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Coolsville Featured History Movies Pop Culture

The Joker, Hitler’s Dog and What Makes a Real Monster

What makes a “great” villain? What can fictional villains teach us about the people who scare us in real life?

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American History Faith Featured

Lessons for Today from M.L.K.

What did Martin Luther King mean in his sermons on having the Strength to Love?

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Creative Nonfiction Featured History

An Open Letter to my Students as I Graduate from Teaching

Students mean more to teachers than they often know.

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Featured History Pop Culture

When the Guns Fell Silent on Christmas Eve

Sainsbury’s Christmas ad 2014 tells the powerful story of Christmas in WWI a century ago.

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American History Creative Nonfiction Faith Featured

Sometimes It Does

Reflections on Ferguson, sexism, 9-11 and a life lived in fear.

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American History Creative Nonfiction Featured Pop Culture

28 Classic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Characters for Football

Combining 3 famous American traditions–Thanksgiving, football, and the Macy’s parade.

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American History Featured

Is Traditional Thanksgiving Food Overrated?

Is some traditional Thanksgiving food overrated? You decide.

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American History Coolsville Featured Movies Pop Culture

Daylight Saving: The Movie!

Daylight Saving Time. It’s baaaaaaack!

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American History Faith History Movies Pop Culture

Demonic Possession and the American Dream

JR.’s paper from the Baylor IFL Faith and Film festival. Using Scott Poole’s Monsters in America methodology to examine two Scott Derickson films, JR. argues that possession films offer the Church a unique window into American culture.

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Biblical History Featured History

A Parable of a Rich Man and Lazarus

What would Jesus’ parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus sound like if he told it today? Here’s our friend Adam’s reimagined take on Luke 16:19-31.