wanna talk eternity? hell yes? hell no, actually. tonight, across the country, there’s a wave of church productions that will be saying no to hell as well. eternity house. hell house. i’m sure there are other names than those out there, but maybe you’ve heard of one of these in some similar iteration. in case you’re not aware of this [...]

on any given day, there are thousands of people living in the streets of little rock. we have to walk by them. we have to hear them ask for money. we have to cross to the other side of the street when we see them ahead. we have to feel guilty when we drive by in our hard-earned suv. it’s [...]

i don’t write a lot about design, but i have certainly written my fair share about politics. this is a post where those two things meet. if you’ve kept up with my blog since at least this time last year, you know that i’m, um, to say the least, a supporter of president obama. one of the many layers of [...]

it was just time. really. i redesigned this website last december/january and i had just gotten really tired of staring at all the heavy colors and overworked design. so, here you have it: the newly redesigned BeingRyanByrd.com! some of the changes are very obvious, while some are not-so-obvious. here’s a quick list of changes for your perusing pleasure. 1. captain [...]

every day and night, there’s a political war that takes place on network and cable television, pitting republicans and democrats, conservatives and liberals and certainly other oppositional euphemisms against each other. generally, it can be as mild as a unhelpful caricatures or as aggressive as an uninformed shouting match. well, someone has come along and prettied up the debate. i [...]

indeed, friedrich nietzsche was exactly right about christianity. well, not about everything. but certainly, he got a few things right. while i have had the, um, pleasure of dabbling into a very small amount of nietzsche’s philosophies during my time at the seminary (mostly in relation to moral/faith development), i don’t claim to be an exhaustive authority on all things [...]

it’s been awhile since our last installment in an ongoing series of posts called music you should know (the last being the dirty projectors’ bitte orca). this is a chance for me to talk about some of the music i’ve discovered that may not be that well known, but is definitely worth being made well known. now, i’m not claiming [...]