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Derek Webb’s New Lyric Video (with passion, confession, and whimsy)
A good and proper disposition is a difficult thing to master. I often find that the music of Derek Webb helps me get there in a good way. Webb recently posted a “lyric video” to the title track of his … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Webb, I Was Wrong I'm Sorry and I Love You
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Looking forward to the Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The only thing better than seeing the trailer for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty before The Wolverine was seeing it again before The Way, Way Back. I’m doing my best not to learn more about the premise (though I … Continue reading
Rachel Held Evans and a Kind of 21st Century Transubstantiation
Rachel Held Evans’ article about young adults leaving the church had fifty pages of comments on CNN.com by the time I got around to reading it. The article was beautifully written, but the page after page of comments were equally … Continue reading
New Derek Webb Music (Just 10 Days Late)
It’s been ten years since Derek Webb released his first solo album, She Must and Shall Go Free. Like many of his fans, I was introduced to Webb’s work through Caedmon’s Call back in college. Webb is one of those … Continue reading
Recess: The Live-Action Open (It Doesn’t Whomp)
Disney’s Recess very well may be the last great Saturday morning cartoon. Something about it, the multi-ethnic cast with mysterious pasts on a playground with a strangely accurate class system, really resonates.¹ Rarely has a show about children had such … Continue reading
Much Ado About Something Quite Good
This year’s take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing plays like a Joss Whedon’s Greatest Hits album. Whedon is known for a number of things: witty dialogue, strong female characters, large casts, and choosing amazing actors. All of that is … Continue reading
Dave Eggers: The British Skateboarding Magazine Interview
I received my copy of Huck Magazine #38 in the mail a few days ago, straight from the Church of London. It’s not often that I order a British skateboarding magazine, but then it’s not often that Dave Eggers graces … Continue reading
I Dreamed an English Major’s Dream
Last week I dreamed that I was back in college and walking into the English department. There I ran into, saw for the first time in years, three of my favorite English professors, each perfectly in character, each a joy … Continue reading
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The Full Bono Interview
Here is the full interview between Bono and Focus on the Family. There’s no video, but feel free to turn it on, turn it up, and listen to an interesting conversation about important things.
Bono and Something Like Experiencing God
Lots of interesting talk about an interview that U2 frontman Bono gave to the President of Focus on the Family. The folks over at Christianity Today posted some comments in their “Gleanings” section. You can check that out here. You … Continue reading
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