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Science Fiction and Gender Roles


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I’ve written before about the power of science fiction to inject ideas into the mainstream while driving the conversation forward. Lately, one of the bigger issues in the wider cultural dialogue has been gender equality. As a man, I don’t want to weigh in as an authority, though I will admit that my wife, who is a woman, is objectively a much better person than I am.

However, I don’t want to subject my wife to the blogosphere, so I’ll point a spotlight at someone better equipped to handle it: The Doctor.

Specifically, The Fifth, Peter Davison.

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Church Publications #3: Free Guest Card Template


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Getting information from guests is a constant battle. For some reason, people feel a bit squeamish about giving churches their info, which is hilarious given how much of their business they willingly put out on social media.

However, not everyone is a paranoid libertarian like myself, so a “guest card” is still a helpful publication to have around. To that end, here’s my church’s guest card.

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New City Catechism [App Review]


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New City Catechism is an attempt by The Gospel Coalition to bring the tradition of studying the catechism into the modern digital age.

For those not in the know (i.e. those raised outside of church or in a non-liturgical church), a catechism is a series of questions and answers designed to help an individual or group of individuals learn basic and yet vital Christian doctrines.

Here’s an example:

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WiFi & the Most High: The Church as the Center


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Does your church have WiFi?

If you’re a regular ChurchMag reader, I’d hazard a guess that it does. Here’s a question you’re less likely to answer “yes” to:

Is your church open for public use of the WiFi?

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Andrew Lloyd Webber who gave us The Phantom of the Opera, Cats and so on and so forth, said in an interview with the Daily Mail a few weeks ago and said that he wanted every church (in England) to have WiFi. The operatic feline aficionado went on to say:

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