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Brett McCracken is a Los Angeles-based journalist. He is the author of Hipster Christianity (2010) and Gray Matters (2013), and has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, CNN.com, the Princeton Theological Review, Mediascape, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Relevant, IMAGE Journal, Q Ideas, and Conversantlife.com. A graduate of Wheaton College and UCLA, Brett currently works as managing editor for Biola Magazine and teaches at Biola University.
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Brett McCracken is a Los Angeles-based journalist. He is the author of Hipster Christianity (2010) and Gray Matters (2013), and has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, CNN.com, the Princeton Theological Review, Mediascape, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Relevant, IMAGE Journal, Q Ideas, and Conversantlife.com. A graduate of Wheaton College and UCLA, Brett currently works as managing editor for Biola Magazine and teaches at Biola University.
Brett McCrackenCulture
Mad Men's Don Draper isn't just an ad man who create ads. He's an ad himself.
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Reflections on Q Boston, healthy disagreement and the importance of relational proximity in a world of disembodied discourse and principles over people.
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50 years after his death, C.S. Lewis continues to teach us about life, longing, God, and the "weight of glory."
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Does the iWorld of cloud-based media intake leave us feeling isolated, adrift? Do movies like "Gravity" and "All is Lost" reflect anxiety of the iPod era?
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Steve McQueen's films--Hunger (2008), Shame (2011), and 12 Years a Slave (2013)--each depict visceral, sometimes brutal explorations of human embodiment.
Brett McCrackenCultureMusic ReviewsLinford DetweilerKarin BergquistMartin HeideggerGeorge SteinerOhioMarilynne RobinsonOver the RhineSacred Ground
A review of Ohio folk duo Over the Rhine's latest release, a double album comprised of songs about love, death, God and home.
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What happens when Christian freedom to enjoy alcohol goes from being a "nice to have" to a "must have"? When liberty becomes just a new sort of legalism?
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How we consume culture says a lot about what we value. And how we consume has never been more public. What message are we sending in our tweets and selfies?
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Have today's Christians abandoned the call to be set apart? Are Christians embodying the call to be salt & light or are they blending in with the darkness?
Brett McCrackenTimeFilm Reviews/HollywoodRoger EbertUp SeriesW.H. AudenMichael AptedJulie DelpyRichard Linklater
Can time be grasped? Richard Linklater's "Before" films and Michael Apted's "Up" series suggest that cinema may come as close as any to "catching" time.
Brett McCrackenReadingEducationcollegeBook Reviewslearningbooks
How does one retain a passion for learning after college ends? Here are 5 summer reading book recommendations to ease the graduate into post-college life.
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Some thoughts on Terrence Malick's latest film, "To the Wonder," in the light of the filmmaker's larger spiritual and philosophical concerns.
