The Dude Abides
Jack had a few days of leisure in Los Angeles before U2's shows at Angels Stadium in Annaheim this coming weekend, so graciously agreed to join Little Church for worship and teach us a thing or two about this God of Grace of ours. Read more
Jack had a few days of leisure in Los Angeles before U2's shows at Angels Stadium in Annaheim this coming weekend, so graciously agreed to join Little Church for worship and teach us a thing or two about this God of Grace of ours. Read more
Weiner is an easy target for ridicule. His actions were inexplicable and foolish. His very public fall from grace is an opportunity to judge and gloat with abandon. Yet rather than heap coals on the fires of the Weiner roast fueled by our collective indignation, perhaps it’s more edifying to look at this scandal as a teachable moment — both for him, and for us. Read more
In his wickedly funny new book, "Devil's Ink: Blog from the Basement Office," Elon University professor of religious studies Jeffrey C. Pugh borrows a page from "Screwtape" but presents a thoroughly modern Mephistopheles. Read more
Terrence Malick‘s film, “Tree of Life,” is nearly indescribable. Not because its beauty or virtuosity are beyond words, although it has its moments. “Tree of Life” is iconoclastic and its plot nonlinear, constructed by a series of impressions, images and the (largely unspoken) emotionally-charged dynamic between its characters, rather than dialogue between them or a story told in so many words. Attempting to describe Malick’s latest film, only the fifth he’s released in his 40-year career, brings to mind the... Read more
This summer brings a rich collection of new spiritually-themed titles that promise to captivate both the soul and the imagination as they reveal secrets and explore dark corners of the world of faith. Read more
Some of you know Bubba (aka John Michael Pillow) from the first chapter (“Bouncing into Graceland”) of my book Sin Boldly: A Field Guide For Grace. He’s my best good friend of 20+ years and my son’s godfather. John Michael is a farmer in Yazoo City, Mississippi and currently, his farmland is a 12,000-acre lake, under six-inches-to-10-feet of water since the Misssippi flooded the Yazoo River and breached its levees. This morning, John Michael appeared on National Public Radio to... Read more
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On your drive to Costco this weekend to restock your cache of toilet paper, hummus and Diet Snapple, if you see a car with a bumper sticker that reads, "In case of Rapture, this vehicle will be unmanned," give it a wide berth. Just in case. Read more
The Norse god was first introduced to pop culture by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the pages of Marvel comic books back in 1962. The genesis of the Thor legend, however, dates a bit further back -- about 1,961 years further back, to be precise. Read more
"It's just not as pretty as it looks on TV sometimes. The leaders of the movement, or at least the fathers of these individual families, have the best of intentions. They think they're doing the godly thing and if God wants to give them umpteen children then God bless them, let them come. "But so many of these families are struggling to survive financially." Read more
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