Brett David Potter

The Revelation will not be Televised

I may have to add a proviso or two to my earlier, Baudrillard-heavy reading of the Royal Wedding. Watching it on PVR the next day (having opted not to get up at 3 am for the talking heads) the whole production turned out to be – as one might perhaps reasonably expect from a wedding […]

Aaron Darrisaw

The “Birthers” & The Growth Of Christianity

Rhetorically speaking, it’s unbelievable that the media has recently directed (nearly) all of its attention to the “Birthers,” a group which is currently championed by author, businessman, and television personality, Donald Trump.  Then again, this is America.  So maybe it’s not so “unbelievable” after all! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the highly […]

Brett David Potter

The (Real) Royal Wedding

                            Contrary to what you might think, this is not a picture of princess-to-be Kate Middleton trying on her wedding dress before her upcoming nuptials on Friday. Despite its verisimilitude, this is the work of Alison Jackson (check out her website), an […]

Aaron Darrisaw

The Adjustment Bureau Adjusts Free-Will

George Nolfi’s recently released film (March 2011), The Adjustment Bureau, has brought the philosophical-theological question of free-will to the big screen in an engaging way. Based on the short story, Adjustment Team (by Philip K. Dick), The Adjustment Bureau tells the story of David Norris (Matt Damon) and Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt) – two driven […]

Aaron Darrisaw

What’s Black and White and “Red” All Over?

One would have had to be living under the proverbial rock to have somehow missed what’s been happening in the Middle East as of late.  But just in case that rock is your home, let’s get caught up to speed: 1) Protests in Egypt finally ousted President Mubarak from his 30 year reign, 2) Libyan […]

Kelly Hickman

Mini-Mediation: Wild Sheen

Actor Charlie Sheen has made headlines this week with his no-longer-exclusive ABC interview on 20/20 in which his extremely odd behavior was sort of funny, mostly pathetic, slightly frightening. Sheen appeared with his two “goddesses” (girlfriends) and spoke about a variety of self-involved topics, such as “winning” and being on a drug called “Charliesheen.” Awesome–literally, “so […]

Aaron Darrisaw

Jon Stewart, Media’s Corruption, & Evangelical Responsibility

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart made a pointed critique on the “corruption” he found in the media. His critique creates a segue into the provocative notion that the Church, under the influence of the media, has also engaged in such “corruption.” What is the “corruption” of which Stewart speaks? And is mainstream American Evangelicalism guilty of such “corruption” itself? Maybe…maybe not. You decide.