Call for Pitches: Pop Culture Cults
We’re currently looking for feature articles on the theme of pop culture cults for an upcoming issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine. We pay $50 for each magazine feature accepted and published....
View ArticleThe 25 Episode 18: Jesse Williams, ‘Hillbilly Elegy’, and ‘Pokémon Go’
The CaPC 25 is back after a two week hiatus to fill the 19th slot on the ever growing list. This week find’s Jesse Williams BET Awards speech pitted agains J.D. Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy, and...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Rethinking Cotton Mather
Even Jonathan “Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God” Edwards gets more love than Cotton Mather, the third-generation American Puritan pastor and theologian often blamed for the Salem Witch Trials....
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Ross Douthat on Pope Francis and the Disappearing Middle
Ross Douthat, complementing recents posts from us and Russell Moore, provides a broader sociological perspective regarding the pope’s alleged moderating tendencies. In Western religions, liberal...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: How Much Water Should You Drink?
Do you drink enough water throughout the day? The recommended 8 glasses of 8 ounces of water isn’t a hard and fast rule, but it’s easy to remember. Earlier this month, a water campaign was launched,...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: 125 Years of National Geographic
When I was a child and would visit my grandparents’ home, there was a shelf in one corner overloaded with back issues of National Geographic magazine. I would spend hours poring through those pages,...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Mobile Apps for Foodies
Wherever you find yourself on the local, fair-trade, organic, seasonal-eater spectrum, the growth is evident in these types of eaters. The change can also be seen in this list of 23 mobile apps that...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: An Incredible Adoption Story
A Christian couple working in a hospital in India have adopted a baby whose physical deformities led his birth family to consider killing him. Critics of the evangelical adoption movement, who point...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Wikipedia Closing the Gender Gap
Not long ago I wrote an article about the imbalance of women represented in film, so I was pleased to discover Wikipedia’s concerted effort to address the gender imbalance in its online content. In...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Diversity’s Role in Helping Minorities Flourish
In a recent post at the Reformed African American Network, Anthony Bradley addresses what he calls “a pervasive misunderstanding” of diversity: its presence doesn’t automatically help blacks flourish,...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 230 | J.J. Abram’s Star Wars Episode IX and Clint...
Its the end of an era as Wade and Kevin visit a galaxy far, far away to see the end of the Skywalker saga with J.J. Abram’s return to Star Wars with The Rise of Skywalker. Then the duo takes a short...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 243 | Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine
The guys bid a sad but fond farewell to their South Korean movie marathon this week, closing with Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine. In its story of a woman who turns to evangelical Christianity after...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 244 | 2020 Auteur Series – Christopher Nolan
With the South Korean marathon in the rearview mirror, Wade and Kevin look to the future: specifically, the new movies coming in 2020 from some big-name directors! With Christopher Nolan eking out a...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 245 | 2020 Auteur Series – Kelly Reichardt
Wade and Kevin continue their series on modern directors with upcoming new releases with a retrospective on the filmography of Kelly Reichardt. Reichardt is a powerhouse of indie filmmaking whose...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 246 | 2020 Auteur Series – David Fincher
The first rule of David Fincher movies: you always talk about David Fincher movies. The second rule of David Fincher movies: you always talk about David Fincher movies. In this week’s episode, Wade...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 247 | 2020 Auteur Series – Wes Anderson
Wade and Kevin wrap up their series of director retrospectives with a look at the work of America’s foremost purveyor of immaculately framed family dysfunction: Wes Anderson. The guys look ahead to...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 248 | Josh Trank’s Capone
Fresh off their “2020 auteurs” series, Wade and Kevin get back to basics with a review of a freshly released film: Josh Trank’s biopic of Al Capone. Trank returns to small-budget indie filmmaking by...
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