Even those with a home sometimes find themselves wandering. Tyler and Maggie Heath, more commonly known as the Oh Hellos, know this firsthand. They even wrote and produced an album in 2012 about this very concept. Through the Deep, Dark Valley was the result of the Heath’s pondering and was their first full-length album. The album …
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America has been fixated on Capitol Hill yet again as an unworthy spectacle plays out in the Senate. Center stage stands Brett Kavanaugh, a federal judge appointed by the President to fill the recently vacated seat on the Supreme Court; Dr. Christine Ford, who alleges that Judge Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in years past; and …
Let’s play a little game of word association. The “rules” are simple: I give you a word or phrase and you observe the first thing that comes to your mind. (This would be a lot more fun if we could actually play face to face but imagination will have to do.) Here’s your phrase: social …
Last week, I went to see Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman in theaters. Though the pervasive strong language and racial slurs, coupled with some violent themes, hold me back from recommending this film as light-hearted entertainment, I think it has the potential to spark thoughtful conversations among mature audiences. The story, set in 1970s Colorado Springs, follows two police …
I think I don’t think about God as much as I certainly ought. When I do it’s very compartmentalized study and meditation. I think about him during the designated times for theology and worship, namely Sunday mornings and half-hour (at most) “devotional times”. But I’ve come to realize that God demands the entirety of my …
I was first introduced to the music of Sufjan Stevens in 2015 with the release of his album Carrie and Lowell. My first taste of this man’s exceptional talent was his song Fourth of July, written about the death of his mother. In fact, all of Carrie and Lowell is about his relationship with his parents, especially his …
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