Archive for the ‘Popular Culture’ Category
A taste of healthier political thinking
October 8th, 2012 by Sarah Jackson
TweetMy friend Rachel likes coffee-flavored ice cream. I don’t get it. Sure, I like a steaming cup of coffee every now and then, but, when it comes to ice cream, the coffee-flavored kind doesn’t float my boat. I would much rather dip a very large spoon into a tub of peppermint-flavored ice cream. It not [...]
Tags: ice cream, Politics, Sarah Jackson
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The silly choices of sanctification
September 24th, 2012 by Halee Scott
TweetEarlier this year I attended the biennial Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. But it wasn’t the featured writers that inspired me most of all. It was the nose rings. I’ve wanted one for years. They have always struck me as a blend of elegance and edginess, the perfect [...]
Tags: change, nose ring, piercing, sanctification
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My Lovely Wife’s Reasonable Ultimatums
August 6th, 2012 by L. James Everett, III.
TweetMy wife gives me ultimatums. I know that the plural of “ultimatum” is “ultimata,” not “ultimatums.” But, that’s okay. It’s not one of her ultimatums that I spell every word I use correctly. The most recent ultimatum was that I am no longer allowed, after many many years of marriage, to say/shout “It’s pretend time” [...]
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Three-dimensional language
July 23rd, 2012 by Dale Fincher
TweetMany writers and editors work ruthlessly to eliminate cliches from their vocabulary. Why avoid cliches? What’s the danger? This line from Luci Shaw in The Crime of Living Cautiously highlights how cliches are lazy words that steal potency and personality from a story. “My hope and effort as a writer is to achieve a three-dimensional [...]
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