Culture
Shout to the Lord: AI Edition
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Apparently this is the talk of the Christian world today: American Idol contestants singing “Shout to the Lord” last night. Since I have not watched the show since Sanjaya was unjustly kicked off last season, I did not see it live. My mom missed it as well, thanks to the DVR stopping 2 minutes [...]
Kids Names
Friday, March 7th, 2008Over at Textuallly.org (via Engadget), I found this article on recent trends in naming children. Here is a quote from the article:
“Most parents these days are drawing on the cool SMS and email spellings, by eschewing traditional spellings for versions such as Alex-Zander, Cam’ron, Emma-Lee, Ozkah, Thaillah and Ameleiyah.”
I have noticed this trend in [...]
Hillary Clinton and the Holy Spirit
Thursday, March 6th, 2008Last month Hillary Clinton gave an interview with the New York Times about her religious beliefs. Read the transcript here: Transcript with Hillary Clinton.
Points from her interview:
Her discussion of the Trinity. She said “I believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and I have felt the presence of the Holy Spirit [...]
TV Shows are back!
Thursday, February 14th, 2008I am very excited that the Writers’ Strike is over. This means that The Office and The Big Bang Theory will have new episodes! As found here in the New York Times, the first new Office episode will air on April 10 at 9 pm. This episode is called “Dinner Party.” Who knows what will [...]
The Bible as Manga
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Just read in the New York Times that Doubleday is releasing a graphic novel (or manga) of the Bible. Entitled The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation, this Bible is designed to introduce teens and tweens (the manga obsessed ones, at least) to the Word of God. While I am all about reaching unchurched students with God’s [...]