Listen, Rate & Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! In This Episode 0:00 – Catching Up and Getting Over Illness 3:30 – Not Valentine’s Day (So What is It?) 8:30 – 25th Anniversary of “The People vs. Larry Flynt” 13:00 – Megan Phelps Leaving Westboro Baptist Church 23:00 – The Papal Resignation and our Pope Names […]
Happy President’s Day America. If you’re not in America, I still hope you have a happy day. On this commemorative day in the U.S., I am revealing a new project from the side of my brain/life that most people don’t often see around these here internet parts–my history professor side. Introducing the USA History Vlog […]
You need to know that I really wanted to love A Good Day to Die Hard. John McClane is my hero. I saw the original Die Hard way to young (though it was on USA). And I loved all the sequels. Yes, even number 2. I saw a midnight showing of 2007’s Live Free or Die […]
Seth Godin recently quoted a woman responsible for running a community college who said this at a seminar he attended: “Well, the bad news,” she said, “is that we have to let everyone in. And the truth is, many of these kids just can’t be the leaders you’re describing, can’t make art. We need people […]
There’s a precarious period in any trend when we have to wonder if it’s on the decline. We’ve reached that moment with the Zombie craze. Every time a new project is announced, there are a few more eye-rolls than before. We all wonder: will this be the movie/book/tv-show that breaks the Zom-bubble? (Spoiler: It’ll be […]
A terrific guy named Paul Turner read my book Undead and contacted me recently to chat about zombies, death, God, and his world of youth ministry. I had a blast during this conversation in which we spend some time considering how Christians communicate, especially to students. Are we too creepy or even manipulative? Is fear […]
So I saw Warm Bodies. Then this happened. Did you see Warm Bodies yet?
Last night’s Super Bowl was full of firsts, at least according to the commentators. First interception thrown by a San Francisco QB, longest kick return, longest TD scored by a San Francisco QB and so on. But the commentators didn’t mention the one that caught the attention of our party: Beyoncé’s Half Time Show performance […]
A few years ago my brother-in-law asked me if I had seen the 60 minutes interview with Tom Brady and his striking comments about the emptiness he felt despite reaching the pinnacle of success in his craft. Every time I see this short clip my heart sinks. If you’re really in a hurry just skip […]
Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! In This Episode 0:00 – J.J. Abrams and Episode VII 4:45 – The Inauguration and Driscoll’s Tweet Heard Round the Twitterverse 14:45 – Super Bowl XLVII 21:00 – M. S. Corley and Storytelling through Drawing 36:00 – Christians, Art and Reality Revisited (with COMICS) 46:45 – The Return of […]