An Inadvertent Cult: One Year Later
This coming weekend, my son turns 1 year old. Even writing that feels wrong, but it’s true. I checked the calendar, there’s a birthday party and everything. The past year has changed me into a different man; hopefully a better…
Life on Mars
The Apollo program that took twelve men to the moon had a staff that numbered around 400,000 people. Mark Watney is stuck on Mars, alone.
Happy Birthday, Redeeming Culture!
A year ago today, we were preparing to launch Redeeming Culture to the world. It’s been an incredible 12 months; hopefully, you’ve enjoyed the last 73 posts. If you’ve missed any, have a look at the top ten posts from…
Rule: No Jesus Jukes
Redeeming Culture is a lot of things. We’re about connecting culture to Christ, seeing the spark of creation that He’s put in us worked out in everything we enjoy, from superhero movies to podcasts about murders, to social media and…
The Superhero Formula?
Superheroes haven’t held their ground very well this year. Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man have struggled to hold on to the #1 spot in the box office together for even as long as last year’s Guardians of the Galaxy held the title by…
The Quantum Physics of The Berenstain Bears
It’s a terrible, horrible plot. The machinations of unfathomable secret societies with impossible technology have struck at our very past, changing reality all around us, warping the world until their dark plan finally came to fruition…they’ve finally and irrevocably changed…
Awake, Thou That Sleepest
I’ve always wondered about the south window of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis. It’s a beautiful opening that towers over the sanctuary and frames a lovely visage of…absolutely nothing.
Aliens vs. God
NASA is building a pretty strong case for the existence of aliens, but you could be forgiven for missing the news. Amid the excitement of New Horizons‘ flyby of dwarf-planet Pluto and the incredible photos it returned, it would be easy not to…
Casting at the Darkness: Dungeons, Dragons, and Jesus
It would be difficult to find someone who doesn’t have some sort of immediate reaction (positive or negative) to hearing the phrase Dungeons and Dragons. The many incarnations of the popular role-playing game have sparked both joy and fear in…