Nirvana’s Nevermind was released 20 years ago. I caught this NPR story on the radio this morning that brought it to mind. I wouldn’t want to treat essentially ephemeral things with weighty seriousness, but occasionally something breaks through. Aesthetically would anyone put Smells Like Teen Spirit next to say Bach – . . . → Read More: I’m getting old (or pop-culture landmarks meet law and gospel)
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Here are two items that caught my attention. This link uses the Sherwood Baptist movie franchise as a jumping off point. If you’ve seen Fireproof, Flywheel or Facing the Giants you have the idea. Lots of pointy headed types (like me) might find the story-lines trite, but what I would say is that they’ve gotten . . . → Read More: Can you have a culture without the cult? Full Article Picture from the article… In Wayne County, Mich., which includes Detroit, state budget cuts have allowed the medical examiner’s office to bury only half the number of bodies that need to be buried each year, according to Albert Samuels, chief investigator for the office. Mr. Samuels said he has about 185 bodies in storage. Once Mr. Samuels . . . → Read More: When the simple things fall through the cracks… From William McGurn… After crunching the latest statistics from New York City’s Health Department, the foundation reported that 41% of pregnancies (excluding miscarriage) in New York ended in abortion. That’s double the national rate…The question becomes even more compelling when broken down by race. For Hispanics, the abortion rate was 41.3%—i.e., more than double the rate for . . . → Read More: Paragraph of the day… Living with a weekly deadline – say something, funny, empathic, meaningful, not to deep, touching, sentimental, strong, filled with good doctrine but full of grace – whether you like it or not, turns the world into source material. I keep returning to Deuteronomy 6:6-7, “And these words that I command you today shall be on . . . → Read More: Source Material… Full Text Text: Matt 1:18-25 Elizabeth Edwards died yesterday. From what I know she died of breast cancer and left two younger children in her philandering husband’s care. She lived her first 50 years in private and a very public final 11. And those last 11 include a book called Saving Graces and final good-bye that included the . . . → Read More: The Content of Hope or More on MTD (Moralistic Therapeutic Deism) This will be one of those quirky posts. If you don’t like horror movies or TV just skip it. I’ve had a whole bunch of fun watching AMC’s The Walking Dead. Let’s just say of all the things that go bump in the night -zombies are the most fun. Vampires – snooze. This . . . → Read More: The Zombies of the Age This is Mollie Z. Hemingway, a journalist and LCMS member of an Orthodox Lutheran stripe, critiquing a NYTimes magazine piece on Priscilla Shirer who is an evangelical “preacher” who attempts to live out complementarian or what used to be called headship in marriage. If you understand that last part, preaching and headship are like squaring . . . → Read More: Follow the thread (Man and Woman in Christ) Here is an interesting article from the WSJ on Halloween. This is one of those holidays that has blown up, or the marketing machine and a willing public has gone along. As a kid it was at best a couple of hours. I’m sure there were, but I don’t remember adults getting costumed and partying. . . . → Read More: Its Halloween Time |
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