The album’s emotional heft comes from Bergman’s attempts to balance her belief in, and need for, a loving God with the horror and sorrow of her father’s death.

Also: Online dating, IVF’s dark side, technology and our brains, recent, Christ and Pop Culture highlights, and the modern western.

Also: The best good bad movies, a new “Robotech” comic, how SEO ruins websites, and more “Wonder Woman” goodness.

Also: The beauty of storms, the GIF turns 30, a history of snake handling, call-out culture toxicity, and killing iTunes.

Also: King Arthur, Silicon Valley silliness, and the downside of “mobile first” web design.

Obviously, I’m a little biased, but I was once again impressed by the site’s depth and breadth of coverage.

Thanks to Trump, it’s rather heartbreaking to be anywhere on the conservative range of the political spectrum.

A meditation on parenting and “Ms. Marvel,” one of the most delightful comic books I’ve read in quite some time.

As I’ve heard more stories from folks my age about their church experiences, I realize how fortunate I was as a kid.

Also: Critics and Spike Lee’s latest, Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker, webfont performance & godless video games.

The book costs $4.99 on Amazon and is free for Christ and Pop Culture members.

If you like folksy, twangy Americana, you’ll want to preorder a copy.

Also: Living in a hologram, Halo’s storytelling shortcomings, Sanjay’s Super Team, and Star Wars economics.