Tag: Popular culture

Bishop NT Wright, of the Diocese of Durham is interviewed this week in Time Magazine on the topic of the Christian view of heaven. Wright

Given that they have been marrying people for centuries, the clergy ought to know a thing or two about weddings. So it may come as a surprise to learn the Scottish Episcopal Church will be represented for the first time at the country’s biggest wedding show.

The folks at Beliefnet have created a gallery to Lost’s twelve most “spiritual” moments. But does the show have an identifiable spiritual stance, or do its writers, in true post modern fashion, use whatever motifs are out there to keep their narrative humming along? The character John Locke, is frequently described as a man of faith. But what exactly is it that he believes in?

It’s Friday night and fans everywhere are getting ready for the big event this weekend. While most of us understand that event to be the Last Sunday in Epiphany, some people here in the United States seem to think that there’s a football game that might overshadow our Sunday worship.

The NFL has moved this year to stop church congregations from showing the game in their sanctuaries. Showing the game on a screen larger than 55 inches violates copyright law. Many congregations have used the video projection equipment in their sanctuaries to show the game as either a fundraiser or a fellowship event.

So what drives modern marriage? We believe that the answer lies in a shift from the family as a forum for shared production to shared consumption. In case the language of economic lacks romance, let’s be clearer: modern marriage is about love and companionship. Most things in life are simply better shared with another. … The key today is consumption complementarities — activities that are not only enjoyable, but are more enjoyable when shared with a spouse. We call this new model of sharing our lives “hedonic marriage.”

Devout Christians–especially evangelicals–are dull, and have no sense of humor. Right? In a daily effort to prove this assumption wrong, LarkNews is the Onion for the Christian faithful.

The best show on television returns tomorrow night at 9 p. m. on HBO. The Wire is the most honest, the most searching, the most moving examination of life in an American city that has ever been written or performed. It is the kind of work Charles Dickens would be doing were he alive today. If you haven’t watched it yet, get to the video store and grab seasons one through four. Then tune in tomorrow night.