Take Your Daily Chesterton Vitamin
I always recommend taking G.K. Chesterton vitamins daily. Here's a free sample:Read more
Rod "The Sledgehammer" Dreher on "The Restoration of Stephen Baldwin"
Rod Deher weighs in here on this preposterous endeavor, which is, for me, a strong contender for #1 on the list of Most Embarrassing Moments in Christian Media.Read more
On sentimentality.
I'm making some observations about sentimentality in a couple of upcoming reviews, and to enhance those articles I've been reading and re-reading some other essays on the subject.
I revisited one of my favorites tonight, a piece by Gregory Wolfe, publisher of Image, on the popular paintings of Thomas Kinkade. And again I was impressed. Here are a couple of excerpts: Read more
Remake and Hum
The prolific French director Patrice Leconte made a wonderful movie called Man on the Train several years ago about a professor and a bank robber who trade lives for a day.
A Canadian remake is now underway starring Donald Sutherland and...
wait...
really?Read more
The Arts and Faith Top 100 Films - the live event
You've seen THE LIST.
You've read THE INTRODUCTION.
Now join us for THE EVENT!
Here are details from the IMAGE announcement: Read more
If Only...
“I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least — and it is commonly more than that — sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.”
- Henry David Thoreau
... to which I respond, "SHUT. UP." Read more
News from Joe Henry
I had the privilege of chatting with one of my musical heroes this morning - singer/songwriter/producer-extraordinaire Joe Henry.
I mentioned that I'd been particularly inspired during a day of heavy writing yesterday after spending time with one of my favorite volumes of poetry, Rilke's Book of Hours. One of the poems there seemed inspired by Joe's own work, specifically the song "Light No Lamp When the Sun Come Down" (although I know that this is chronologically impossible).
Lo and behold, it turns out Professor Joe treasures that volume of poems as well.
Anyway, during our conversation, he happened to share some rather exciting news, and with his permission, I'm quoting him here: Read more
30 Years Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
30 years ago this month, were you looking at the calendar, gnawing at your fingernails, and counting down the last 30 days until the end of your painful, three-year-long wait?
I was.
What am I talking about?
The Red Elephant: Part Two
My two-part act of troublemaking at ConversantLife.com is now complete.
Read Part One of The Red Elephant here...
...and Part Two here.Read more