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One Month and Then New Zealand
A few months ago I found a cheap flight to New Zealand and booked it. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time (thanks, Lord of the Rings and the Amazing Race), and it’s something that has given … Continue reading
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A Flood of Holiness
Don’t let the title of N. D. Wilson’s latest essay fool you. “Lighten Up, Christians: God Loves a Good Time” sounds a little frivolous, but it has a real seed of truth inside it’s fun-loving shell. And while there’s nothing … Continue reading
A World of Bad Poets
Even at its best, technology is a strange master. It’s the kind of master that blinds you to your own submission, really. The level of submission is different for everyone, of course. Sometimes the people you think would buy in … Continue reading
Media and McLuhan
A friend laughed at me a few years ago when I told her that I had “discovered” Marshall McLuhan. I didn’t quite see what was funny; reading McLuhan set me on a path to better understanding media and culture (even … Continue reading
It’s What You Do with the Dots That Matters
From Seth Godin’s blog: Without a doubt, the ability to connect the dots is rare, prized and valuable. Connecting dots, solving the problem that hasn’t been solved before, seeing the pattern before it is made obvious, is more essential than … Continue reading
Absurd and Almost Home
The funniest thing about Mr. Peabody and Sherman was probably the short that played in front of it, Almost Home. Turns out that the short, with lead acting voice by Steve Martin, is a precursor to a feature film: Home. … Continue reading
Making the Journey to Area X
One of the odd consequences of loving things like The Lord of the Rings or The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy so much is how it prevents me from reading other science fiction and fantasy novels. Sure, a younger me … Continue reading
Time, Why (Do I Let) You Punish Me?
I’ve been meaning for some time to write a post or five about Douglas Rushkoff’s Present Shock. It was one of my favorite reads of 2013 and has been the book I find myself thinking about the most from last … Continue reading
Easter and the Window Love Left
A song to celebrate the Day.
Osenga Sampler
Last year brilliant Nashville musician Andrew Osenga posted plans for a Kickstarter project: Heart & Soul, Flesh & Bone, a four-EP collection with each EP focused on one of four of the title’s theme. This first EP, Heart, dropped a … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 