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Creative Nonfiction Featured Pop Culture

OMG! Obama Snubbed by Russian Bigfoot who is TOTALLY Real!!: And Other Tales from the Age of Rampant Speculation

Just because we’re not all journalists doesn’t mean we don’t share a responsibility to share information responsibly.

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Biblical History Faith Featured

Four Paradigm Shifts in How I Read the Bible (guest post by Brian LePort)

In recent weeks there have been several events that have made me think back on some important paradigm shifts in how I read the Bible including being asked by a friend to list some important books that have changed my life, the events in Ferguson, MO, the refuge crisis at our own boarder, the reaction […]

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Faith Featured

No All Muslims aren’t Violent

The pervasive belief that faithful Islam manifests itself as violence is ignorant, wrong and unChristian. A loving, godly response to our Muslim neighbors should follow Jesus’ golden rule.

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Coolsville Featured Pop Culture

Frank Caliendo as Morgan Freeman and Charles Barkley

Frank Caliendo is hilarious as Morgan Freeman, Charles Barkley, John Gruden et al.

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Origami Elephants

An Ecclesiastes Mode of Change

Bryne and JR. are going through some big transitions. After they process the last couple of big episodes, they explore the nature of change. How do we change well? What’s at stake if we refuse to change? As a bonus, we add 20 minutes of off-the-cuff conversation about TV and film they’ve been watching recently.

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Creative Nonfiction Faith Featured

What Potholes Can Teach Us About Humanity

We can argue about who creates problems or just try to help fix them.

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Books Featured Pop Culture

Destined for DOON by Carrie Corp and Lorie Langdon

Destined for Doon is a worthy sequel that expands on the world, grows the characters and sets up further adventures. Fans of the series, rejoice!

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Coolsville Featured

What to Do in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is one of America’s best travel destinations. Here’s why.

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American History Coolsville Featured History Pop Culture

The Angle of the Light on the Bloodstained Kitchen Floor

I’ve got a new science fiction short story which came out this week in Nature Futures… a part of the well-renowned weekly international science journal, Nature. It’s a story about hope, compassion, history and historians. It’s a commentary, in it’s way, about how time travel stories (and, to some extent, history books and papers) are […]

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Featured Origami Elephants

#Ferguson

Bryne and JR. welcome two pastors – Josh Butler and Eric Knox – to discuss the mess that is Ferguson, Missouri in the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown. We examine how the media shapes the story, how the militarization of police feeds the conflict, and the extent to which race and privilege shape and are shaped by the events in Ferguson.