Adult culture
Picking up from the music posts last weekend. . . . Country music draws from the world of adults: marriage, family, work, church, but also alcoholism, adultery, divorce. (Country music is not...
View ArticleThe journalism/Hollywood/political complex
The big social event of the year in Washington, D.C., is last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, which is known as the “prom” for the journalism/Hollywood/political complex....
View ArticleViolence according to pop culture
Part of Victor Davis Hanson’s thoughts about the Batman killings: When Alien, Predator, or Terminator slice up or rip apart dozens, life just goes on. Bodies fly all over the screen and we are onto the...
View ArticleMaking a paganism from pop culture
Another level of New Age syncretism: Going to a Star Wars filming location to await the Mayan apocalypse (scheduled for tomorrow) because “the force is strong here.” At the center of the rebel base...
View ArticleLance Armstrong in Oprah’s confessional
We Lutherans believe in confession and absolution. That happens in every Divine Service, and, when someone is particularly troubled with a sin, the individual confesses to a pastor, who brings...
View ArticleAnd now, the worship DJ
Trying to be “contemporary,” as in contemporary worship, requires hitting a moving target, since, by definition, what is up to the minute changes every minute. This is especially true when it comes to...
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