Because some of my brothers and sisters in Christ get very uptight at Halloween, I thought it would be helpful for us to include a few guidelines on “redeeming” the holiday. These should help even the biggest fundamentalist not to accidentally worship the devil on Halloween. So here goes: Do not actually become a witch, warlock, or necromancer, no matter how tempted you might be. You will ultimately be disappointed if you do, because witches and warlocks and necromancers do... Read more
"Despite my reservations about Halloween, I do see why people like it: It offers community." Read more
What one CaPC writer found after he overcame crippling fear and subjected himself to the horror classic for the first time. Read more
On Friday, October 24, NBC premiered its new series Dracula, starring British actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the title role. The show earned surprisingly solid ratings for a late-Friday time slot, suggesting that, like its eponymous vampire, it may possess some longevity. Loosely based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel of the same name, Dracula follows the infamous Count to 1896 London, where he is posing as the nouveau riche American inventor Alexander Grayson and promising a new steampunk-style form of... Read more
If your sense of myth has atrophied, a ghastly tale may help you to come back to the world with eyes of wonder. Read more
Maybe your October has been as much of a whirlwind as mine has, and your thoughts about a Halloween costume came to mind a little later than usual. Perhaps you are still wondering how you can pull off a costume for your post-work party tonight or for shuffling the kids to the neighborhood Trunk or Treat. Whatever the case may be, it’s Halloween, TOMORROW (or are you reading this on Halloween? In that case TODAY) —and perhaps you still need... Read more
I don’t quite know how to explain it any other way, but Daniel Amos’ “Hole in the World” feels like a song that I’ve always known. The first time I heard it via a battered cassette copy of MotorCycle, I was absolutely convinced I’d heard it before, though I couldn’t quite put a finger on when and where. As such, the song has always been a haunting listen for me, which strikes me as rather appropriate given its lyrics about... Read more
Perhaps our deepest modern fear is the collapse of society, but if recent films and TV shows are any indication, it is also one of our most satisfying fantasies. Whether it’s a zombie infestation, the biblical apocalypse, a terrorist attack, or even an economic crash which returns us to the gold standard, we are fascinated and horrified at the idea of the world we know ceasing to exist. Why is that? We fear and crave the end of civilization because... Read more
What can we do to avoid making decisions affected by our biases? Read more
Nick Rynerson finds commonalities between the stories of Christianity and Outlaw Country. Read more
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