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Thirteen Incoming
The BBC released a teaser clip for the upcoming 11th series of Doctor Who. It’s a first in two ways: first female Doctor (Jodie Whitaker) and first season for a new show-runner (Chris Chibnall). If the show is a smartly … Continue reading
Media and More in Our Distracted Age
One of the two speakers at my recent Laity Lodge weekend was Alan Jacobs. I’m not quite sure how I first heard of him. I know that I read his wonderful The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction … Continue reading
Dolly and Tammy Beyond Beauty School
This past weekend I spent some time on retreat at Laity Lodge outside of Leakey, TX. On the final night of the retreat, the artist-in-residence for the weekend, Claire Holley, played a concert in the Cody Center. Before the concert, … Continue reading
“It Seems I Never Stop Losing You”
Leave it to good-old radio to surprise me with a new song from Death Cab for Cutie. The new album, Thank You for Today, drops mid-August. As is often the case, the melancholy emotion gets held at bay with a … Continue reading
Ah, Those Little Things (that give you away)
Perhaps the one song from U2’s Songs of Experience that has really stuck with me over the last few months has been one of the album’s slower songs, “The Little Things That Give You Away.” A few weeks ago I … Continue reading
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Generational Encouragement of a Necessary Kind
I finally got around to watching Chris Pratt’s “Generation Award” acceptance speech at the recent MTV Video and TV Awards. It’s one of those nice bits of pop culture that float to the top every now and then that can … Continue reading
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Crashing through the City of Mirrors
Long have I considered myself a zombie guy. The sense of civilization lost, of a rag-tag group of survivors trying to make things right (or at least stop things from going so very, very wrong), the sobering irreversibility of so … Continue reading
Second Thoughts on First Reformed?
Scratch the surface of the 96% Rotten Tomatoes approval rating for First Reformed and you’ll find frustration and discontent from those hoping for a more faith-filled movie about a small church pastor trying to make sense of the ever-bleaker world … Continue reading
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Beyond Working Lonely
A couple of weeks ago, I posted some thoughts on what set Parks and Recreation apart from the other comedies of its particular moment. I stand by my assertion that of all the Thursday night shows on NBC from the … Continue reading
Working Lonely
Last month I posted a couple of links to Comment Magazine (along with an extended quote from Henri Nouwen) on the topic of loneliness. Comment’s most recent issue is about social isolation, and little by little they have released parts … Continue reading
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