Looking Closer
As the Over the Rhine song goes: “Like all true believers, I am truly skeptical of all that I have said.” (more…) Read more
As the Over the Rhine song goes: “Like all true believers, I am truly skeptical of all that I have said.” (more…) Read more
A few weeks ago, Andrew O’Hehir asked readers to submit their nominations for Best Family Movies. The result is here, and it’s worth the wait. Here is Salon’s Ultimate Family DVD List. Seeing the four films that were “THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONS”… I’m already cheering.Move to Trash Read more
Brandon Fibbs at Christianity Today reports on Lord Save Us From Your Followers: If you were to walk out of Lord Save Us at the halfway mark, you might think the film is little more than a tirade against Christians behaving badly. As vital as that message may be, you’d only be half right. What makes the film so powerful is its intractable ability to embrace both the baby and the bathwater. This is a film made by a follower,... Read more
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Gene Edward Veith notes: Remember the recent furor over the discovery of the ancient manuscript entitled “The Gospel of Judas”? The media reported that the document presented Judas as a good guy, implying that the church had gotten it wrong over all these centuries and that we would now have to re-evaluate our knowledge of Jesus. Some accounts made it sound like the manuscript was written by Judas. The translation became a bestseller and National Geographic, which was behind the... Read more
ETHERIDGE CLEARS THE AIR Were you following this tempest in a teacup? Melissa Etheridge was recently quoted in Rolling Stone in a way that gave readers a bad impression of guitarist Phil Keaggy. The quote made it sound like Keaggy had once made a disparaging remark about Etheridge’s sexual orientation, a remark that steered her clear of pursuing a career in Christian music. Keaggy responded. And now, Etheridge has spoken to clear the whole matter up. That was a gracious... Read more
Film criticJoe Morgenstern says exactly what I was thinking after I saw WALL-E the first time… and the second time… (more…) Read more
Here’s a link to the Telegraph article on the first broadcast of a 1969 interview with John Lennon that contains some surprising statements about his appreciation for Jesus. (more…) Read more
Thanks to Stephen Lamb for writing up this report for Looking Closer on Sixpence live! (more…) Read more
So I went to the Sound View Cafe in Seattle’s Pike Place Market today, where I have spent many afternoons over the last decade sipping coffee, eating desserts, and writing in my journal, or on my laptop. (more…) Read more
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