By Steve
Tuesday December 1, 2009
- New She & Him LP to feature darker darks, brighter brights, no Ben Gibbard by Rachael Maddux (Paste)
- A very Dylan Christmas: Going electric was one thing. But going Andy Williams? By Chris Willman (NY Magazine)
- Evangelical, and young, and active in new area by Samuel G. Freedman (NY Times)
- Tim Keller wants to save your yuppie soul: The evangelical Christian preacher says the secular holy trinity of money, ambition, and achievement is the root of all evil. So why are so many New Yorkers flocking to him? By Joseph Hooper (NY Magazine)
- ‘Blind Side’ No. 2 but takes spotlight from ‘New Moon’: The football drama sees ticket sales climb in its second weekend, a rare box-office occurrence. (LA Times)
- Louis Armstrong in the Jazz Age: In this excerpt from Journal theater critic Terry Teachout’s “Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong,” we see the talented young horn musician in 1924 making his first foray into New York. (Wall Street Journal)
- Mill Creek church uses tattoos to teach (Herald)
- The craft of surfing (Craftzine)
- Holy Cross QB comes from out of nowhere to become NFL prospect by Dan Shaughnessy (Sports Illustrated)
- Brian Setzer is into the swing of things (PhillyBurbs)
- Finally, a new way to use up your Thanksgiving leftovers (LA Times)
- Sarah Palin and me: The joy of a child with Down syndrome by Lon Jacobs (Wall Street Journal)
- Give Thanksgiving leftovers a healthy and delicious overhaul (USA Today)
- (Black) Friday links for food lovers by Kitchen Maus (Al Dente)
- Looking for God on The Road by Jay Swartzendruber (Crosswalk)
- Hospitality department: How a Jewish family fled Nazi Germany and built a Deep South shopping empire (Wall Street Journal)
- Shelve it under navel-gazing: “Autobiographically speaking, there has never been a time like it. Memoir has become the central form of the culture: not only the way stories are told, but the way arguments are put forth, products and properties marketed, ideas floated, acts justified, reputations constructed or salvaged. The sheer volume of memoirs is unprecedented; the way the books were trailed by an unceasing stream of contention, doubt, hype, and accusations is distressing. Yet every single one of the books, and every piece of the debate about them, had a historical precedent. How did we come to this pass? The only way to answer that question is to go back a couple of thousand years and tell the story from the beginning” by Jonathan Yardley (Washington Post)
- Finding God in the “The Big Lebowski” by Claudia Koerner (OC Register)
- When enough is enough: Why God’s abundant life won’t fit in a shopping cart, and other mysteries of consumerism by William T. Cavanaugh (Sojourners)
- Journalism’s slow, sad death by Michael Gerson (Washington Post)
- A generation in the balance by Ross Douthat (NY Times)
- Saints’ Brees debunks notions of the quarterback prototype (NY Times)
- Preacher to take to dance floor to make a point (Washington Post)
- A church that is home to the homeless: Pastor Richard Berry lives the motto ‘faith without works is dead’ (CS Monitor)
- New blog — Rendezvous with G-d: A young Jewish woman in NYC asks herself tough questions about religion and spirituality (Busted Halo)
- When artists dry up: What makes great creators go silent? And is it always a bad thing? (Wall Street Journal)
- For forest kindergartners, class is back to nature, rain or shine (NY Times)
- Spiritual Seekers Adventure (on a Budget): Wouldn’t be caught dead on a religious pilgrimage? (Busted Halo)
- True romantics wore horns: The scholar Robert Ferguson on the softer, poetic side of Vikings. (Wall Street Journal)
- Finding God in All Things: After 500 years, St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises continue to transform lives by Bill McGarvey (Busted Halo)
- Last of the monks: Tony Shalhoub wraps up an eight-year run as ‘Monk’ (Wall Street Journal)
- The Gratitude List. A helpful tool to encourage gratitude for this Thanksgiving season by Phil Fox Rose (Busted Halo)
- Discovering Jewish music: Charles Krauthammer and the faith of his fathers. (Wall Street Journal)
- The Welcoming Prayer. An unassuming little tool in my spiritual first aid kit that can have a big impact by Phil Fox Rose (Busted Halo)
- Intimate Ella Fitzgerald, rediscovered (NY Times)
- The downside of ’smart power’: USAID’s new chief is stepping into a fierce struggle about the right role of humanitarian aid in foreign policy. (New Republic)
- The other education by David Brooks (NY Times)
- 36 hours in Austin, Texas (NY Times)
- The religious wars by Nicholas D. Kristoff (NY Times)
- From footnote to fame in civil rights history (NY Times)
- Hey! No sunscreen near the stuffing: On a summerlike day that could make East Coasters envious, some Southern California families spent Thanksgiving at the beach. They feasted on the usual offerings — and sunbathed and surfed too.(LA Times)
- Too many people? No, too many Malthusians. Since 200 AD, scaremongers have been describing human beings as ‘burdensome to the world’. They were wrong then, and they’re still wrong today by Brendan O’Neill (Spiked)
- Hawaii keeps the lei-making tradition alive: The 50th state celebrates its floral wreaths on Lei Day and nurtures an ancient custom. (LA Times)
- Like ghost stories? Hollywood and environs will oblige: A TV producer tells of apparitions and strange happenings at former showbiz hangout Ciro’s, now the Comedy Store. Apparitions are said to haunt hotels and the Queen Mary as well. (LA TImes)
- Retired Los Angeles teacher keeps at it, for free by Steve Lopez (LA TImes)
- USC professor creates an entire alien language for ‘Avatar’ (LA Times)
- Food stamp use soars, and stigma fades (NY Times)
- Latin mass appeal by Kenneth J. Wolfe (NY Times)
- At this school, it’s marijuana in every class (NY Times)
- Zac Efron, looking for a curveball to swing at: ‘Me and Orson Welles’ (Washington Post)
- Tyler Perry sued over praising Jesus (TMZ)
- France’s Sarah Palin (Daily Beast)
- Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Child has ‘best guitar riff’ (BBC)
- Living in Unity: Residents in this small Maine town embrace Amish neighbors and their belief in leading a simple life (Boston Globe)
- God’s work on the block: You know the state budget crisis is really bad when they start whacking people who subcontract for God. “I don’t think it’s a very good idea,’’ said Mike Grunko. “These chaplains do a very good job at keeping people calm, at giving them hope, at changing lives for the better. They are an important presence not just for the inmates, but for the people who work at the prisons, too’’ by Kevin Cullen (Boston Globe)
- Iron Jesus, and other religious signs: (Boston Globe)
- How do actors memorize their lines? (Boston Globe)
- As Copenhagen summit nears, ‘Climategate’ dogs global warming debate: Climate experts insist leaked e-mails don’t undercut the science showing a warming planet. But public concern about global climate change is waning as delegates prepare to craft an international agreement at Copenhagen. (CS Monitor)
- A church that is home to the homeless: Pastor Richard Berry lives the motto ‘faith without works is dead’ (CS Monitor)
- From homeless to the NFL: Oher’s journey to draft unique (USA Today)
- Julie Powell’s revelations in ‘Cleaving’ cut to the bone (USA Today)
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