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Books Faith

Book: Packing Light by Ally Vesterfelt

Let’s get serious, do you really want a couch and a couple of dressers to keep you from what could be the best experience of your life? That question catapults Ally Vesterfelt into the journey of her lifetime. If you follow her today, you’d probably be shocked to find that just a few years ago, […]

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Pop Culture TV

Hollywood’s Nelsons via Tom Hanks, The Fonz & Jethro Gibbs

What do hair metal, a 1950s sitcom, Tom Hanks, and Arthur Fonzarelli all have to do with each other? Like me, I’m sure you get this question on a daily basis. Today the mystery ends. A few months back author Melissa Tagg and I began discussing movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood. After a […]

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Faith Pop Culture

Ghetto Gospel

Did I ever tell you guys that 2Pac and Elton John did a song together called Ghetto Gospel? “Never forget, that God hasn’t finished with me yet. I feel his hand on my brain When I write rhymes, I go blind, and let the Lord do his thang.” ~ Ghetto Gospel Hadn’t thought of that […]

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Books Movies Pop Culture

12 Tips for Writers from the Director of Pretty Woman

Few people have been loved in Hollywood as much as Garry Marshall, the man who discovered Robin Williams, Julia Roberts & Anne Hathaway. Big heart. Big brain. Great advice giver.

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StoryMen

Drawing Boundaries

We wonder what it means to be be a Christian. How do you decide where the boundary markers are? From Hawaiian religion to Scientology to Islam and Mormonism to the Gospel Coalition, we ask some tough questions. And perhaps the toughest of all: does any of it really matter? In this Episode: 1:30 – The […]

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StoryMen

Extra: The Gospel According to Breaking Bad with Blake Atwood

a Rafflecopter giveaway JR. welcomes Blake Atwood, author of “The Gospel According to Breaking Bad”. They talk about why two good Christian guys are watching such a dark show, and how to discern the good in Breaking Bad. In this Episode: 2:00 – Blake Atwood and The Gospel According to Breaking Bad 6:00 – Is Breaking Bad an […]

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Creative Nonfiction

False Starts & The Benefit of Falling On Your Face

On November 27, 2005, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning led his team into Seattle to play the Seahawks at Qwest Field, the loudest stadium in the National Football League. On that day, Manning and his offense set a dubious record when they were called for 11 false start penalties. If you know nothing about […]

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StoryMen

Don’t Lick the Minivan! with Ironic Mom Leanne Shirtliffe

a Rafflecopter giveaway Author, blogger and ironic mom Leanne Shirtliffe joins us to share stories of the hilarious things adults say when they deal with kids. Plus, JR. and Clay lament Matt’s absence as we recount our summer travels. In this Episode: 2:00 – Clay and Matt shaped holes, sun tans and BBQ 15:00 – Meet […]

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Creative Nonfiction

9 Secrets of College Success

After a couple decades in higher ed, here are some lessons every student should know. Plus they’re also just good life skills.

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Movies Pop Culture

5 Reasons not to Freak Out that Ben Affleck is the New Batman

I woke this morning to an internet all atwitter with Warner Brothers’ latest announcement: Ben Affleck will play Batman in the still-untitled Man of Steel sequel everyone’s still just calling Batman vs. Superman. The general consensus is that somehow Affleck will ruin this film, and I don’t understand it. Batman vs. Superman might end up […]