let’s do some word association, shall we? what words pop into your mind when you hear ‘ryan’? if you said sophisticated, upper class city magazine, then you would have been the literally only person in this world to make that connection. well, that connection, in fact, has been made. several months ago, i was approached by the fine people at [...]

here’s a piece from the never-disappointing mcsweeney’s. we learn several things here, some we knew, some we didn’t: god gave us mario batali (we knew this) and that’s god’s assistant is named ashley and she will now be our acting god (we did not know this). enjoy. GOD’S RESIGNATION SPEECH. BY LUCAS KAVNER – – – – – – – [...]

not many things in life are black & white. we’re all on some kind of journey, often oscillating back and forth between varying points of emotions, viewpoints and attitudes. so it is with a recent rap song (with accompanying video) put out by the tiny razorback wonder, reggie fish. i’m not saying it’s terrible. i’m not saying it’s great. i’m [...]

I read a fairly vast array of blogs. all the way from tony jones to even, yes, mark driscoll. i read the cry of social justice from the sojourners blog all the way to the calvinist smorgasbord of tim challies. on the more conservative wing of the blog spectrum, i semi-regularly read ed stetzer’s (director of research for the evil [...]

this is the second post in an ongoing blog series in which i go, track-by-track, through derek webb’s new album, stockholm syndrome. here’s a list of past posts: 1. black eye ——————————————- after positing his theological presupposition for the entire album (that the church has become a willing and endeared participant in its captivity), webb begins to lay out a [...]

i suck at blog series. i mean, i really do. i’ve tried and while some work, most don’t. they usually fizzle out or i get distracted by something else. BUT, i’m going to right this ship and start a new blog series because it’s something i’m really passionate about and i think could be of interest to my legions thousands [...]

here’s your mission: spend 5 minutes talking to me about politics or general social justice issues and see if i can make it without a passionate/frustrated rant about the status of our healthcare system. unfortunately for you, this is sort of like a casino: the house is designed to always win. maybe you hit the jackpot once in a million [...]