“Popologetics” for Evangelicals: Ted Turnau’s Missional Defense of Pop Culture

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“Turnau sees the pervasive presence of popular culture as a worldview challenge that requires from the Christian a shrewd cultural engagement.”

Overcoming Mental Illness’ Stigma in the Church: An Interview with Amy Simpson

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I recently asked Amy Simpson for her perspective on the Matthew Warren story, as well as for her observations about the Church’s relationship with mental health issues.

Five Ways to Enjoy May

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April is, if not the cruelest, at least one of the slowest months in pop-culture land.  While you’re waiting for the summer blockbusters to arrive, here are five things to look forward to in May — and ways to entertain yourself in the meantime. 1. The Great Gatsby (In theatres May 10) If Baz Luhrmann’s [...]

Yet Another Reason to Love Trader Joe’s

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“In other words, money is important, but people are even more so.”

Does Loneliness Kill the Soul?

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“And here’s some more good news about your loneliness: It might just be shortening your life.”

TK and the Clichés of Our Day

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Taken one at a time, clichés don’t seem so harmful. But what if they were all consumed in one sitting?

What Should I Wear to Church?

"Children in their Sunday clothes pose in front of adobe church, Alamo National Forest, N. Mex. Terr. [now Lincoln National Forest]. By A. M. Neal, May 13, 1908." Image: Marion Doss via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

The tech boom of the 90s was a heady time of enormous newfound wealth and human progress. However, in 2001, the spectacular bubble burst after years of euphoric investors bidding up shoddy dot-coms with no earnings and no profitability in sight. The momentary millionaires and billionaires were gone. Pets.com, once a Wall Street darling, failed [...]

Every Sunday Is a Little Easter Sunday

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In a few days, it will be Easter Sunday, which, for many years now, has been the holiday I most look forward to celebrating. Growing up, it was customary in my family for the kids to get a new outfit for Easter and to wake up that morning to a basket full of candy. There [...]

Frequently Searched Questions: Antimatter Opposed by the Church

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The following are actual search terms people typed into Google (Yahoo?) which directed them to CaPC. In most cases they didn’t find the answer they were looking for on our site. FSQ is an attempt to remedy this problem by answering some of the most (de)pressing questions sent to us through search terms. This week’s theme is [...]

Don’t Worry, Vicky (An Open Letter to Victoria’s Secret)

Dear Vicky, I know it’s been a rough week for you.  That blog post about your “Bright Young Things” advertising campaign went viral, and suddenly parents everywhere are freaking out thinking that you want to sell bras and underwear – and a sexy image – to teen and preteen girls. But relax. You’re not doing [...]