By Steve
Friday December 4, 2009
- Bob Dylan interview. Q: You really give a heroic performance of "O’ Little Town of Bethlehem." The way you do it reminds me a little of an Irish rebel song. There’s something almost defiant in the way you sing, “The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.” I don’t want to put you on the spot, but you sure deliver that song like a true believer. A: Well, I am a true believer. (Street Newspapers)
- When Obama, Bush use Bible rhetoric, does anyone catch it? (USA Today)
- Unfree to worship by Doug Bandow (National Interest)
- Loving arms: The fight against depression, addiction, and suicide by Jen O’Hara (Current)
- Clear, hold and duct tape by David Brooks (NY Times)
- Switchfoot’s approach more hopeful on Hello Hurricane by Andy Argyrakis (CMCentral)
- The analytic mode by David Brooks (NY Times)
- What is North Carolina BBQ? (KentCraig)
- For Poe, this has been the year to die for (NY Times)
- Gone With the Wind 70th anniversary by Charity (Charity’s Blog)
- High definition: The Apocalypse will be televised by Josh Jackson (Paste)
- Alice is much more than a nightmare: Alice Cooper, the most famous villain in music and the godfather of shock rock is more than guillotines and golf (Express and Star)
- Ancient surfboard style is finding new devotees (NY Times)
- What makes a good dad? (The Economist)
- A review of Tom Waits’ Glitter and Doom Live by Josh Hurst (StereoSubversion)
- We may be born with an urge to help (NY Times)
- The future of evangelicals: A conversation with Pastor Rick Warren (Pew Foundation)
- The problem of Islamic religious persecution: How is it that only Western nations are accused of “defaming” religion? By Doug Bandow (National Review)
- Keeping the faith — from the left and the right by Adelle M. Banks (Religion News Service)
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club scribes ‘Tattoo’ dates for 2010 (Live Daily)
- Christian leaders unite on political issues (NY Times)
- A middle way: There’s a third side in the worship wars. Conscientious objectors to the worship wars seek a way through the minefield of organs and choirs, drums and amplifiers. One such objector is Bifrost Arts, a nonprofit organization founded by creative director Isaac Wardell and executive director Joseph Pensak. With a vision for innovation, beauty, and songs that draw worshipers to participate in singing, Bifrost has released its first two albums, Come O Spirit! An Anthology of Hymns and Spiritual Songs and Salvation Is Created by Joel Hartse (Christianity Today)
- Pioneering ‘Monk’ ends its run Friday: The series about a neurotic detective helped blur the line between cable and broadcast fare. (LA Times)
- Stressful jobs that pay badly (CNN)
- A review of Tom Waits’ Glitter and Doom Live (Paste)
- The Evolution of the Hipster 2000-2009 (Paste)
- ‘The meaning is in the waiting’: The spirit of Advent. An excerpt by Paula Gooder (Christianity Today)
- On the cheap: Newly married, in search of a style (NY Times)
- ‘Invisible population’ still lacks access to HIV/AIDS care by Robert Wayne (Crosswalk)
- Tasty, tasteful holiday gift ideas (SF Chronicle)
- Seen and not heard in church by Laura Vanderkam (Wall Street Journal)
- Love your enemies: This self-centered desire to be liked imperils faithfulness to the truth as we see it, but you cannot love your enemies if you will never take a stand that makes any. Some of us are less tempted to nastiness than we are to the vain attempt to “make no enemies.” I see this desire in myself most often in trying to be the “good Evangelical.” The “good Evangelical” is the one that non-Christians will describe as “reasonable” or “thoughtful.” There is an annoying tendency in many of us to delight in getting to sit in the back of secularism’s bus. We never offend, because we have ceased to clearly say what we believe. And yet many of our views as Christians are bound to offend a culture that rejects Christ and His teachings. We do not set out to offend, but Jesus implies that it will be an accidental result of our attempts to do the right thing by John Mark Reynolds (Daily Scriptorium)
- Cupcake challenge: The results! (OC Register)
- It’s the final countdown: Why Advent is more than wreaths and stale chocolate-laden calendars by Ryan Hamm (Relevant)
- From purchases to practices by Andy Crouch (Q)
- Looking for balloons and insights to online behavior (NY Times)
- Choosing religion for your child by Lisa Belkin (NY Times)
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