Angry Birds Biblical: A Modest Proposal

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I am chewing on a couple of more serious and thoughtful posts, but in the mean time I can't resist wondering aloud why a critical marketing need isn't being met. After spending hours watching my 3-year-grandson level up through Angry Birds Original, Space, Seasons, Rio, and Star Wars (not to mention Bad Piggies) on his daddy's iPad, devouring endless EvanTubeHD videos in which a young boy with either something nasty on the toy manufacturers or the most overindulgent parents in the world opens … [Read more...]

Dear Lord, Baby Jesus: Black Friday and the New Evangelization

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Could Black Friday become a feast day of the New Evangelization? In this post from December 2010, I may have been on to something. _____ Tis the season when Christians collectively bemoan the commercialization of the holy day, reminding ourselves of the importance of turning away from the retail rat race and putting Christ back into Christmas. Yesterday, though, while tuning one ear to the Christmas muzak playing in one of my favorite coffee establishments (as it has been playing … [Read more...]