less than two weeks ago, i could tell you 1 fact about amc’s emmy-winning drama, breaking bad: it was called breaking bad. oh wait, one more: it was on amc. i was pretty sure. since that time, i’ve devoured approximately 20 hours of the show, comprised of 7 season one episodes and 13 season two episodes. my initial response to [...]

i’m really excited to be blogging about this particular piece of information (i’ve been meaning to do it for a few weeks now..) and i hope you’ll find it beneficial. christen has started an etsy store. over at babybyrds.etsy.com, christen has created a really great store that features, generally speaking, children’s print items such as custom wall prints and custom [...]

several years ago, rob bell, in velvet elvis, made a statement that i have often repeated: truth is everywhere. indeed. in the bible. in the quran. in the vedas. in the words of a prophet of crete (which paul quotes in his epistle to titus). truth is, in fact, everywhere. sometimes truth doesn’t only come in “sacred” texts or reverent [...]

i posted this earlier on the eikon blog and i thought it was worth sharing here. several years ago, someone made a statement that i have repeated many times since and has shaped my view of god and others: isolation is the enemy of god. there’s a lot going on in that statement and today, in a live-streamed talk by [...]

last week, i blogged about the mysterious return of jennifer knapp. with very little details, her re-entrance was just as clouded as her disappearance. well, we have now heard from her—both in word and song. on her website, she has posted a letter to fans, stating that she has been traveling and discovering “more about myself and my own faith”. [...]

a while back, i blogged about shepard fairey’s creative process with a video of said process. another similar video caught my eye today. last week, jay-z released his latest album, the blueprint 3. beyond the fact that it’s a great album, i was initially struck by the album art, featuring an assembly of white musical instruments and assorted audio equipment. [...]

right now, at the southern ohio correctional facility in lucasville, ohio, 53-year old romell broom is awaiting his execution. for the second time. yesterday afternoon, an “execution team” (wow…there’s a team we can all rally behind…) spent over 2 hours trying to find a usable vein that would accept the IVs that carry the 3 lethal chemicals that induce death. [...]