“Christ and Pop Culture” Archives
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Weekend Reads: Transformers, Embryos & Ethical Dilemmas, Worshipping Artificial Intelligence, Buffy the Vampire Slayer & more
Also: Online dating, IVF’s dark side, technology and our brains, recent, Christ and Pop Culture highlights, and the modern western.Weekend Reads: Superstore’s Humanizing Effect, Craigslist’s Ugly-but-Effective Design, Roadside Monument’s Return, One Punch Man & More
Also: The best good bad movies, a new “Robotech” comic, how SEO ruins websites, and more “Wonder Woman” goodness.Reading: OK Computer, the Perfect Schwarzenegger Film, Katsuhiro Otomo, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Silicon Valley vs. Grilled Cheese & More
Also: The beauty of storms, the GIF turns 30, a history of snake handling, call-out culture toxicity, and killing iTunes.Reading: Moana, The Handmaid’s Tale, Mount Eerie’s A Crow Looked at Me & More
Also: King Arthur, Silicon Valley silliness, and the downside of “mobile first” web design.My Favorite Christ and Pop Culture Articles of 2016
Obviously, I’m a little biased, but I was once again impressed by the site’s depth and breadth of coverage.Regarding Trump
Thanks to Trump, it’s rather heartbreaking to be anywhere on the conservative range of the political spectrum.When Reading Comic Books Made Me a Better Parent
A meditation on parenting and “Ms. Marvel,” one of the most delightful comic books I’ve read in quite some time.Youth Group Nostalgia Can Be Bittersweet
As I’ve heard more stories from folks my age about their church experiences, I realize how fortunate I was as a kid.Reading: Sci-Fi Classics, Pro-Life Protests, Trump Theology, Apple’s Tim Cook & More
Also: Critics and Spike Lee’s latest, Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker, webfont performance & godless video games.Christ and Pop Culture Goes to the Movies (2015 Edition)
The book costs $4.99 on Amazon and is free for Christ and Pop Culture members.Karen Choi’s ‘Through Our Veins’
If you like folksy, twangy Americana, you’ll want to preorder a copy.Reading: Hackers, MST3K, The Silver Surfer, Nativity Scenes, Prayer Shaming & more
Also: Living in a hologram, Halo’s storytelling shortcomings, Sanjay’s Super Team, and Star Wars economics.Reading: Comic Book Theology, Evangelion, Sexual Abuse in the Bible, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Christian Expansion, & More
Also: Alien civilizations, musical nostalgia, revisiting classic Christian albums, video games as digital literature, social media darkness, music’s ongoing devaluation, and removing advertising’s influence.