Christ and Pop Culture
"We rarely consider that we might be wrong, that our thoughts, beliefs, and narratives may be skewed or inaccurate, especially if they're in regards to a group of people with whom we have serious differences." Read more
"We rarely consider that we might be wrong, that our thoughts, beliefs, and narratives may be skewed or inaccurate, especially if they're in regards to a group of people with whom we have serious differences." Read more
Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. Confession: I love lists. I love making to-do lists, favorites lists, even grocery lists. All kinds of lists. I’m that person with a computer home screen filled with those little electronic notepad stickies–and my computer sits on a desk with various material notepad stickies populating the work space. List-making has two primary, interrelated functions that work relative to a given list topic: it’s a written order that establishes remembrance... Read more
As Christians and thinkers, we need to consider the format of our reading in context with our desired result for that reading. Read more
"The real shame here belongs to the fans -- the ones who put their trust in a human, idolizing her, and making her purity a kind of measure of her worth." 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. To know the music of a society is to know that society. While much musical analysis is focused on the music itself, music tells a story much bigger than can be contained in the meter of a song. I once had a professor who said, “Music was the language of the soul.” Even the mass... Read more
Foundationally, feminism is something we can, and should, get behind. Read more
It seems, generally speaking, that Christians have a hard time deciding what types of “sin” they are willing to watch and what types they won’t. My decision to watch a show is intentional: I have to get on the computer, pull up Netflix, and let the show load. The one show I’ve watched most recently and enjoy wholeheartedly is Downton Abbey. But many Christians, including some close to me, believe that I’ve made a poor viewing choice due to the... Read more
Every Tuesday, various Christ and Pop Culture writers delve deeper into recent articles and address some of the bigger issues in popular culture, all on a podcast for your listening pleasure. Click here to listen! This week, editor Ben Bartlett and editor-in-chief Richard Clark are joined by regular Christ and Pop Culture writer Lauren Rambo to discuss the latest evolution in serial drama, House of Cards, the Netflix-exclusive political thriller directed by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey. They also... Read more
It may not be that parents feel omnipotent; it may be that too many feel isolated from the support of the institutions that were originally designed to help them. Read more
It was as perplexing as the 1988 nomination and Grammy win of Jethro Tull's "Crest of a Nave" album for the best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. Read more
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