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Tag: Popular culture

Raising the bar on pub theology

October 9, 2013 5 Comments

by Sam Laurent Talking about church stuff in a bar! Can you believe it? Such is the energy behind innumerable articles and blog posts about

Restaurant creates burger topped with communion wafer & wine sauce

October 4, 2013 13 Comments

Are you offended that a trendy restaurant would create a burger of the month served with a communion wafer and red wine sauce? From NPR

The theological implications of ‘Breaking Bad’

September 26, 2013 1 Comment

I love AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” I am distraught that this amazing series will end on Sunday, though I gotta say, I am completely wrung out

Takes more than guns to kill a man, says Joe, and I ain’t dead

September 2, 2013 No Comments

Happy Labor Day.

Amid Miley Cyrus VMA flap, let’s talk to our sons about Robin Thicke

August 29, 2013 2 Comments

Lutheran pastor Eric Clapp notes on his blog that Robin Thicke is getting off easy while Miley Cyrus is being slammed for their duet performance

Serpent handlers land a reality TV show

August 8, 2013 2 Comments

It’s a slow summer news day here at the Episcopal Cafe, so this story from USA Today about a couple of serpent handlers kind of

Addicted to prayer

August 4, 2013 2 Comments

The capacity to make something real is not the same as the capacity to make it good or useful. That’s a caveat to bear in mind for any kind of prayerful life.

Faith in fiction

July 30, 2013 7 Comments

Randy Boyagoda expresses dismay with the recent state of faith in fiction:

Your portrait of Pope Francis could be a winner

July 12, 2013 No Comments

Religion News Service has launched a Pope Francis Art Contest. First prize is a $100 Visa gift card:

What can the church learn from these Apple ads?

July 8, 2013 31 Comments

I saw the first of these two Apple ads before a movie this weekend and thought immediately that Apple is thinking about the experience of