Category Archives: Culture
Plastic Jesus
Amanda’s cell phone is four years old. It’s an old monochrome Nokia from before the days of flip phones, and it works better than any phone I have ever seen.
Despite its age, it holds a battery charge for a week, and gets reception in places you wouldn’t believe. It has been dropped a few times, [...]
Some New Thing
I have been working retail for the past four years, putting myself through school and gaining valuable insights into the human nature. From day one at Hy-Vee back in 2003, all the way to Target in 2007, it has been for me nothing more than a means to an end. I needed a job to [...]
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
We managed to finally secularize the “holidays” a couple of years ago when the major stores began banning the word “Christmas” from their advertising. Though I thought it was lame and contrived, it didn’t bother me to the point of picketing. It was no more than an outworking of a change that had already taken [...]
Vote Your Morals, Not Your Party
In light of tomorrow’s election:
If we want America to become a moral, God-fearing society, we can’t allow ourselves to remain focused on the rift between our two major political parties. We must see the candidates for who they are, for what they are, and vote accordingly. … It is important to elect Democrats if you [...]
The Cross and the Sword
A SUMMARY OF MY MAIN POINTS:
STEP ONE. Read this. (one page PDF, big text)
STEP TWO. Download these, OR
STEP THREE. Read this.
THE WORDS:
I’m not much for shout-outs or referrals, because I prefer putting out original content rather than links to other stuff, but I am going to make an exception. I think this is something that [...]
They Will Know
“They will know we are Christians by our love”, no.
They will know we are Christians by our voting.
They will know we are Christians by our t-shirts.
They will know we are Christians by our self-righteousness.
They will know we are Christians by our outspokenness on issues of national morality.
They will know we are Christians by our lemming-like [...]
Den of Thieves
If Jesus went to a megachurch, would he fashion a whip and drive out the Starbucks for charging 4.00 for a frappuccino?
Lonely Nation
A recent study found that Americans are “lonelier than ever,” asserting that the rise of the internet and longer work hours are to blame for a breakdown in social networks. The average American only has two people that he or she could talk openly and honestly with, and one-fourth of people say that they have [...]
Are You Kidding Me
I’ve kind of been in hiding for the past couple of months. And by “in hiding,” I mean “finishing school, graduating, moving, working, and being generally uninspired to write anything worthwhile.” But this article managed to bring me out of the woodwork. (If you don’t feel like reading the article, the gist of it is [...]
The iPod Generation
//note: this is part of a paper I originally wrote for a class at school…
We live in a postmodern culture. The truth of the matter is that nine out of ten people couldn’t give a definition of postmodernism, but almost everyone in our generation has been heavily influenced in their thinking by it. Icons of [...]
