Snow Globe

Every year I get some sort of strange enjoyment out of this online snow globe. I thought I'd pass it along.

http://www.funflashgames.com/newwin-Holiday-Snow-Globe.html

Tauntaun Sleeping Bag

I break my regularly scheduled lack of blog posts to present you with the Tauntaun Sleeping Bag. Christmas is coming...I know some of you have kids.

The Arts & Faith Top 100 Films

If you are interested in a bunch of slow-moving, art-fartsy, non-commercial movies with spiritual themes, you might not find a better list of 100 movies than this one.

http://artsandfaith.com/t100

(Click here for some background on the list.)

David Masciotra's Top 15 Springsteen Songs of the Decade

Here's a decent list of the 15 best Springsteen songs of the last ten years. Even better...his implications of how much better the young fans are than the old rockers.

http://trueslant.com/davidmasciotra/2010/07/12/not-a-jukebox-springsteens-top-15-of-the-decade-and-the-growth-of-an-artistic-voice

And, for what it's worth, here is my (superior) list of the top 15 Springsteen songs of the last decade:

1. The Rising
2. Devils and Dust
3. Lonesome Day
4. My City of Ruins
5. Jesus Was An Only Son
6. Long Walk Home
7. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times
8. The Wrestler
9. Into the Fire
10. The Last Carnival
11. Waiting On A Sunny Day
12. You're Missing
13. Terry's Song
14. My Lucky Day
15. American Land

Christopher Hitchens - Article on his cancer

Here's a pretty good article from CNN's Belief Blog called: "Why Christians should pray for Christopher Hitchens".

Also, if you haven't seen this documentary...it's worth adding to your Netflix queue.

www.collisionmovie.com

Christian Romance Part 11

I did a guest post at my Mom's blog. Here is the link, in case you are interested. The topic is sequel-writing in the world of Christian Romance.

http://judyg54.blogspot.com/2010/05/art-of-sequels-in-christian-romance.html

It's my Mom's blog, so be on your best behavior. I know many of you are saying, "Of course it's your Mom's blog, who else would have you?". A valid point, which may be true...post a comment and I'll send you an autographed picture someday when this blog makes me famous.

Happy Earth Day

Be good to the earth - God made it.

This Too Shall Pass - OKGO

Two of the coolest music videos in YouTube history are by OKGO ("Here It Goes Again" and "A Million Ways"). Here are a couple newer videos by OKGO for the song "This Too Shall Pass". The second video you can't embed, but you should watch it anyway.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY

Once in your life, maybe tonight...?

To my buddy Brett and his new fiancee....

Congratulations.

Maddy Curtis

Here's a good blog post...with a nice little YouTube video about an American Idol contestant.

http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2010/01/maddy-curtis-a-bright-light-in-the-bright-lights

Death-opoly

"I pity satirists who might be tempted to try to tweak these segments of the evangelical world. Theirs is a mission impossible. It can no longer be done. No matter how indelicately they might exaggerate, no matter how much they might embellish to make a point, no matter how many descriptions they might offer of the tasteless things that are happening, it will most likely be met with only a yawn and a bored question: 'So...?' Nothing seems improbable. None of it, in fact, ever seems exaggerated and none of it seems improper. It has now become impossible to insult some evangelicals." (David Wells, The Courage to Be Protestant, p 24)

I know I've posted this quote before...but, it seemed appropriate in response to the mailing (pictured above) that I received from World Vision today. I've never seen the words "all-new, fun-packed Famine game" strung together until this evening...

Responsible theologians

This very seminary-ish quote hit me in the right spot tonight:

"Responsible theologians ought to order their teaching by the gospel, and also to ensure that whatever else their theologies may contain, the reader can see what the essence of the gospel is. The failure to make the subject of the gospel explicit in some theologies means that the reader may not know in the end what the heart of the Christian message is. It is by an exposition of the gospel that the theologian earns the right to proceed, since the gospel is the most significant revelation of all."
- Peter Jensen, The Revelation of God