be alienation devices.

April 13, 2009

How Sliders Made Me Think Despite the Odds

Charles Jones finds a new way to challenge himself: watching an old science fiction television...

April 02, 2009

Learning from "The Netbook Effect"

Charles Jones shows how the church can learn from the success of small, affordable laptops.

March 2009

March 16, 2009

SoulPancake.com: What does Dwight have to tell us about God?

Alan Noble investigates Rainn Wilson's new spiritual outreach.

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