So, a hurricane hit Louisville, Kentucky (?!?!) and we are without power for what will most likely be the rest of the week. So site updates may be sporadic. As you can see, I have my ways of getting online, but they’re imperfect and unreliable so hang in there. Read more

A Quick Lesson from the Campaign Trail. Read more

Browse Tullian Tchividjian’s Top 40 books on Christ and Culture.  Any books you would add or subtract to that list? Read more

Check out the Faith 2008 Database which tracks religious rhetoric in the campaign by candidate and theme, and features historical and international comparisons. Read more

This week, Ray Boltz, went public about being gay. Boltz, a CCM recording artist, is best known for his hit single, “Thank you”.  Boltz, never went public until now stating on his website, if people “knew who I really was, I would never be accepted.” How should the church and the CCM community respond to Boltz?  Should this revelation make any difference for the church in being able to enjoy his body of Christian music? Read more

Go ahead and have a bi-partisan laugh (or a wince) with the funniest moments on the campaign trail. Read more

Check out the trailer for Doubt, the new movie from John Patrick Shanley, based on his Pulitzer-winning play. A plot summary of the film (nun suspects priest of sexually abusing schoolboy) may sound like a scandal-mongering depiction of the Catholic Church, but, based on what I’ve read about the play and on what I’ve seen of Shanley’s previous work (the play Danny and the Deep Blue Sea and, oddly, the movie Moonstruck), I expect a nuanced and meaningful treatment of... Read more

The Curator on how the Wii filled a void left by board games. Read more

Join in on the discussion and name some movies, TV shows, albums or bands, or whatever in pop culture embodies or comments on suburbia. Read more