The Christ-IN Culture

The Human Condition Pt. 2

May 23rd, 2020  |  Season 3  |  35 mins 14 secs

80's films, adventure, album, all time low, anime, artist, attachment, book, catholic, christ, christian, creativity, culture, danes, dependency, eminem, england, evangelization, faith, fashion, god, greed, he is the same, human, immutability, jason derulo, jesus, jon bellion, love, lust, maybe idk, money, monster, morality, movie, music, netflix, new york soul pt. 2, overwhelming, podcast, pride, rap, relationships, religion, saxons, scripture, six seasons and a movie, star wars, struggles, temptation, trumpets, wealth, weight of the world, welcome to the adventure

This week we continue our discussion of the album 'The Human Condition' by Jon Bellion. Join us as we discuss Jon's insights on the struggles, failings, successes, and temptations of each of us as humans. Be sure to stay tuned to the end where he brings the whole story together and reveals what "the human condition" has to do with God. Wait...that sounds familiar! #WelcomeToTheAdventure

Warning: Though we don't say any explicit words, these songs do contain adult language and themes

The Human Condition Pt. 1

May 16th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  46 mins 18 secs

80's films, adventure, album, all time low, anime, artist, attachment, book, catholic, christ, christian, creativity, culture, danes, dependency, eminem, england, evangelization, faith, fashion, god, greed, he is the same, human, immutability, jason derulo, jesus, jon bellion, love, lust, maybe idk, money, monster, morality, movie, music, netflix, new york soul pt. 2, overwhelming, podcast, pride, rap, relationships, religion, saxons, scripture, six seasons and a movie, star wars, struggles, temptation, trumpets, wealth, weight of the world, welcome to the adventure

This week we begin part one of our discussion of the album 'The Human Condition' by Jon Bellion. Join us as we discuss Jon's insights on the struggles, failings, successes, and temptations of each of us as humans. Be sure to stay tuned to the end where he brings the whole story together and reveals what "the human condition" has to do with God. Wait...that sounds familiar! #WelcomeToTheAdventure

Warning: Though we don't say any explicit words, these songs do contain adult language and themes

A Doughnut in a Doughnut Hole

March 14th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  58 mins 48 secs

a fate of dragons, accident, adventure, affair, alliances, ana de armas, anime, benoit blanc, book, car, catholic, chicken, chris evans, christ, christian, christopher paolini, christopher plummer, clue, comedians, culture, daniel craig, dear evan hansen, death, detective, don johnson, donna, donut, doughnut, driving heat, drysdale, eragon, ernest cline, evangelization, every knee shall bow, faith, family, fire, folk song, fran, god, good, gravity's rainbow, greed, harlan, high school musical, hole, housekeeper, immigrant, inheritance, investigation, jacob, jamie lee curtis, jesus, joni thrombey, joseph gordon-levitt, justice, levar burton, levar burton reads, lieutenant, linda drysdale, lion, maid, mansion, marta cabrera, medicine, meg, michael shannon, mike meginnis, morgan rice, morgue, morphine, movie, murder, music, mystery, natural law, navigators, nazi, novelist, nurse, parable, podcast, police, political, prodigal son, publishing, ransom drysdale, ready player one, revenge, rian johnson, rich, richard castle, richard drysdale, scandal, scottish, skye boat song, southern accent, st. augustine, star wars, start with this, suspect, thrawn, thrombey, timothy zahn, toni collette, trainwreck, truth, vampire, vice, virtue, vomit, walt thrombey, wealth, welcome to the adventure, what we do in the shadows, whodunit, will, writer, yugioh!

By request, our discussion this week brings us to the movie Knives Out. Join us as we discuss the star-studded film, the underlying not-so-subtle political message, and what spiritual truths we can find there including what it means to truly be a "good" person and inheriting the father's house. #WelcomeToTheAdventure

Ep. 95: Press START To Begin

August 10th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 3 mins

3 below, adventure, anime, ash ketchum, bishop, bishop robert barron, book, brock, catholic, chance the rapper, christ, christian, church, culture, disney, downtown abbey, faith, faith & culture, far from home, firefly, games, god, harry potter, henri nouwen, holland, jake gyllenhaal, jesus, jonah, jonah hill, joseph pearce, let's go! eevee, letter, letter to a suffering church, love, marvel, mid-90's, misty, mj, movie, music, mysterio, nf, nick fury, peter parker, pikachu, podcast, pogo, pokemon, pokemon go!, prodigal son, rwby, samuel l. jackson, serenity, skate, skateboarding, sony, spider, spider man, spider-man, spiderman, suffering, team rocket, the big day, the notebook, tom holland, video game, virtue, welcome to the adventure, wizards unite, zendaya

This week we discuss the Adventure we take on in life, the tools we need to achieve it, and what we might face along the way. We break down Pokemon, the film Mid-90's, and Spider-Man: Far From Home as a guide in this discussion. #WelcomeToTheAdventure

Ep. 94: Lions, Leah, And Life Teen Oh My! Ft. Leah Murphy

August 3rd, 2019  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 11 mins

acts, adventure, africa, animals, anime, bearded, bearded blevins, beardedblevins, beyonce, bible, billy eichner, blevins, book, catholic, chance the rapper, childish gambino, christ, christian, collaboration, culture, cymc, destiny, donald glover, ed sheeran, faith, fire, fortnite, god, halsey, hamilton, henri nouwen, high kings, hollywood, holy spirit, identity, irish, james baldwin, jamila, jamila woods, janet devlin, jesus, john oliver, jon belion, keegan-michael key, key, key and peele, king, lies, lion, lion king, mary, mary healy, melody, movie, music, musical, once upon a time in hollywood, podcast, prodigal, queen, remember, rwby, seth rogan, son, spirit, stars, the return of the prodigal son, thomas rhett, welcome to the adventure, wind, world cup

This week we are joined by the one and only Leah Murphy who is the Coordinator of Digital Evangelization and Outreach for Life Teen. Leah is a bit of an expert on youth culture and uses different areas of that culture as a "modern areopagus" (Acts 17) to bring Christ to the world. Join us this week as we talk about youth culture, methods and resources for finding God within youth culture, Lion King, and the Queen B herself. (That's Beyonce...) #WelcomeToTheAdventure

Ep. 86: Dem Meek Boiz

June 8th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  1 hr

adventure, airbender, aliens, anime, app, artillery, auction, avatar, benedict cumberbatch, birdbox, book, c.s. lewis, catholic, cavalry, champion's league, christ, christian, courage, culture, dragonball z, england, faith, france, frankl, german, god, horse, humble, j.r.r. tolkien, jesus, johnnyswim, kolbe, lewis, meek, movie, music, netflix, ordination, perseverance, pigeons, plow, podcast, priest, rim of the world, silence, sleep, soccer, somme, st. maximillian kolbe, suffering, tom hiddleston, trenches, uefa, viktor, war, war horse, welcome to the adventure, world war

In this week's episode, we discuss the benevolence and morality of aliens, break down the movie "War Horse," and what the word "meek" really means. Often as Christians it can be confusing when our faith tells us that we should be meek, but doesn't that just mean to be weak? The answer is 'no' and it's real meaning can shed some light onto why it is such an important virtue. Join us as we take lessons from "Dem Meek Bois," Alby and Joey, on the virtues of hope, perseverance, and meekness. #WelcomeToTheAdventure

Ep. 81: The Marvell Of Creation

May 4th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  53 mins 48 secs

acquisitions, adventure, anime, arcs, avengers, black summer, book, captain marvel, catholic, christ, christian, click, culture, culture war, endgame, every knee shall bow, faith, femininity, feminism, god, gomer, humanae vitae, humanity, incorporated, introspection, jesus, jonathon van maren, love, marvel, masculinity, movie, music, netflix, oa, past, perseverance, pineapple express, podcast, pope paul vi, prayer, refugee, riverdale, running, sao, sword art online, the flash, toy story 2, toy story 3, umbrella academy, viking, vow, welcome to the adventure

Are Clint and Steve qualified to talk about femininity? Maybe not, but come check out this weeks episode anyway on the themes of introspection, perseverance, love, humanity, and feminism found in the movie Captain Marvel! #WelcomeToTheAdventure

Ep. 78: Grindelwald - Father Of Lies

April 13th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  56 mins 53 secs

1920, abernathy, action, adventure, anime, asterix, book, camera, catholic, cheat, christ, christian, clerically speaking, comics, consequentialism, credence, culture, d&d, dale and tucker, death, deceipt, dice, dumbledor, dungeons & dragons, eddie redmayne, evangelization, ezra miller, faith, family, fantastic beasts, flamel, glass, god, goldstein, grindelwald, harry potter, howl's moving castle, identity, into the spiderverse, jacob kowalski, jesus, johnny depp, lestrange, leta, lies, love, magic, marvel, mcu, ministry, morality, movie, muggle, murder, music, my neighbor totoro, nagini, nazi, netflix, newt, paris, podcast, pokemon, quennie, russian doll, scamander, spider-man, spiderman, spielman, the crimes of grindelwald, theseus, tina, truth, umbrella academy, war, welcome to the adventure, wizard, yugioh!, yusuf kama, zoe kravitz

What do you get when a Newt, a creed and a Grindelwald walk into a Nazi Rally? Find out on this week's episode on the "Crimes of Grindelwald" where we discuss love, identity, and morality within the magical world. #WelcomeToTheAdventure

Ep. 62: For Whom The Bell Tolls (Christmas Special)

December 22nd, 2018  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 6 mins

adventure, ahs, american, angel, anime, apocalypse, awe, beauty, believe, bell, book, catholic, child, childlike, christ, christian, christmas, compassion, conductor, culture, daredevil, disney, elves, evangelization, faith, gift, god, holiday, horror, hot chocolate, iron fist, it, jessica jones, jesus, josh groban, joy, king, luke cage, marvel, merry, movie, music, netflix, north pole, pax, podcast, present, pride, reindeer, rules, santa, sao, scripture, snow, story, symbol, ticket, tom hanks, tradition, train, tree, truth, unplugged, wanderer, welcome to the adventure, when christmas comes to town, wonder

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Often times as we grow up, we cease to experience the awe that we once had when encountering things of great beauty and truth. Imagine a young child hearing a new fun song. It brings them great joy and sometimes they will play it over and over and dance until they drop. Or imagine a child being told a great story for the first time. They are immediately filled with awe and wonder. This Christmas, allow yourself to be a child of wonder and joy. Don't be blinded by the stubbornness and pride that we as adults often let numb us to things of great simplicity in beauty and truth. When you can do this, you will be among those "For Whom The Bell Tolls." #WelcomeToTheAdventure

Episode 31: It's More Than A Game (SAO)

May 19th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  48 mins

adam, adventure, anime, asuna, augmented reality, avatar, avengers, battle, beloved, book, boss, catholic, christ, christian, church, coma, community, consequence, culture, david a. wells, death, death gun, despair, disney, dual wield, evangelization, evil, faith, family, fantasy, fight, fishing, francis, friendship, game, god, god's beloved, good, guild, gun gale online, helmet, henri nouwen, hero, infinity war, japan, jesus, kirito, klein, laurel, leafa, lisbeth, love, magic, marvel, mmo, mmorpg, movie, music, nerve gear, nouwen, oberon, player, podcast, pope, pope francis, promise, pure, reality, rest, rpg, sacrifice, sao, self, shape of water, sinon, sovereign of the seven isles, sword, sword art online, thinblade, video games, virtual reality, warrior, welcome to the adventure, yanny, yui

Just this week Pope Francis was asked about the youth of the Church and said that "It worries me that they communicate and live in the virtual world...Their reality is that...not human contact. This is serious. We have to make young people 'land' in the real world. Touch reality." Ironically, this week we talk about the virtual world of the popular Anime Show 'Sword Art Online' (SAO).