Words of wisdom — afterthought
March 8th, 2013 | Caution: The moving walkway is ending, Pop goes the culture | Grace | 9 CommentsQuantity of human interaction doesn’t guarantee quality. And what becomes of wisdom and truth in the process?
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Posts from the ‘Pop goes the culture’ Category
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Choking on words of wisdom
March 7th, 2013 | Pop goes the culture, Slider | Grace | 5 CommentsBig news: There’s too much on the internet. Bigger news: I find that the sheer volume of good stuff bothers me as much or more than the volume of bad stuff.
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Flubbed art restoration is one church’s ticket to fame
September 20th, 2012 | Culture gone mad, Pop goes the culture, The whole Art thing | Grace | 2 CommentsCall it the last triumph of postmodern Art. But an utterly ruined work of religious art has a throng of people wanting to see it.
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Look at the billboard and say cheese
July 27th, 2012 | Culture gone mad, Culture-watching 101, Current events, Pop goes the culture, The looming crisis | Grace | 1 CommentRemember that creepy scene in Minority Report where the advertisements scanned your retinas and knew your name? You’ll be pleased to hear that that technology is on its way.
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Now podcasting: Your host(ess)
June 10th, 2012 | Movies I liked or didn't, Pop goes the culture | Grace | 1 CommentWhat’s that flying through the air? Why, it’s the voice of your genial hostess!
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What if asking questions is a good thing?
May 13th, 2012 | Orthodox perspective, Pop goes the culture | Grace | 2 CommentsRemember how Carrie Bradshaw always used to end up typing questions that had no answers on her laptop? Do you ever feel like that in your prayer life?
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Unliking Facebook
February 17th, 2012 | Pop goes the culture, The looming crisis | Grace | 4 CommentsI go back and forth with Facebook, like a lot of people (Steve, for one). I was typically late getting into it and since then I seem to always either be excited about the good stuff or fed up with the bad. It’s a way to keep up with people I don’t see much anymore, [...]
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Teachable moments at Hogwarts
February 4th, 2012 | Movies I liked or didn't, Pop goes the culture | Grace | No CommentsThis was my first blog post for Orthodox Christian Network’s revamped blog called The Sounding. I was glad to have the chance to talk about something I noticed when I watched the last Harry Potter movie. I wonder if anyone else noticed it … There’s nothing new in pop culture about re-enacting the ultimate battle [...]
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Does news tell a story?
October 24th, 2011 | Pop goes the culture | Grace | 2 CommentsI’ve been writing an essay for Melinda for a while — she was kind enough to ask me to contribute to her series about Orthodox writers, artists and composers — and I had a leftover thought about culture that didn’t seem to fit anywhere. And what else is a blog for if not to be [...]
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The polar bears might be okay after all, and more
July 28th, 2011 | Just a slice of heaven, Just my humble opinion, Pop goes the culture | Grace | 2 CommentsA little Thursday round-up, since none of these quite merits a post all its own: Global warming setback: polar bears might not be dying: — The scientist who made the polar bear the unofficial poster child from manmade global warming is on leave and being investigated for “scientific misconduct,’in part over the integrity of those [...]
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