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Song for the Roads
I’ve been wondering for a while if the folks over at Creator Arts would post any clips from the 25th anniversary concert of the Community Coffeehouse in Danbury, Connecticut. I wondered because four of my favorite musicians all played for … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Osenga, Andrew Peterson, Andy Gullahorn, Jill Phillips
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Doctor Strange: Apologist for the Transcendent Frame
Caught a Thursday night showing of Doctor Strange, the latest entry in Marvel Studio’s ever-expanding cinematic universe. It was a great experience, hitting all of the right notes with storytelling and visual cues. Doctor Strange tells the story of a … Continue reading
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End of Summer Song
I suppose summer ends in different ways for different people. The start of a new school years. Labor Day. A certain feel to the season of movies. The return of network television after a summer of reruns (or reality television, … Continue reading
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Learning the Language
A quote from Bonhoeffer’s Meditating on the Word recently crossed my Twitter stream that I thought was interesting: Grounded in the Scripture, we learn to speak to God in the language that God has spoken to us. It’s a wonderful … Continue reading
Free Dave Eggers!
Heroes of the Frontier, the newest novel by Dave Eggers, drops next Tuesday at a bookstore near you. Eggers has been putting out some interesting, timely stuff over the last few years (from Hurricane Katrina to technology to contemporary disillusionment), … Continue reading
Our Sclerotic Systems
Even though Yuval Levin’s The Fractured Republic is all about understanding modern-day America, it can also easily read as a parable for other institutions and organizations. Everything is connected, of course. So Levin’s description of our national systems and programs … Continue reading
June Bugs in July
Time in Tennessee has ended with an afternoon storm and an evening without electricity. At least there are candles and lightning bugs (but not enough for an Owl City lyric). Hopefully back to reflecting on Wendell Berry tomorrow.
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Sunday’s Best: The Fine Art of Catching a Cold
Today’s classic Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. (image from gocomics.com)
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Middle Earth as Myth (not allegory)
One of the things you hear most when reading Tolkien (or reading about Tolkien) is whether or not The Lord of the Rings is an allegory. Tolkien, of course, flatly denied the charge, but that hasn’t kept decades of readers … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 