We are distracting ourselves, not to death, that would be more interesting, but to shallowness. We consume ideas like a humming bird, flitting from idea to idea, but we face situations that require ...

A good teacher begins class with a great question, one that makes us think and consider a new perspective: what if we are distracting ourselves to tedium? That is how I read Alan Noble, professor and ...

Alan Noble is the managing editor and co-founder of Christ and Pop Culture. He is an assistant professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. Some conservative Christian colleges do not let ...

Lifting the clouds of depression with Alan Noble. The United States surgeon general says there should be a tobacco-style warning for social media. Why? Because the mental health crisis among young ...

Alan Noble, associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University and the cofounder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine Christ and Pop Culture, examines “the gift and burden of life,” ...