Cut Me Out…
I’ve got a one sentence review of Splice, the latest sci-fi/horror film currently playing in theaters, but it doesn’t an article make. If…
It’s Funny Because It’s Serious…
Film critic Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle recently said that we are in a Golden Age of comedy. It’s hard to…
U2 360
If any of you, like me, had tickets to U2’s second leg of their American 360 tour, then you were sorely disappointed to…
Bearers of Bad News
I have always admired and deeply respected army and hospital chaplains for their emotional and spiritual strength and their ability to stand with…
Play for that Money
This summer will mark the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and by then, David Simon‘s newest series, Treme will have come to close. …
The Kids are Creative…
“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” –Pablo Picasso I came across this quote…
BRANDS OF FAITH: A REVIEW
Mara Einstein argues, in her book Brands of Faith: Marketing Religion in a Commercial Age, that we live in a culture of “planned…
Painfully Precious
Last weekend, I finally got around to watching Precious, a film deserving of all the critical acclaim heaped on it since its release. …
Witnessing a Confession
I looked forward to reading Tony DuShane‘s Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk because I felt like, according to the blurbs on the…