- Tom Waits: Theologian of the dysangelion by Ben Myers (Faith and Theology)
- Jonny Lang: Back to basics (Glide)
- The generation that can’t move on up by Andrew J. Cherlin and W. Bradford Wilcox (Wall Street Journal)
- The reinvention of Anberlin: On the day their new album releases, Anberlin’s lead singer talks about the project, social justice and Guitar Hero 6. (Relevant)
- Check out Tasha Cooney’s cool jewelry (Etsy)
- 5 Great Music Magazines to Ease the Pain of Losing Paste (FlavorWire)
- Golden locks: Troy Polamalu’s hair is insured for $1 million. How does body-part insurance work? (Slate)
- Check out Monastery Greetings: Products from Abbeys, Convents, Monastaries, and Hermitages.
- Why do heavy drinkers outlive nondrinkers? (Time)
- The many iterations of William Shatner (NY Times)
- I’m out of here, for Christ’s sake by Richard Flory and Brie Loskota (TransMission)
- Genius declared: Wilde tops the wit list (Guardian)
- Fewer young voters see themselves as Democrats (NY Times)
- Hipster faith: To remain relevant, many evangelical pastors are following the lead of hipster trendsetters. So what happens when ‘cool’ meets Christ? by Brett McCracken (Christianity Today)
- Check out Muddy Waters playin “Got My Mojo Workin’” (No Depression)
- Kristen Scharold reviews Brett McCraken’s "Hipster Christianity" (TGC)
- On labels, categories, and “Hipster Christianity” by David Kern (Beside the Queue)
- Many kinds of universes, and none require God: Stephen Hawking’s pop-science book about the origins of our universe got attention for a passage about God. (NY Times)
- Baseball’s best mascots: An unscientific poll (OC Register)
- The crime of causing the darkness by John H. Armstrong (Acts 3)
- Legacy of spiritual truths in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’: Robin Russell interviews Matt Litton (UM Portal)
- True barbarians: A review of "Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean" by Adrian Tinniswood (Hoover)
- Antics aside, a Dalí of constant ambition (NY Times)
- The Church on a justice mission: On the front lines of the battle against sex trafficking and forced prostitution. A review by Amy L. Sherman (Books & Culture)
- Should Glenn Beck speak for Christians? by Russell D. Moore (Relevant)
- Quelle horreur! Asterix surrenders to McDonald’s: A new McDonald’s advert featuring Asterix enjoying a hamburger and fries has sparked outrage among French comic purists who claim the Gallic hero has surrendered to the American fast food chain. (Telegraph)
- America’s ruling class — and the perils of revolution by Angelo M. Codevilla (American Spectator)
- Peru’s jungle treehouse: One of the ways to help save the Amazon is to visit it. And you can stay in luxury in this Peruvian treehouse above the rainforest canopy (Guardian)
- If 40 is the new 30, is 20 the new junior high? by Donald Miller (Relevant)
- The Good Man Philip and the Scoundrel Pullman. A parable for our times. By Betty Smartt Carter (Books & Culture)
- A niche of the unreal in a world of credulity: Since 2008, ChristWire.org has emerged as the leading Internet site for ultraconservative Christian news, commentary and weather reportage. (NY Times)
- Hipster faith: To remain relevant, many evangelical pastors are following the lead of hipster trendsetters. So what happens when ‘cool’ meets Christ? by Brett McCracken (Christianity Today)
- Bleat, flay, loathe … one man’s search for God on a Cineplex screen (Vancouver Sun)
- Hollywood now opening arms to gay characters, families (USA Today)
- How to end the Great Recession by Robert B. Reich (NY Times)
- How not to be hated on Facebook: 10 more rules by Claire Suddath (Time)
- The gospel of wealth by David Brooks (NY Times)
- Flyleaf resists labelling (Edmonton Journal)
- Author: More teens becoming ‘fake’ Christians (CNN)
- Los Lobos are so good they make it all seem effortless (Wall Street Journal)
- Tangible faith in an age of distraction by Craig Detweiler (Washington Post)
- The lust for late: Cultivating a profitable new niche, the art world is scouring for undervalued works by major artists and re-evaluating Dalí’s post-Surrealist work. (Wall Street Journal)
- Faith and faithfulness: Praying for your partner stops you straying (Economist)
- A sequel to “The Reformation of Ritual,” Susan Karant-Nunn’s pathbreaking book by Lauren Winner (Books & Culture)
- Married to the CIA: If you abhor the vacuum left by Jack Bauer’s “24,” here’s a series that promises to fill the void by Dorothy Rabinowitz (Wall Street Journal)
- Saved by an Atheist: Christians gave Albert Camus good reasons not to believe. He gave me a reason to return to faith by Rob Moll (Christianity Today)
- Queens man lives in bathroom to cut off tech addiction (am New York)
- Raising Hell in the hollow: How a rowdy pair of Blue Ridge twins fought, clowned, stomped and crooned—and made great ‘hillbilly music’ (Wall Street Journal)
- Augustine, Millennial Man by Ken Curtis (Christianity)
- Black voices from the pulpit: An anthology of religious rhetoric that also embraces emancipation, ‘whooping’ and liberation theology. (Wall Street Journal)
- Check out Big Questions Online with Rod Dreher
- A perfect game: The metaphysical meaning of baseball by David B. Hart (First Things)
- Punditry at the drive-thru (The National Interest)
- Unearthly Powers: A review of Isaac Asimov’s “The End of Eternity” (3Penny)
- But will it make you happy? (NY Times)
- George Soros’s Evangelicals: Meet Richard Cizik, head of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good by Mark Tooley (Weekly Standard)
- Jazz through Leonard’s lens: The photographer Herman Leonard, who died Aug. 14 at age 87, used shadow, light and smoke to create indelible images of jazz masters. (Wall Street Journal)
- Terra Infirma: The rise and fall of quicksand by Daniel Engber (Slate)
- The Muppets’ military mission: Elmo and friends help military children struggling with loss, grief and fear. (Wall Street Journal)
- New generation reimagines museums: A new generation of women and men in their 40s is taking the reins at America’s top art museums. Shaped by their times, many have different views of what a museum should be. (Wall Street Journal)
- Ayn Rand: Goddess of the Great Recession. Why Christians should be wary of the late pop philosopher and her disciples by Gary Moore (Christianity Today)
- Ricky Skaggs, Christian artist. The bluegrass legend’s new album, “Mosaic,” explores the singer’s religious faith. (Wall Street Journal)
- Geometry of the Spirit: The Air Force Academy Chapel is a masterpiece that combines the soaring forms of Chartres with the imagery of fighter jets aloft. (Wall Street Journal)
- Simplicity: It’s complicated. When trying to buy and spend less only breeds anxiety, maybe it’s time to check motives by Ellen Painter Dollar (her.meneutics)
- Can we choose happiness? In “Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science,” Sissela Bok traces the history of how we have defined happiness. (Wall Street Journal)
- U2 rocks Moscow: Bono mixes pop and politics (Wall Street Journal)
- High-speed photographs by Lex Augusteijn capture the moment a bullet hits objects (Telegraph)
- The ‘Low’-down on Robert Duvall: The veteran actor discusses his new film ‘Get Low’, a folk tale about an eccentric recluse—and gets a little feisty about ‘The Apostle.’ (Christianity Today)
- Coffins made with brotherly love have undertakers throwing dirt (Wall Street Journal)
- Activist targets evangelicals on immigration (AP)
- Comic-Con and beyond: “The Jedi Path” by Lynette Mong (Omnivoracious)
Guy Fieri, chef-dude, is in the house (NY Times)
Richard, the First. He calls himself “the originator.” Little Richard revolutionized rock ‘n’ roll with “Tutti Frutti” 55 years ago. (Wall Street Journal)
`Eat, Pray, Love’ leads resurgence of spiritual memoirs by Steve Rabey (RNS)
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First Listen: Los Lobos, ‘Tin Can Trust’ (NPR)
The Church on a justice mission: On the front lines of the battle against sex trafficking and forced prostitution by Amy Sherman (Books & Culture)
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COMIC-CON 2010: San Diego insiders share their survival tips (and ninja tricks) (LA Times)
Teen disconnected from technology — and liked it (Boston Globe)
Miracle grow: The teen brain is a marvel of smarts. It’s just not all filled in (yet). (Boston Globe)
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