So far no one has asked me to join The Academy in voting on who should win the Oscars.
Mixed Media
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Sigh No More, the latest album from Mumford and Sons, is a rousing chorus of blue
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This book may not be one you’d nat
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Fans of Over the Rhine will agree that The Long Sur
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Rabbit Hole is challenging, not only because of the subject—Osca
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Not sure you really want to see a western? Maybe you wonder what the quirky Coen brothers would make of the genre?
The Land Between by by Jeff Manion
Finding God in Difficult TransitionsREAD MOREAuthor Jeff Manion reflects on the Israelites’ wanderings in the Sinai desert to teach readers lessons on living for God’s
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In his jeans and red Reeboks, Jon Troast is relaxed on stage.
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All Alone
by Donald W. Berghuis
The Tyranny of E-Mail by by John Freeman
The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your InboxREAD MOREIn his astute critique of e-mail, John Freeman frames the vast changes wrought by the Internet in the context of 4,000 years of histor
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The Weepies consist of a husband-and-wife team who write bouncy tunes and lyrics that catch y
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Want to read about the largest molecule ever found in space? What's up with the decline of the honeybee population?
The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers on Feasting and Fasting Toward God by edited by Leslie Leyland Fields
READ MOREWhile the Chicken Soup franchise of books never quite satisfied me, this collection of essays serves up something truly rich—the
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Montreal-based indie rockers Arcade Fire have a growing North American reputation.
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This historical drama, which follows England’s King George VI (Colin Firth) and his struggle with a speech impediment, is genial
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In this fictional picture book based on the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Junior is trapped beneath rubble.
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Movies love to celebrate forgiveness—that's why so many end in the glow of reconciliation. Get Low is different.
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Gudenkauf's first novel narrates child abduction in cold, chiseled strokes.
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Yarhouse is weakest when trying to summarize a definitive "Scriptural" position on homosexuality, quickly drawing conclusion
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The largest church in the United States is Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. It holds 43,500 people.
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Historically, the church’s ministry of grounding new believers in the essentials of Christian faith has been known as catechesis
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It must be a thankless job to write for a sci-fi TV show.
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Three programs dominate the computer Bible study scene: Logos, the bulky resource library that provides many commentaries and books about
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“American culture,” writes Doris Lessing, “is enriched by having the whole range of Marilynne Robinson’s work.&rd