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November 2010

November 08, 2010

"Sister Wives": Are We Really Loving to be Watching?

“Sister Wives” asks us to confront real questions about the limits of reality-television and how...

November 04, 2010

Podcast #97: A New Leaf

Violent games, a reactionary election, a horror-filled Halloween, immoral atheletes, and a Rocky Horror Picture...

October 2010

October 20, 2010

Dexter: We Are All Serial Killers Inside

This serial killer would like you to examine yourself in light of his rebukes.

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 30, 2010

Podcast #96: Embracing the Idiot Box

The Fall TV Season demonstrates what interests us as a culture.

September 22, 2010

Can a Christian Survive "Survivor"?

Survivor may look like a silly reality show at first glance, but there's more going...

September 20, 2010

How I Met Your Mother: "Friends" With a Conscience

Neither Barney nor Joey are good guys. The show that pretends they are is the...

September 15, 2010

The David Bazan Interview: Coming to Terms with Doubt

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

September 14, 2010

RetroPost: 4 Ways to Watch Television and Build Community

Don't swear off television. Use it to build relationships!

July 2010

July 29, 2010

RetroPost: "Shark Week" and the Coming of Christ

With yet another shark week starting August 1st, we revisit David Dunham's meditation on the...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

April 21, 2010

Podcast #81: Can We Find Joy in Glee?

Don't stop believing.

April 07, 2010

Podcast #79: A Television Renaissance?

Has the Idiot Box become the Smart Cube?

March 2010

March 12, 2010

How 'The Marriage Ref' Can Save Your Marriage

What if 'The Marriage Ref' is actually a good idea?

February 2010

February 22, 2010

How (and Why) I Cut the Cable

Price. Plain and simple.

February 08, 2010

Super Sunday: The Day Masculinity Dug its Own Grave

This year's super-expensive Super Bowl commercials paint a bleak picture of what it means to...

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.

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