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There’s an insightful give and take in Trevin Wax’s blog interview with Bret McCracken over his new book Grey Matters. But what really caught my eye was a comment McCracken made about his last book Hipster Christianity. Trevin: I have…
A la carte is a collection of articles and observations ranging from technology to church. In this entry:
Things 20 year-olds don't get
Are milennials really leaving the church?
Are 40-minute sermons passé?
A Flickr alternative: Trovebox
Miley Cyrus' recent gyrations on the VMA produced a volume of tweets that rivaled the last presidential election. We are a shallow culture.
Steve Martin and Kermit the Frog perform with one another in "Dueling Banjoes."
I’m privileged to be reading a preview copy of Michael Kelley’s soon-to-be-released book Boring. Here’s a quote from the opening that caught my eye: What if the whole idea of “ordinary” is a myth? And what if a life of…
This “Our Story” series has become quite and epic, and I can’t believe it’s been four years since the last installment! So where did we leave off? Oh yeah, we were living in Monticello, and I’d shared with you in…
Here’s another video in the great promotional series for Blacksburg and the New River Valley: Check out the first video here.
“In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died.” (Jeremiah 28.17) Here’s the context: God had sent a message urging the southern kingdom of Israel to turn back to .him, but they refused. He had promised that…