Pop Culture Piety
Pop Culture is everywhere. It is implicit in what we read, what we watch, where we shop, even our choice of what brand of coffee to drink. Given this, Christ’s call to be ‘in the world, but not of the world’ can sometimes seem daunting to us. This blog will explore various topics within Popular Culture, and how we are called to live out our faith and ministry in these murky and ever shifting waters.
On a snowy day
How do you deal with frustrating interuptions? What if you asked yourself, “What is The Lord trying to tell me?” Continue reading
Wagon tracks
A park. A hike. A Bible. Sometimes that’s all you need. Continue reading
In search of the real
How does a popular movie of puppetry and celebrity cameos speak about idolatry? The answer lies in the Muppets’ inability to see past Constantine’s villainy because of their desire to receive what they want. Continue reading
#FastforPeace
What can the church do in light of horrors like Mosul? How about a Fast? On August 23rd, will you engage in a day-long fast in order to echo the mourning around the world, and to plead for God to act mightily? Continue reading
See no evil
American Horror Story. The Walking Dead. Dating Naked. From the blood and guts of modern television and action movies to the scantily clad hunks and hotties of celebrity magazines; how does popular entertainment effect us spiritually? Continue reading
The glory of ‘off’.
What do you do on your day off? What tasks and demands to do you have waiting for you? Does your to-do list seem to be an endless source of activity, but also distraction. What would happen if we truly understood the meaning behind that blessed three-letter word “Off”? Continue reading
The lappers
What does the story of Gideon’s army of 300 people have to do with our lives of faith today? How do we respond to the unconventional, unexplained or downright odd requests from God? Continue reading
You are a poem
Let’s be honest, a diamond is generally understood as ‘better’ than tanzanite isn’t it? If we had to jockey for position in the Justice League, isn’t Superman superior to Martian Manhunter? And who really wants to be Black Licorice Ice-cream? Continue reading
Why I question my prayers
What does it mean to have both boldness and humility in prayer? What does it mean to be confident in prayers power, but also questioning in our own understanding of all things heavenly? This post started as an article, but ended as a poem Continue reading
