The religious leaders of my youth have some explaining to do.

Christians have often been guilty of promoting and encouraging art that denies the complexities of human existence.

Given its frequent tendency to simply copy secular music, it’s easy to become jaded aboutChristian music.

The pastor was arrested along with his wife and parishioners by the Chinese government.

Once again, the moral failure at the heart of American Christianity is exposed for all to see.

Also: The decline of Contemporary Christian Music, Google Chrome’s ad blocker, Harvard and online privacy, and conspiracy theories of the Left.

Christians must seriously consider what, exactly, informs and shapes our primary identity. (Hint: It’s not Republican politics.)

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

Also: Technology and dead relatives, Stephen King vs. Stanley Kubrick, midnight movies, creatio ex nihilo, and Ms. Marvel.

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.

Also: Discernment blogs, Planned Parenthood, the search for alien life, ‘Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,’ and H.P. Lovecraft’s ongoing relevance.

Also: Terrible dads in fiction, DuckDuckGo, and more Charleston-related links.

Also: Jeffrey Overstreet discusses prayer songs, transhumanism as gnosticism, and more.

Also: The design flaws of the U.S.S. Enterprise, sci-fi background, Facebook’s inadvertent cruelty, and some bonus links.

I might want to live an epic life of greatness, but I’m not sure I can. Furthermore, I’m not even sure that I’m supposed to want to live such a life.

Also: The problem of online moderation and misogyny, loving your hometown, hunting down time travelers, my favorite horror movie, and friendships between atheists and believers.