today, via a newly launched (and admittedly atrocious, flash-based) website, kevin max released a new special track for halloween, titled exorcist. long-time fans of max know that halloween—for him—is the near equivalent of yom kippur for jews. ok, that may be a little strong…but only a little. the track is good. not great, but good. it’s very cinematic and no [...]

wow. that’s literally all i could say when i read the now-infamous facebook updates/comments by midland school board member clint mccance. not rage. not anger. not disbelief. not shock. not surprise. just, wow. but i’ll get to why i responded that way shortly. just in case you’ve been segregated from any shred of media in the last 24 hours, here’s [...]

let’s just hop right into the good stuff, shall we? Some emergent types [want] to recast Jesus as a limp-wrist hippie in a dress with a lot of product in his hair, who drank decaf and made pithy zen statements about life while shopping for the perfect pair of shoes. In Revelation, Jesus is a prize fighter with a tattoo [...]

a fews months ago, i began a new blog series, of sorts, in which i compiled a mix of the best music i had discovered in the preceding two months. the series and mixes are called, two in review. here’s what i wrote in the original blog post: i consume a lot of music. it’s probably some kind of music [...]

the book or the movie? it’s the classic question that supposedly separates the intellectuals from the, well, non-intellectuals. i have absolutely no shame in saying that i’m a “movies” guy. almost aways. of course, i just don’t read any fiction or could-be-a-movie books. most of the reading i do is of the theological variety and there’s not too many movies [...]

ok, before you go any further, stop reading and go immediately purchase elbow’sthe seldom seen kid. here, i’ll give you the itunes link. ok, got it? now skip to track 6, weather to fly. ah yes, good, right? ok, now proceed with the remainder of this blog post. indeed, yesterday, there was perfect weather to fly and i had the [...]

this won’t be a shocking revelation to long-time blog readers and those who know me beyond the blog, but sociologist tony campolo has probably been the most influential theologian in my life over the past 10 years. i’m consistently inspired, challenged and provoked by his wise words. he’s had decades of teaching and preaching and garnered a vast collection of [...]