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Shane HullArtMusicCulture

A Conversation with Andrew Peterson About the Music of Rich Mullins

A conversation with Andrew Peterson about the music of Rich Mullins and what it was like to do a live performance of one of Mullins's greatest albums.

Ian HarberArtTechnologyFormation

To Go Forward, We Must Go Backward

Moving through dopamine culture requires a willingness to step back and withdraw from it into older habits of mind.

Paul Frank SpencerArtMusic Reviews

The Way

Manchester Orchestra's latest album, 'The Valley of Vision,' interacts with belief and faith in ways that will surprise virtually everyone.

Matthew LoftusArtCulturebatman

The Batman: LA Confidential meets Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Doctors Without Boredom

I wanted to like The Batman. If only it wasn't so poorly written.

Jake MeadorArtChurch

Every New Day, Love Song for a Savior, and Dechurching - Commonplaces

I was at the last show Five Iron Frenzy played outside Colorado. In 2004 they passed through Lincoln on their way back home for their final two shows, both played in their hometown of Denver. But before that they played […]

Susannah Black RobertsArtPolitics

On Faustian Christianity: a fragment - Radio Free Thulcandra

The following is a section that I added to my recent Front Porch Republic talk after I gave it. It’s going to appear in the published version but I decided it needed an independent existence. Think of it as a […]

Susannah Black RobertsArtPolitics

Rise up, wretched man: enough tears have flowed. - Radio Free Thulcandra

Several months ago, I went with a group of friends– mostly church people, from Emmanuel Anglican– to see a production of Euripides’ Herakles, in the original Greek, directed by our friend Caleb Simone. It was part of his doctoral work, […]

Susannah Black RobertsArtPolitics

Rise up, wretched man: enough tears have flowed. - Radio Free Thulcandra

Several months ago, I went with a group of friends– mostly church people, from Emmanuel Anglican– to see a production of Euripides’ Herakles, in the original Greek, directed by our friend Caleb Simone. It was part of his doctoral work, […]

Matthew LoftusArt

my two favorite Advent records (plus more!) - Doctors Without Boredom

Just wanted to highlight my two favorite Advent records here. The first is Behold the Lamb of God, which tells the story of the Bible leading up to the birth of Jesus and traces the longing for a Savior from […]

Jake MeadorArt

He Saw Our Darkness - Commonplaces

This piece on Johnny Cash is fantastic: The tragic, doleful Cash had returned. On his own compositions and covers, he sang of a cold-blooded killer haunted by his deeds, a convict known only by the number tattooed on his neck, […]

Jake MeadorArt

I Hope I'm Wrong by Dessa - Commonplaces

One of the things I am increasingly convinced of is the fact that many, many American young people are actually quite concerned with matters of spirituality and religious life. The much-discussed “rise of the nones” is less about the rejection of […]

Matthew LoftusArt

tara isabella burton, "the destroyer" - Doctors Without Boredom

A short story by Tara Isabella Burton about science, the body, and love.