The Importance of a Good Jihadist Comedy
Most people don't take funny movies seriously. If you want to reflect and be challenged, go see the latest foreign import or dramatic biopic. If you want to escape and be entertained, go see “Due Date” (actually, if you want…
How fantastic is it?
What is a hipster? Is it people who read McSweeney’s? Listen to Brooklyn-based bands? Wear their suits cut just a little tight (preferably tailored by Band of Outsiders)? Or is it the new addition to the Wes Anderson canon of…
Knowing is for What?
There’s a sermon series this summer. Or is it a book? Something that the church is doing all together. Reading together maybe. What’s the deal? Is this just an effort to keep us all busy? To keep our minds active…
Green Tolkien
Over the past couple of Sundays, Bill has been quoting from a book with a particularly compelling title: Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien (by Matthew Dickerson & Jonathan Evans). Just when you think you’ve begun…
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
So, I have this friend who plays music. Yawn. In Austin, that’s like saying, “I have this friend who speaks English.” Big freakin’ deal. Well, the thing is, sometimes it is. Sometimes that friend is an inspiring artist or a…
Piedras Negras, Mexico
I forget the little things. And sometimes the truth about the little things is that they’re really big. Worship. Work. Service. Community. Rest. We have these simple elements in our lives that we (read: I) either take for granted or…
Everywhere and nowhere
I’m not that old. Some would even say young. Just turned 33. And yet I was a junior in college when I sent my first email. Around that time, a close friend explained that it was possible to see images…