Happy 1st Birthday Pop Culture Christ!

Or Welcome to Pop Culture Christmas!

It’s hard to believe, but Pop Culture Christ has been up and running for a whole year. What started as an excuse for me to scribble down some sermon illustrations has become an outlet for me to discuss two of my favourite things: Jesus and pop culture.

In the last year, I’ve published 181 articles. I’ve been asked to provide articles at Fervr, written a guest post at Christ and Pop Culture, and asked for an interview on Triple J radio. I’ve begun the Master List and filmed a series of Fervr Presents vodcasts. And I’ve got even more ideas for Year 2. Because of Pop Culture Christ, I find I can’t even walk down the street without thinking of reviews and articles. And that’s a good thing. As Christians, we need to be more aware of the world we live in and be able to turn everything towards proclaiming Jesus. Pop Culture Christ has been great tool for me to hone these skills. I hope it’s been helpful for you too.

What would you like to see more on here? What would you like to see less of? More reviews? More cultural observations? More video or audio? Let me know in the comments.

Here’s looking forward to a big Year 2!

Top 10 Posts for Year 1(Please note: I believe that most of these posts are in the Top 10 because of people searching for images. I’m praying that people who come across the site looking for images or movie reviews will hear the message of Jesus through my posts)

1. Fight Club Rules
2. Supergirl and the Fall
3. Cliffhanger
4. The Simpsons: The Father, The Son, And The Holy Guest Star
5. Spider-Man 3
6. Prince Caspian
7. The Gospel According to Ricky Bobby
8. Flanders’ Book of Faith
9. Alice Cooper: Along Came a Spider
10. Annoying World Youth Day Laws

And here are 10 posts that I have some fondness for (in no particular order):

• The Shack
• Greenday: Jesus of Suburbia
• Vampiric Obsession
• Ben Folds: Not The Same
• Do You Worship Chocolate or Coffee?
• Metro Station: Shake It
• Summer Bay Christianity
• Thank God You’re Here
• Samedi Energy Drink
• Where’s Wally and the Old Testament

Do you have a favourite post?