An interview about language and culture with a partner in critical blogging.
On the benefits of a classical education for understanding the human condition.
Cultivating a mindful approach to watching television.
Two philosophy colleagues debate the value of high and low culture for the Christian student.
How a couple of abandoned pumpkins helped change my mind.
Figuring out how to examine categories as a means of dismantling prejudice.
The difficulty of seeing other cultures-and our own-with eyes wide open.
How can those whose genes embody an intersection of ethnicities uniquely contribute to understanding and reconciliation?
Your opportunity to be a part of the conversation about race and racism.
Seeking good questions and good answers on a personal journey toward feminism.
A review of the teen noir film Brick.
A suggestion from the margins of Christian college culture.
Embracing downward mobility in the already-but-not-yet Kingdom of God.
Reflections at the intersection of various cultural expectations about marriage and singleness.
Useful tips...from an American in Australia.
Ten world music albums that inspire wonder at the range of human creativity.
Why confessing our pop culture secrets can be good for us.
A tour of timeless themes that pop up in the most unpredictable places.
On the results of a steady diet from the industrial entertainment system.
Can food, music and paintings all come in the same zany flavors?
On the higher purpose of pop culture debate.
A review of Journey to the Common Good by Walter Brueggemann.
Examining the notion of popular culture in a segregated society.
A journey through an appropriately circuitous thought process on an elusive director.
A reflection on how aid can rob a culture of generosity.
On the costliness of growing up into Christ-centered institutions.
A meditation on the life and death of a friend who called upon others to care.
An interview with John Van Sloten, author of The Day Metallica Came to Church.
The how and why, the true and false, and the good and bad of branding.
A review of the book Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture by Thomas Chatterton Williams.