
Captain Cassidy
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“Captain Cassidy” is Cassidy McGillicuddy, a Gen Xer and ex-Pentecostal. (The title is metaphorical.) She writes about the intersection of psychology, belief, popular culture, science, politics, the arts, and gaming — video, board, tabletop, whatever. She lives in Idaho with her husband, Mr. Captain, and their squawky orange cat, Princess Bother Pretty Toes the First. No matter how many bookcases she stuffs into her house, at any given time she’s running out of bookcase space.

An evangelical tries to explain Christianity’s decline, fails completely
Reading Time: 14 minutes Every so often, I get a stunning reminder about exactly why…

How Christians reframe prayer to sound exciting and effective
Reading Time: 7 minutes If there’s one universal complaint I’ve heard from Christians, one monolithic sore spot that seems to affect…

More people have noticed Christianity’s decline in America
Reading Time: 13 minutes If there is one thing that Christianity’s decline has taught observers, it is that it is happening…

A ‘City’ in the Nevada desert shows the glorious human-ness of art for its own sake
Reading Time: 6 minutes A colossal work of art called City recently opened for viewing in Nevada. Over a mile long…

LitRPG: When roleplaying games collide with fiction and anime
Reading Time: 6 minutes I saw an unusual book offered for free on Amazon last week. Its author described The Whispering…

In the War on Christmas, the heathens are still winning
Reading Time: 10 minutes In the past few decades, Christians’ attempted stranglehold on Christmas has receded further with each bit of…

How my grasp of consent nearly torpedoed my 3rd grade Christmas pageant
Reading Time: 7 minutes The teachers organizing our elementary school’s Christmas pageant expected me to do something humiliating. My refusal sparked…

The night I got completely hooked on roleplaying
Reading Time: 10 minutes My handiwork in the alley had not gone unnoticed. The people in the inn were talking about…

Captive audiences: Why Uber and Lyft are evangelicals’ newest mission field
Reading Time: 10 minutes Recently, Hemant Mehta asked a very good question: “Why are Lyft and Uber letting Christian drivers preach…

Holiday gifts for the gamers on your list
Reading Time: 8 minutes From the video game player to the one who prefers offbeat indie card games and more, we’ve…
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