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Wonder Woman Lassos No. 1
In comic books and cartoons, Wonder Woman sometimes gets around via an invisible plane. But it turns out, she doesn’t need it to fly to

How to Be Salt in a Hipster World
In the fifth chapter of the book of Matthew, Jesus laid out some pretty clear guidelines for how we future Christians should walk our walk

Culture Clips: Why Are Political Dramas Tanking?
Have American viewers grown weary of fictional political dramas on TV? The answer seems to be yes, according to a Huffpost article analyzing declining ratings

Pirates In-Arrr-guably the Weekend’s Top Movie
Ahoy there, ye readers! Hoping ye had a hearty holiday weekend. Many a mate stopped swabbin’ the deck and steered their ship leeward toward the

Dear Star Wars: Happy Birthday! Sincerely, the Future You Created.
When I was just a wee lad wearing bell-bottoms back in 1977, I bounded into a tiny movie theater in New Mexico to watch a

Culture Clips: We’re Consuming More, More Media
Pssst! Hey, you. Yes, that’s right—you there, the one staring at me on that screen of yours. Just what do you think you’re doing? Well,

Faithkeepers Focuses on Christian Persecution in the Middle East
We hardly go a week—or even a day—without news reports of horrific happenings somewhere in the world. Often they involve terrorism at the hands of

Alien Invades No. 1
The Guardians of the Galaxy have taken on some pretty tough hombres. They’ve conquered interdimensional beasties and egomaniacal warlords, gold-skinned warriors and really cranky relatives.

A Movie For (and by) the Santali People Making an Impact
“Among all varieties of evangelism, film makes one of the deepest impressions, even more than hearing a proclaimed message, reading words of Scripture or listening

Culture Clips: A TV Wasteland?
You wouldn’t necessarily know it here in Colorado, but we’re creeping up on summer, a time when lots of scripted television shows go into hibernation
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