Does the Bible matter?
The impossibility of reaching a consensus decision on what the Bible actually is relates to the fact that there is bound to be some level of agreement amongst all parties involved in the discussion. The controversy arises over what inevitably cannot be affirmed. This is different than, say, reaching a consensus over the nature of [...]
Three Reasons to Love Daft Punk
After eight years of studio album hibernation, French musicians Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of the famed robotic duo Daft Punk have released their greatly anticipated Random Access Memories (R.A.M). Already touted as a major success — their first single, “Get Lucky,” sits atop the charts in the U.K. and several other countries — [...]
How to Get Happy
Writer-director Brad Wise talks about what’s important, and what’s not, for a Christian who makes movies. It’s not like I was a kid dreaming of making movies one day. I never really set out to do any of this stuff. It just kind of happened. Brad Wise has the shell-shocked look of a guy who just [...]
10 Surefire Techniques for Winning a Girl’s Heart
Hello, gentlemen. Let us begin with a statement of the obvious: Winning a girl’s heart can be a difficult thing. If you have taste, the girl you’re currently in love with is probably much more attractive, talented, and well-adjusted than you are. If you have any realistic perspective on the mathematics surrounding your chances to [...]
Learning what it means to be us
First Year of Marriage Series part 1 I was the kind of girl who crushed on boys for long periods of time. I remember sitting on the steps of our schoolyard during recess with my friends, drawing pictures of wedding dresses in every possible style we could imagine. My friends and I didn’t think about [...]
Addicted to Church Shopping
My name is Leanne. And I’m a Church-aholic. But I keep telling myself I’m not, because I’m so beyond labels. I try to ignore the raw sense of euphoria I get every time I buy a new pair of jeans, or how I get an instant charge from devouring the latest Anthropologie catalogue. But I [...]
We lost our dog in Africa
“SIERRA!” I yelled that name dozens of times last Sunday afternoon; each time my voice trailing off with a measure of embarrassment. You see, Sierra is our new puppy that we lost less than 24hrs after we got her. She was given to us by a friend who knew we were looking for a new [...]
Where Are We Going?
Note: Our friend Tyler–who blogs at Full of Running and curates music at Vinyl Me, Please–brings words to places where most minds fear to tread: the profound ways we’re affected by music, and the insight we gain only through painful experience. We asked if he’d write about a time when the two things came together. [...]
Terrorism, Catholicism, & Crack [Converging the Week]
Woolwich Terror Attack On Wednesday, two Islamist terrorists brutally stabbed and chopped British soldier Lee Rigby to death with knives and meat cleavers in broad daylight in the neighborhood of Woolwich in South-East London, UK. The attack has led to a media firestorm because the onlookers who quickly surrounded the murder scene recorded the suspects [...]
The Car-Wreck School of Anxiety Management
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Hollywood Freeway It comes upon me late at night, or sometimes late in the afternoon. It’s because it’s been too cloudy, or maybe because the sunshine is growing oppressive. It’s because I ate too much yesterday, or haven’t had anything since breakfast. It starts somewhere [...]
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