Abortion, Fate, and Dallas Willard: Converging the week
Abortion Doctor Kermit Gosnell Guilty of First-Degree Murder Pennsylvania doctor Kermit Gosnell was found guilty on 3 counts of first-degree murder – killing babies ex utero after unsuccessful abortions – and 1 count of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the late-term abortions his medical practice conducted. Media coverage of Gosnell’s trial was rather small, [...]
Everybody Watch! // BlimeyCow
Josh Taylor is 24 years old. He’s married. He works with his dad creating patent drawings. He lives in Hermitage, Tennessee, a Nashville suburb where was raised and homeschooled with his brother, Jordan. Then, a few years ago, things got weird. I’m past the point where I’m stressed about it; I’m just kind of enjoying [...]
Q&A with Jesus Culture Director Banning Liebscher
This July, Jesus Culture — a worship driven ministry that is gaining a reputation as sort of the Hillsongs of America — is putting on a conference in LA. We got to chat with Jesus Culture director Banning Liebscher about the origins of JC, the conference, and what it means to be a “revivalist” [...]
Recap: Bobette Buster at Q Los Angeles 2013
The gold that everyone in Hollywood was looking to find was story. The way that you arrive in New York City expecting to be mugged, or in Bogota expecting to be kidnapped and held for ransom, I arrive in Los Angeles fully prepared to feel inferior. That’s why the stories I’ve heard of people (from Lana [...]
Young or Old, Please Get Married (if it will make you shut up)
For what gives you the right to make such a judgment? What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift? (1 Corinthians 4.7) At the outset, let me state my intention: I’m going to try to be nice [...]
Recap: Jason Russell at Q Los Angeles 2013
I am alive. I am clothed. I am still a little crazy. You guys remember Jason Russell, right? It’s forgiveable, if you don’t. The dude kind of submerged from view after the WTF-worthy anticlimax following the viral fame of his KONY 2012 video. Statements were issued, catfights ensued, and the whole thing… Well, did it [...]
What it means to be a man
Manliness between the Extremes There is a powerful scene in the 1999 movie Fight Club in which the passive, nameless narrator (played by Edward Norton) realizes he and Tyler Durden, a tough, aggressive character (played by Brad Pitt), are the same people. It’s a stunning moment of realization and one of the reasons so many [...]
5…No, 6 (Possible) Reasons Why You (and I) Avoid What We Love
I’m sleeping in the very most comfortable bed, these days. But even 2000-thread count sheets and a down mattress can’t save me from blinking awake at 6am, the frontal lobe of my brain itching with congested creativity. “Hey! You could write about this! And then after that, say this…that’s clever, right? And then wind it [...]
5 Illuminating Lessons Learned in My 20s
If there’s one thing I love…which is a stupid way to lead off, because there are many things I love…but anyway, one thing I love is chain of acquaintance. You know–there’s this girl I know, who knows this guy, who knows this other guy, whom I just met on the bus today and ended up [...]
Rap Music’s Top Contributions to the English Language
Now, I love rap music. I mean, I really love it. Part of me feels that as a husband and father approaching 30, I ought to “grow up” and change my taste in music. I listen to lots of other stuff as well, country, rock and crazy ’70s dance music are all on my ipod [...]
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