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October 2014

October 08, 2014

Lazy Cultural Engagement

Last week I wrote a little something for Christianity Today about "lazy cultural engagement": In the...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

And Speaking of Friendship . . .

Particularly situations in which friends can be made, as David Brooks wrote about in yesterday's...

September 16, 2014

Is Pop Culture Too Juvenile?

In the New York Times this past weekend, the film critic A.O. Scott wrote about the slide...

September 12, 2014

Coffee Week

Just for fun: over at FastCompany, it was recently "coffee week." It includes a ton...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

The Beauty-Happiness Connection

Over at The Atlantic, Cody C. Delistrady is examining the connection between happiness and beauty: But...

August 05, 2014

The Hidden Blessing of Infertility

Over at Christianity Today, Karen Swallow Prior wrote about an often-difficult topic: the hidden blessing of...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

Many Hopes

There's an interview over at Darling with Alice Kinyua, founder of the organization "Many Hopes," which...

May 2014

May 01, 2014

Caring About Culture

Why should Christians care about culture? It's a good question - and a complicated one,...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Debunking the 10,000 Hour Rule

Chances are you've heard about the "10,000 hour rule," popularized by Malcolm Gladwell, which posits...

April 17, 2014

Confessions of a Christian Film Critic

I'm a Christian and a film critic, so I found myself nodding along the whole...

March 2014

March 21, 2014

Sitting at the SXSW Table

Some of my friends from Fuller Theological Seminary were at the South by Southwest Festival...

January 2014

January 23, 2014

The Imagination Wars

Businesspeople, creatives, theologians, and others have long said that our imaginations are vitally important to...

January 20, 2014

Joni Eareckson Tada at the Oscars?

The Oscar nominations came out late last week, and there were plenty of reactions all...

January 07, 2014

Because Useful

In somewhat weird news, the American Dialect Society has chosen "because" as its word of...

December 2013

December 06, 2013

Are You A Patron?

Over at Comment, James K.A. Smith talks about patronage - the kind we all engage in, whether or...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

What’s Good – and Not – About ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’

Last Friday, I published a piece on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire at Christianity Today that garnered a...

October 2013

October 11, 2013

Nostalgia in a YouTube Clip

Sesame Street premiered in 1969, which means that most of us have watched it---many as...

October 09, 2013

The Slowest Generation?

So apparently the Wall Street Journal has caught on: Gen Y's idea of fun is...

October 04, 2013

Gravity

Are you planning to see Gravity this weekend? I saw it a few nights ago and reviewed...

October 03, 2013

Even Better Than the Real Thing

Did you see this commercial for Chipotle restaurants that went viral? Well, over at Christianity...

August 2013

August 14, 2013

Last Temptation Turns Twenty-Five

Last week at Christianity Today Movies, we published a piece on the controversial Martin Scorsese film The...

August 06, 2013

New Use for An Abandoned WalMart

I love seeing abandoned buildings and architectural features turned into new, productive ones. This is...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

What GIRL MOST LIKELY Teaches Us About Our Heritage

Last weekend I reviewed the new film Girl Most Likely, starring Kristen Wiig (of Saturday Night Live and Bridesmaids...

June 2013

June 21, 2013

Seeing the Story Underneath the Tattoo – A Grandfather’s Unusual Perspective

People in my generation and older generally frown on tattoos. Oh, there are exceptions. I...

June 13, 2013

Before Midnight: A Different Understanding of Love

Before Midnight, the third film in the "Before" trilogy starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy (which...

May 2013

May 17, 2013

Gatsby, Draper, and Where Freedom Really Lies

This week I co-wrote and published a piece over at Christianity Today on Jay Gatsby and...

May 16, 2013

The Catholic Church at the Biennale

The Venice Biennale is one of the biggest events in the art world, where the...

May 11, 2013

Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! Let’s Go to Hooters!

"Happy Mother's Day, Mom! Let's go to Hooters!" At least that's what Hooters hope's you'll...

May 06, 2013

Running Boston Now

Well worth reading: writer and runner Haruki Murakami's short reflections on the Boston marathon---the marathon...

May 02, 2013

The Hard, Holy Work of Paying Attention

One of my favorite poets is Luci Shaw, and one of my favorite writers/people (and...