Looking Closer
So, I’m sitting here preparing for my interview, jotting down some notes, and look what crawls out from under the couch! I love New Mexico! Read more
So, I’m sitting here preparing for my interview, jotting down some notes, and look what crawls out from under the couch! I love New Mexico! Read more
Today, I’ll be sitting down for a conversation with Eugene Peterson, who provided us with a wonderful, personal paraphrase of the Bible called The Message. In preparing for the interview, I’ve been deeply moved by this interview conducted by Mark Galli at Christianity Today last year. Reading it has been one of the highlights of my week. I encourage you to take the time to read the whole thing… especially the stuff about churches. It’s convicting, bold, disruptive stuff. And... Read more
I am sitting in the sun on the back porch of an apartment at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, watching the fog lift from the hills, a parade of thunderclouds undecidedly meandering among the peaks, hummingbirds buzzing and zigzagging through the branches of the pear tree next to me, towhees scuttling through the shrubs, bees ecstatic among purple flowers, and my yellow legal pad full of first-draft fiction–the opening chapters to the sequel for Auralia’s Colors–on a blue, hand-painted... Read more
BBC News has posted Gibson’s full, admirable public apology for his remarks. (more…) Read more
Here’s the L.A. Times report on Mel Gibson’s arrest. I’m hearing that there are some ugly details to this story that are currently unconfirmed… We’ll wait and see, and hope they aren’t true. (more…) Read more
Don’t mess with Stephen Colbert. He’s a Sunday school teacher. He’s a Catholic. He’s a Lord of the Rings expert. And now, thanks to Good Morning America and The Today Show… he’s controversial! (more…) Read more
Did anybody lose a book of psalms? (more…) Read more
This YouTube video is spreading like a wildfire, so you’ve probably already seen it. (I discovered it through Peter Chattaway’s blog.) If not, here it is: the funniest YouTube link in, oh, at least a few weeks. (more…) Read more
According to Cinematical, Nicole Kidman and Paul Bettany have joined the cast of Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass as the “villainous” Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel. If this report is just a rumor, I’m doubtful. If it’s true, I’m baffled. I hope it’s a rumor. (more…) Read more
Wow. [Jeffrey scrambles to re-examine the “best of the year” list for last year] Go rent Touch the Sound tonight. Or bump it to the top of your Netflix queue. And if you don’t have a surround-sound system, starting making plans with a friend who does. (more…) Read more
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