Christ and Pop Culture
"The Mindy Project is not a show about race, gender, or cultural perceptions of beauty. But it smartly points out all of our current hang-ups with all of those issues by neatly side-stepping them." Read more
"The Mindy Project is not a show about race, gender, or cultural perceptions of beauty. But it smartly points out all of our current hang-ups with all of those issues by neatly side-stepping them." Read more
Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. [Psalm 143:6] Blessed God, Israel’s God, the one and only wonder-working God! Blessed always his blazing glory! All earth brims with his glory. Yes and Yes and Yes. [Psalm 72. 18-20] — Near the beginning of Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, there’s a scene in which Marina’s (Olga Kurylenko) young daughter, Tatiana (Tatiana... Read more
“We believe that any decision that’s made should be left up to the woman, her family, and the physician.” Normally it isn’t terrifying to hear the representative of a medical organization say something like this. In most circumstances, I’d love hearing about a less bureaucratic approach to medicine and health care decisions. When the representative is from Planned Parenthood, and the “decision” in question is whether to save the life of an already-born-and-on-the-table baby or kill it, it sends chills down my... Read more
The most recent issue of Christianity Today includes a delightful little appreciation by Christopher Benson for George Herbert’s classic poem “Easter Wings.” As Benson notes, Herbert was a seventeenth-century priest in the Church of England who wrote poems throughout his life, though they did not see publication until his friend (religious reformer Nicholas Ferrar) saw to the posthumous release of the works in a 1633 volume entitled The Temple. “Easter Wings” is an example of a pattern poem, a poem... Read more
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 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel carries half the punch of its trailer, this film will probably leave you wondering why exactly you didn’t... Read more
Every week on the Christ and Pop Culture Podcast, various Christ and Pop Culture writers delve deeper into recent articles and address some of the bigger issues in popular culture. Click here to listen! This week, editor-in-chief Richard Clark and editor Drew Dixon meet up in San Francisco in the midst of the Game Developers Conference. Joined by special guests Josh Larson and Ryan Green, two Christian game developers working on a heart-rending project, they take the time to discuss... Read more
Each week in God and Country Music, Nick Rynerson gives country music a chance and examines the world of Americana, folk, alt-country, and popular country music. Last month, American folk music lost one of its best songwriters to a vice all too common to musicians: alcohol. Jason Molina was a constant on the music scene for the better part of fifteen years, putting out over a dozen albums between solo releases and his two bands, Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. Actually,... Read more
"In other words, money is important, but people are even more so." Read more
Every week in The Kiddy Pool, Erin Newcomb confronts one of many issues that parents must deal with related to popular culture. This weekend, NY Times columnist Frank Bruni wrote the opinion piece “A Childless Bystander’s Baffled Hymn” to the mingled celebration and chagrin of his audience. Bruni says little that is actually new to the parenting blogosphere; it’s the same old lament about modern parents who supposedly don’t discipline, over-praise, over-negotiate, over-indulge on chicken nuggets, and generally fail at... Read more
Last night, Season Three of the very popular Game of Thrones series on HBO started, to much excitement. It is a fantastic, if heartbreaking story, but it is also extremely sexually graphic. A year ago, CaPC writers got together to discuss sex in the famous fantasy series, to help each other and our readers work through how to think about these scenes as Christians: In light of the tremendous popularity of the series and the pressing questions it raises for believers, we... Read more
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