I have a few (relatively) harmless addictions. One of them is National Public Radio. This American Life is the type of program that get me excited about radio. It makes it very easy to envision my grandparents and great-grandparents huddling around an antique radio, waiting in anticipation. Back in May, I heard a very interesting [...]
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Politicking from the Pulpit
Allow me to begin by channeling Will Ferrell: “They are the same face! Doesn’t anybody notice this? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!” There are about a hundred articles and blog entries from around the Internet concerning clergy and the presidential race that have really raised my eyebrows. And I know what you’re thinking: [...]
Stephen Colbert: The only guy on TV I trust.
Turn on the television and pick a 24 hour news channel. Watch for half an hour and, undoubtedly, you’ll find two talking heads debating each other via satellite. One will address a single point of view while the other addresses an opposing view. They will go back and forth until about the six minute mark, [...]
Donald Miller and Barack Obama Exchange E-mails
When I was in college, Donald Miller was the new hotness. Every hipster Christian talked about how Blue Like Jazz had changed their life. If you know me at all, you know that there is no quicker way to deter me from reading a book than 2,000 Gen-Y Christians singing its praises. But, as I [...]
