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Gotye One-Ups Everybody
THERE WAS A MOMENT IN TIME when Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” was fresh and new. Then came the remixes on the radio and the remakes on YouTube. I even posted one here a few weeks ago, “The … Continue reading
The Dangerous Power of Story
‘STORY’ HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC lately. Has been for some time, honestly. It’s also been a big topic for the folks over at Christianity Today, as well. The concept, so true to human experience and history, has made its … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Miller, N. T. Wright, Narrative Theology, Story
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New Song Sunday: Mumford & Sons’ “I Will Wait”
MUMFORD & SONS HAS A NEW ALBUM dropping next month. They released the first song (“I Will Wait”) from the album (Babel) this past week. They’ve been playing the song for a while now. Here’s the song from a concert … Continue reading
The Olympic Competition Often Overlooked
SOME OF MY FRIENDS ARE SURPRISED to find out that I enjoy watching the Olympics. I suppose you could draw a couple of conclusions from that. But I’ve been a fan of the Olympics since at least 1984. I was … Continue reading
Olympic Finish and Olympic Start
EVERY SPRING SEMESTER I spend time asking seniors open-ended questions. One question that I always look forward to involves the senior going back in time and getting to say one thing to their first-day-of-freshman-year self. In almost every class there … Continue reading
New Song Saturday: Jason Gray’s “Easier”
JASON GRAY has had some good musical moments over these last few years. His 2010 album brought us “I Am New” as well as my personal favorite, “Holding the Key.” Last year’s A Way to See in the Dark gave … Continue reading
Greenwald and a Killer(s) Concert
ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE KILLERS is a good conversation, I think. I linked to the band’s newest song (“Runaways”) a few days ago. Turns out that Grantland’s Andy Greenwald caught the band at Webster Hall in the gear-up for the … Continue reading
Things Kids Write?
I UNOFFICIALLY STARTED my tenth year teaching yesterday. We have about a week of prep time built into the schedule. So it was a little funnier when I came across a Buzzfeed post of “23 Insightful Journal Entries from Elementary … Continue reading
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Trailing the Life of Pi
YEARS AGO I READ AN ARTICLE about movies that hate their audiences. It was around the year 2000, and there had been a string of quality, thoughtful movies: The Matrix, Fight Club, Memento, and especially The Six Sense. All of … Continue reading
New Music Sunday: Andrew Peterson’s “Carry the Fire”
CAN’T BELIEVE THAT I MISSED THIS, a video of a new song from Andrew Peterson. Like me, you may be eagerly awaiting his newest album, Light for the Lost Boy. Until then, here’s a song recorded a few months ago … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 