Breathe, U2 Fans. It's Here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGurpsGKPCg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS6wKgnrvg0
And just for old time's sake... my favorite five minutes of U2's history, right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhU24xxbnsU
Auralia in King County's Journal Newspapers This Month
Many, many thanks to writer Cathy Herholdt, an inspired writer who has given Auralia and Cyndere a generous amount of wordage in the March editions of the Journal newspapers, which are popping up all over the King County area as we speak.
Tell your friends, and pick up a copy!
Auralia in King County's Journal Newspapers This Month
Many, many thanks to writer Cathy Herholdt, an inspired writer who has given Auralia and Cyndere a generous amount of wordage in the March editions of the Journal newspapers, which are popping up all over the King County area as we speak.
Tell your friends, and pick up a copy!
What is "Munyurangabo"? And Why Do You Need to Know About It?
Of all the films I saw in 2008, two stood out above the rest.
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Yancey Considers Obama, MLK, and How Christians Can Influence Change
Philip Yancey on Obama and the dream of Martin Luther King:
In no way do I discount the important policy differences between Obama and the majority of evangelicals. But at the least, can we use this moment for reflection and, yes, repentance for our share in the sin of racism that has marked this nation since its founding? It took Southern Baptists 150 years to apologize for their support of slavery; not until three months ago did Bob Jones University admit its error in barring black students before 1971. The school's words of apology—"We failed to accurately represent the Lord and to fulfill the commandment to love others as ourselves"—apply to many of us, for many evangelicals vigorously opposed the civil rights movement. Can we now respond to a leader's call for racial healing and reconciliation?
Browser: Never Let Them Spoil "Never Let Me Go"; Sam Phillips; Andy Warhol's Faith
Another of my favorite novels is coming to the big screen. Keira Knightley will star in Mark Romanek's adaptation of Never Let Me Go, an extraordinary science fiction novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, author or The Remains of the Day.
But there's a problem here. The book is a fantastic read, in part because of the slow, painstaking pace at which the author makes an unsettling revelation. In summaries of the movie, that revelation is being announced right off the bat, blatantly spoiling any kind of intrigue or surprise. The novel's powerful sense of mystery, of something being not quite right in the characters' community, is ruined.
So trust me: If you want the best possible experience of this great story, read the book right away and shut out all announcements about the movie adaptation. Even a one-sentence summary may spoil the twist for you.
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Sam Phillips, Fiona Apple, and Patty Griffin are among the chanteuses chanteus-ing on this tribute album to Cy Coleman. I suspect you're having the same reaction I did. "Cy ... who?"
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I didn't know about Andy Warhol's apparent Christian faith until my friend Jacques showed me this story. Fascinating.
Today's Favorite: Dupery ("We're here to view the tapestries.")
What's your favorite scene of one character pulling the wool over another character's eyes in order to distract them so that he, she, or others can sneak past unnoticed?
I love Fozzie Bear and Kermit the Frog posing as "The Pizza Twins" in The Great Muppet Caper, taking an order so their pals can get through to the Mallory Gallery in their quest to foil the theft of the Baseball Diamond.
I'm fond of Indiana Jones's posing as a Scottish lord in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, even if it is one of Indy's least plausible moments.
There are some rather amusing disguises in the Danny Ocean series too.
What springs to mind?
"Auralia's Colors" ... in Dutch!
De kleuren van Auralia is here.
I'm trying not to take it personally that it's described as a "Schitterend fantasy-boek." (What exactly does that mean?)
UPDATE:
Anne and I have plane tickets to Amsterdam in hand. In April, we will indeed be boarding my first international flight since 1991. I'm preparing several presentations on Christian discernment in film, and I'll be addressing a variety of audiences. Many, many thanks in advance to my generous hosts, program planners, and the publishers who have translated Through a Screen Darkly into Dutch. (And to the other folks who translated Auralia's Colors.) What an honor and a privilege! I'm overwhelmed.