Jimmy Fallon Promises More Gaming Exposure on ‘Late Night’. Fortunately, this will be on Hulu as well. Read more

How will Obama’s presidency change hip-hop? Read more

Sociologist Phil Zuckerman believes that religion is not necessary to a moral society. His reasoning is based upon 14 months spent in Scandanavia, one of the least religious portions of the Western world. Here he found people generally not afraid of death, content with their lives, and “life expectancy, child welfare, literacy, schooling, economic equality, standard of living and competitiveness” all near the top of First World nations. The article is very interesting. The people do not consider themselves atheists;... Read more

Films are booming at the box office. Sales are up 17% and attendence 16% from last year.  A lot of is has to do with people wanting an escape from economic hard times (a film is cheaper than going to Disney, one woman says). Now as much as ever Christians should be in tune with the work of the film industry. With more people at the movies, films could help provide illustrations and contexts to express the Gospel even moreso than before. Let... Read more

So some mad genius (okay, he’s my husband) analyzed 15,000 tweets this week and made a Wordle of the top 100 things Twitterers claim to be giving up for Lent. For what other kinds of things do you think Twitterology of this sort might be helpful? Can it actually give us an accurate picture of the spiritual zeitgeist of a (small, technologically savvy) group of people? Read more

And now, the Hulu Awards. Read more

It always fascinates me how American culture treats science and its ability to give us knowledge. Take Michael Brook’s article in the New Scientist entitled, “Born Believers: How Your Brain Creates God.”  Brooks explores some new research being done on how religion could have evolved. Challenging the common hypothesis that religion offers some competitive advantage, Brooks cites various scientists who argue that religion is hardwired. Specifically, all humans have a “common-sense” belief in mind/body dualism and an exaggerated understanding of cause and effect, both of... Read more