Pop culture
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Are Pop-Culture Expectations Too High?
In a post for Acculturated earlier this year, I posited that young men of marrying age are held – and…
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Lost in Time with Jeff Koons
The notion of getting lost in a moment is so last century. Whenever we have a second to spare, most…
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Jesus at the Movies: 42 and Spring Breakers
I recently saw the films 42 and Spring Breakers back to back. 42 is the story of Jackie Robinson, the iconic baseball player who broke that…
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Revolutionary Road: The Pitfalls of Marrying Young
The thing is, people change. At least they’re supposed to. If they don’t then they die.
This is…
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Nicole and Paris, Ten Years Later
“You have to remember that I was 20 years old. I don’t know anybody who can look back at who…
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The Unknown Steve McQueen
Last week my friend and Acculturated colleague R. J. Moeller wrote about C. S. Lewis, who died fifty years ago…
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Post of the Week
R. J. Moeller’s post on C. S. Lewis’s double life as a Christian author and a complicated man.
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The Carrie Diaries: Depressing, Disturbing, and Deranged
I am embarrassed to admit that I have watched every episode of every season of Sex and the City. I…
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Cold Nights, Fiery Hearts
“Why are you reading a teenager book?” a friend of mine asked, bemused to see me with a copy of…
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Post of the Week
Check out Mark Tapson’s post on why it’s essential that we retain salutations and closings in e-mail to keep close…
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